7:04pm

Philip Green eyes bed chain Dreams

Retail billionaire among several parties through to second round

3:11pm

Japanese air purifiers are big in China

Sales shoot up amid mounting concerns over pollution

Feb 13, 2013

Reckitt gets taste for Chinese remedy

Oriental Medicine Company purchase helps group to diversify

From LEX Feb 12, 2013

Avon: cosmetic enhancements

Asian and US businesses remain in need of a makeover leaving new chief plenty to do

From LEX Feb 12, 2013

Michael Kors: high expectations

Wildly popular fashion brand risks becoming a victim of its own succes

From LEX Feb 12, 2013

L’Oréal: plain looking

Cosmetics group should be bolder in spending the €1.6bn on its balance sheet

Feb 12, 2013

Avon sees signs of stabilisation

Cosmetics seller sales tumble but income beats expectations

From LEX Feb 12, 2013

Olympus: climbing a mountain

Break-up of company last year would have been a good idea

Feb 11, 2013

Companies hit by Venezuela move

Currency devaluation to affect multinationals

L'Oreal cosmetics ©Bloomberg Feb 11, 2013

L’Oréal to buy back shares as sales rise

Cosmetics group outperforms market with 17.6% profit increase

Feb 10, 2013

Lion Capital acquires GHD

Buyout group snaps up hair products company

Week in Review from INDUSTRIALS Feb 8, 2013

Week in Review, February 9

The private man behind Dell seeks greater control

Feb 7, 2013

Cartwright out in Burberry board shake-up

Finance director leaves and former BBC man becomes COO

From MEDIA Feb 7, 2013

Magazine sales suffer from the hard cell

Shoppers on mobiles ignore the titles beside the checkout

From LEX Feb 7, 2013

Japan electronics: inspecting gadgets

Sony, Panasonic and Sharp in better shape but far from fixed

From TECHNOLOGY Feb 7, 2013

Sony loss underlines tough challenges

Japanese group hurt by global slowdown and fierce competition

From TECHNOLOGY Feb 6, 2013

Wolfson dashes hopes of return to profit

Sales growth fails to offset operating loss

Feb 5, 2013

Estee Lauder raises 2013 forecast

Second-quarter sales revenue up 7%

Feb 5, 2013

Gieves & Hawkes appoints new leader

Tailor seeks to replicate China success in US and UK

Feb 4, 2013

Herbalife under pressure on probe report

Shares suffer rollercoaster ride on conflicting accounts

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