The owner of Myprotein supplements late on Thursday rebuffed an offer of 170 pence per share from Belerion Capital and King Street Capital Management, saying it undervalued the company. 

​The love affair continues. UK health & Beauty retail giant Boots is rekindling its relationship with ITV2’s Love Island in a deal that runs for the second year in a row.

British e-commerce company THG was at the centre of a bid battle on Thursday, rejecting an offer from two investment groups and learning that local entrepreneur Nick Candy was considering making a bid.

​Manchester-based beauty platform Beauty Bay has appointed bankers from Threadstone Capital to look at its options and could choose to put itself up for sale, a report said on Tuesday.

​Good news for UK online fashion sales. Not so good news for digital beauty sales. Even worse for the e-tail industry as a whole. And after weak April numbers, it suggests the digital boom could well be over.

​Not content with launching another branch of H Beauty a few weeks ago, Harrods is putting big support behind beauty in May as it invites consumers to enjoy ‘The Harrods Beauty Adventure’ at its Knightsbridge flagship.

​The Body Shop, Aesop and Avon owner Natura &Co said on Friday that its Q1 “performance was impacted by the continued Avon transformation, challenging global environment and tough comparable base”.

Wella Company announced on Friday it has added clean hair care brand Briogeo to its beauty portfolio, marking the company's first acquisition after it was spun off from former parent Coty in 2020. 

​Prestige haircare brand Living Proof has a new face. It’s British-American actor and producer Lily Collins, who joins the brand to celebrate the company’s “legacy of pioneering performance-defining products”.

​Unilever’s Q1 results on Thursday saw the multinational fast-moving consumer goods firm turning in a strong sales rise, although that was down to price rises with volume sales actually dipping slightly.

Online wholesale marketplace Faire announced on Wednesday its entry into Australia, as the U.S. firm expands its global reach beyond North America and Europe. 

Indian conglomerate Reliance Industries Ltd and U.S. buyout firm Apollo Global Management are planning a joint bid for UK high street pharmacy chain Boots, a spokesperson for Apollo confirmed on Wednesday.

The company reported a 22% contraction in revenue in the first quarter of 2022 after a 51% increase during the same period a year earlier. 

French investment fund Eurazeo is acquiring a minority stake in honey-based haircare brand Gisou, launched by influencer Negin Mirsalehi and her partner Maurits Stibbe. 

​News of Farfetch’s big-league move into beauty dominated the headlines this week, but with its Browns unit also taking a deep dive into the category, the developments here are just as interesting.

​Online beauty and technology group THG reported its preliminary results for last year on Thursday, plus a Q1 trading update that showed it weathering the current inflation and supply chain storm fairly well.