Best gifts for 2024: Our bumper Christmas Gift Guide of 44 must-buy presents Life&Style It’s time to get serious about your presents, whether you’re looking for the best gifts for mum, top presents for dad or filling up a stocking for the rest of the family, we have you covered, from fashion to technology, fashion, fragrance and spirits. Check out our incredible annual gift guide, complete with links to [...]
The Notebook: Britain’s beauty industry is defying the odds. Here’s why Opinion The comeback of Britain's beauty industry is a national triumph. Let's celebrate it, writes British Beauty Council CEO Millie Kendall.
International expansion helps Charlotte Tilbury sales jump by £140m Retail Sales at beauty brand Charlotte Tilbury jumped by almost £140m as it continued its global expansion during its tenth year in business, it has been revealed. The makeup, skincare and fragrance products retailer has reported a turnover of £448.5m for 2023, up from the £310.3m it achieved in 2022. Newly-filed accounts with Companies House also [...]
Grace Beverley’s Tala to open UK stores and expand into US after £5m boost July 16, 2024 Tala, the activewear brand founded by influencer Grace Beverley, has raised an extra £5m in a funding round led by a backer of Five Guys.
GoJoe: Fitness app gets cash injection worth £2.4m from Revolut and Just Eat investor July 9, 2024 Employee engagement and wellbeing app GoJoe has secured a cash injection worth more than £2m from the investor behind brands including Revolut, Just Eat and Charlotte Tilbury, as it looks to expand its corporate offering.
Selfridges opens newly revamped beauty and skin wellness hall June 7, 2024 The iconic London destination for all things fancy, Selfridges has just opened a completely revamped beauty and skin wellness hall.
London’s West End gets welcome boost with return of foreign tourists May 23, 2024 An influx of foreign tourists over the past 12 months has delivered a boost for the West End's biggest landlord, Shaftesbury Capital, as it reveals its first financial results since its £3.5 bn takeover last year.
‘F1 fans are 40 per cent women, we need more female drivers and employees’ March 8, 2024 Chair & CEO of Kyriba and supervisory board member of at Porsche AG, Melissa Di Donato, dissects what it’s like to be a petrol head in an F1 world full of men, and how STEM and International Women’s Day are key to shifting the balance of power. The non-executive director at the Department for Science, [...]
Superdrug market share hits 10-year high as savvy shoppers boost sales January 15, 2024 High street chemist Superdrug now holds 40 per cent of the mass market share in cosmetics, as shoppers seeking out cheaper beauty alternatives help propel sales.
The Notebook: A look at some of London’s top festive finds December 18, 2023 Where the City’s movers and shakers get a few things off their chest. Today, Michelle McGrath, executive director of Shaftesbury Capital, takes the pen. It’s no accident London is a festive city Christmas is famously the time of good cheer, but it is also the single most important time for retailers and the hospitality industry. [...]