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La Prairie names new chief executive

Prestige beauty and skincare brand La Prairie, owned by Beiersdorf, has appointed Estelle Létang as its new chief executive officer, effective April 1. Létang, who has more than 21 years’ experience at The Estée Lauder Companies, working on brands including Darphin, La Mer & Jo Malone London, will be responsible for driving La Prairie’s...

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Beiersdorf reports strong growth and high profitability

Beiersdorf, which manufactures and retails personal-care products and self-adhesives, including Nivea, Elastoplast and Eucerin, is maintaining its good growth momentum after reporting a “strong rise” in sales and high profitability in the first six months of 2023. The German group saw organic sales rise 12.3 percent to 4.9 billion euros, while...

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Beiersdorf acquires majority stake in life-science company S-Biomedic

German group Beiersdorf has announced the acquisition of a majority stake in S-Biomedic, a life-science company and a researcher of skin microbiome. The group, which owns the likes of Nivea and Eucerin, said it had recognised the potential of skin microbiome “early on”, with this move building on its previous investment in S-Biomedic in 2018. It...

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Beiersdorf to acquire prestige beauty brand Chantecaille

Beiersdorf Group, which manufactures and retails personal-care products and self-adhesives including Nivea, Elastoplast and Eucerin, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire prestige beauty brand Chantecaille Inc., USA. In a statement, Beiersdorf said that Chantecaille would be managed separately as a complementary selective brand,...