A Big Move in Beauty: Shiseido Offers $1.7B to Buy Bare Escentuals

Real Madrid soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo strips down in Armani’s men’s ads.

Uneven December retail sales results did not give apparel stores, or Wall Street, a green light to celebrate.

Carrefour SA, the world’s second-largest retailer behind Wal-Mart Stores Inc., said sales swung back to growth mode during the fourth quarter.

Arcona wants to offer men the sophisticated skin care range its chief executive officer believes they deserve.

Cosnova, a German leader in beauty, hopes that American retailers are ready for something different.

TIGI president and chief operating officer, Thomas Reasonover, has retired from the Unilever-owned firm.

Professional product makers are gearing up for what they hope will be a profitable 2010, especially after a less-than-stellar 2009.

Kanye West’s drawing is bound to be popular at a charity sale event in Dubai.

Bath & body soap marketer Crabtree & Evelyn plans to emerge from bankruptcy by the end of January.

Eric Kim, who resigned from his post as ceo of Monarchy last week, sees an opening in the luxe market and will unveil his label Mik Cire next month.

Shiseido Co. Ltd. has launched a $1.7 billion tender offer to acquire Bare Escentuals Inc., a mineral makeup company.

The day’s gainers and losers.

For its runway debut, storied Italian tailored clothing brand Corneliani envisioned its man strolling confidently through a sumptuous forest setting.

Elegant sportswear held center stage at the 77th edition of Pitti Uomo as traditional tailored clothing labels, converged with casual brands.

There was a lot of positive buzz at Pitti Uomo around the collection of Umit Benan, the recent winner of the Who’s On Next men’s wear award.

Actress Tilda Swinton, Turner Prize-winning artist Richard Wright and the Scottish writer and artist Alasdair Gray have taken up knitting for Pringle.

Analysts believe ongoing losses for American Eagle Outfitters Inc.’s contemporary concept, Martin + Osa, may lead to unit’s closure.

Men’s sportswear label C.P. Company is in play and entertaining offers.

Golden Globe Awards will stream live.

Noted makeup artist Ellis Faas has brought her new color cosmetics line to the U.S.

Halle Berry’s fragrance franchise is adding a new bloom: Halle Berry Pure Orchid, due in February.

MAC Cosmetics has a clear grasp of the decade ahead.

The first fragrance for fashion’s most enigmatic, antilogo design house, Maison Martin Margiela, is fittingly called Untitled.

Cora Grayer, a marketing executive for numerous beauty companies, died at Mt. Sinai Medical Center in New York on Jan. 8.

Valentino has left the embrace of Procter & Gamble Co. and found a new fragrance partner in Puig.

Diesel has turned to the world of publishing to find its new artistic director — Bruno Collin, the French publisher and founder of urban fashion magazine WAD.

Men’s wear designer John Bartlett will introduce a women’s capsule collection during fashion week.

Ultimo, one of the most influential luxury boutiques in the Midwest, is closing at the end of January.

Sustainability and consumer psychographics were among the issues that dominated this week’s National Retail Federation’s 99th Annual Convention and Expo.

Giles Deacon, as featured guest designer of the Pitti W trade fair, thought the Pitti crowd might be a little bored with Florentine palazzos and Tuscan villas.

Nickelson Wooster succeeds Tommy Fazio, who left Neiman Marcus in September.