EPISODE · Jul 31, 2026 · 4 MIN
Puig's Record Half, J&J's Talc Offer
from Beauty in Five
Puig Reports 4.1% Sales Gain in Second Quarter. WWD Beauty reports the Spanish group's fragrance, fashion, makeup and dermocosmetics lines lifted Q2 sales 4.1%, a mid-year read on whether fragrance-led prestige is still carrying European growth. (WWD Beauty, Investing.com) Johnson & Johnson Proposes Settlement of Ovarian Talc Claims. J&J has announced what it describes as a comprehensive proposed settlement of remaining US ovarian talc litigation, per Global Cosmetics News, a possible endpoint to a case that shaped ingredient-risk thinking across the category. (Global Cosmetics News) L'Oréal Says First Gucci Beauty Products Could Launch 2028. L'Oréal's CEO says the group's first Gucci beauty products may arrive as early as 2028, per Market Screener, setting the timeline on one of the larger designer-licence transitions in motion. (Market Screener) Also moving today: Prada Beauty signs Zendaya as Prada Paradoxe Ambassador to mark ‘bold new chapter’ (Cosmetics Business) Estée Lauder unveils Glimmer, its first new fragrance since 2021 (Premium Beauty News) EXCLUSIVE: Margaret Mitchell Joins Kiko Milano (WWD Beauty) How Ulta Beauty is reaching Gen Zalpha teen boys through first men’s masstige fragrance launch (Glossy) Final days Target shoppers can buy a coveted product in stores before it's gone (The US Sun) Get Beauty in Five in your inbox every weekday: https://beautyinfive.com
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Puig posted record first-half sales of 2.35 billion euros, up 4.4 percent like-for-like, with makeup up 9.1 percent and Asia Pacific up 20.9 percent, per WWD Beauty and Investing.com. Johnson and Johnson has proposed what it calls a comprehensive settlement of the remaining US ovarian talc litigation, according to Global Cosmetics News, with no terms or timing disclosed, and L'Oreal's CEO says the first Gucci beauty products under its new licence could arrive as early as 2028, Market Screener reports. Also moving: Zendaya fronts Prada Paradoxe, Estee Lauder launches Glimmer in August, Kiko Milano hires Margaret Mitchell, Ulta targets teen boys with a masstige men's fragrance, and Ulta's products leave Target on August 1.
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