EPISODE · Jul 29, 2026 · 4 MIN
Unilever's First Clean Read Without Food
from Beauty in Five
Unilever reports strongest first half in a decade. Unilever's half-year 2026 update lands as the first full read on the group after March's food divestment, with Beauty & Wellbeing now carrying more of the growth story. (Cosmetics Business, WWD Beauty) Gap returns to fragrance with relaunched Gap Beauty. Gap Inc. has revived its beauty line around modernised heritage scents, per Global Cosmetics News, a test of whether nostalgia-led lifestyle extensions convert at retail. (Global Cosmetics News) Also moving today: Reliance Retail Launches AJIO Beauty to Strengthen Digital Beauty Strategy (Global Cosmetics News) Peach & Lily brings ‘zombie cell’ innovation to Ulta’s skin-care assortment (Glossy) Align Ventures Closes $125M Early-stage Fund II, Eyes Beauty, Wellness and Consumer Innovation (WWD Beauty) The Beauty Brands That Won Social Media During the Second Quarter (WWD Beauty) Brands Appoints Dr. Fatih Koyuncu as Chief Supply Chain Officer (Global Cosmetics News) Get Beauty in Five in your inbox every weekday: https://beautyinfive.com
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Unilever posted 4.8 percent underlying sales growth in the first half on turnover of 25.6 billion euros, its first results since completing the food divestment, with Beauty and Wellbeing at 25 percent of group turnover, per Cosmetics Business. Gap Inc. has relaunched into fragrance with Gap Beauty, reviving original scents Dream, Grass, Heaven and Om, as Global Cosmetics News reports. Also moving: Reliance Retail's AJIO Beauty launch in India, Peach and Lily's senolytic moisturizer rolling into Ulta, Align Ventures' 125 million dollar second fund, Traackr's Q2 social read, and a new supply chain chief at Henkel Consumer Brands.
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