​The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has beefed up the non-executive directors on its board with the appointment of two new names, including Peter Wood, the CEO of AllSaints.

Lady Gaga's vegan and cruelty-free cosmetics brand Haus Laboratories is getting a revamp and new retail partner. 

India's biggest retailer Reliance will acquire dozens of small grocery and non-food brands as it targets building its own $6.5 billion consumer goods business to challenge foreign giants like Unilever.

Fenty Beauty and Fenty Skin will launch across eight different markets in Africa, as the company's founder, Rihanna, looks to expand her skincare and beauty brand across the globe.

French cosmetics group L'Oréal, owner of brands such as Yves Saint Laurent and Lancôme, has appointed Emmanuel Goulin as president and CEO of L'Oréal Italy. Goulin will succeed François-Xavier Fenart.

​BNPL specialist Klarna has rolled out Virtual Shopping, “connecting online shoppers directly with experts in physical stores, through live video and messaging, to provide a highly personalised experience online”. 

On Thursday, Japanese cosmetics group Shiseido confirmed its prudent forecast for the 2022 financial year, stating it is “hard to quantify precisely” the impact of the pandemic and of geopolitical tensions.

Tech firm Nexite has announced a new funding injection. It takes its total funding up to $100m for its breakthrough Bluetooth tag and SaaS platform that boosts physical shopping and makes it more e-tail-like.

​As the cost of living continues to rise, pressure is mounting on the UK government to push ahead to regulate the buy-now pay-later (BNPL) finance industry.

​UK-based multi-brand beauty retailer Revolution Beauty Group has a new finance chief. Elizabeth Lake, former finance director at Hugo Boss UK, is set to replace Andrew Clark, who has announced his intention to leave. 

​Failed businesses can yield rewards. Hedge funds that ran Debenhams look to have recovered most of their costs while the retailer’s administrators have clocked up £5.3 million in fees in the two years since bankruptcy.

Moda Operandi confirmed on Wednesday reports it has officially expanded into beauty, a move that has prompted the fashion platform to appoint its first-ever beauty chief.

Alphabet Inc's Google on Wednesday unveiled a palette of 10 skin tones that it described as a step forward in making gadgets and apps that better serve people of color.

​UK health & beauty retailer Superdrug has expanded its same-day courier service, ‘Store to Door’, in Scotland. The service is available within a five-mile radius of  nine stores within the Glasgow and Edinburgh regions.

UGC is becoming ever more important to the shopping journey and the latest international Shopper Experience Index report shows that “purchase influence has shifted from business-to-consumer, to consumer-to-consumer”.

​UK publishing group Future, which owns titles including Marie Claire and Country Life, has acquired women’s lifestyle platform Who What Wear from US firm Clique Brands for what's reported to be around $100 million.