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The company, whose portfolio of brands includes Clinique, M.A.C and Bobbi Brown Cosmetics, has spent the past few years working to expand market-share and win over younger consumers with newer brands.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

Her family said she was the first Black woman under contract with Columbia Studios, the first Black bachelorette on “The Dating Game” and the first spokesmodel for Fashion Fair Cosmetics.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

Cosmetics firm Shiseido dived nine percent, department store group Takashimaya more than five percent and Fast Retailing -- the owner of Uniqlo -- more than four percent.

From Barron's • Nov. 17, 2025

The home was purchased by IT Cosmetics founder Jamie Kern Lima, who paid a whopping $23 million for the elegantly renovated abode.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 30, 2025

“Oh, and the book is mine, by the way. Amari’s just borrowing it. You tell Dad I brought it here, and I’ll tell Mom who really maxed out her Duboise Cosmetics credit card.”

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston