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NEW YORK — L'Oréal USA hosted 14 high school and 32 college students at its Fifth Avenue headquarters during spring break as part of its support for the New York Coalition of One Hundred Black Women's annual Role Model Program. 

This initiative allows young women to learn practical workplace skills and to shadow professional women in their chosen careers for one week during spring semester break. 

NEW YORK — The L'Oréal-Unesco For Women in Science program awarded five women scientists from around the world with the 2013 L'Oréal-Unesco Awards in the Physical Sciences.

NEW YORK — L'Oréal Paris is relaunching LorealParisUSA.com, which will include a first-to-market content production and syndication partnership with AOL, the company said Tuesday.

The company described the site as the first major one to be designed for all devices, making it easy to navigate for users on desktop computers, tablets and mobile phones.

NEW YORK — L'Oreal Paris has officially unveiled a new franchise five years in the making — Advanced Haircare.

Designed to help American women change the life of their hair, this collection consists of shampoos, conditioners and hair treatments that promise to deliver instant results and lasting transformation. With seven treatments at the center of Advanced Haircare, L'Oreal Paris is encouraging women to adopt a three-step hair care routine — shampoo, condition and treat.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Swiss skin drug maker Galderma Pharma will acquire another Swiss drug maker also focused on treatments for skin conditions, Galderma said.

Based in Egerkingen, Switzerland, Spirig makes treatments for such conditions as solar damage and skin barrier function impairment, as well as treatments for such precancerous conditions as actinic keratosis. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, though it was noted that Spirig had sales of about $106 million in 2011. The global corporate headquarters of Galderma will remain in Lausanne, Switzerland.

NEWTON, Mass. — L’Oréal has signed an agreement with Castanea Partners to acquire the fashion-forward, edgy beauty brand Urban Decay.

Terms of the deal, which is expected to close by the end of the year, were not disclosed. In the fiscal year ended in June 2012, Urban Decay, which is sold in such beauty retailers as Ulta and Sephora, recorded net sales of $130 million.

In the United States, Urban Decay will report to Carol Hamilton, president of L'Oréal Luxe USA.

NEW YORK — Beauty company L'Oréal Paris has recognized the charitable work of 10 women — including Montgomery County district attorney Risa Vetri Ferman, the cofounder of Mission Kids Child Advocacy Center — by distinguishing them as "Women of Worth" and giving them $10,000 each for their individual charities.

NEW YORK — L'Oréal Paris has officially announced actress Lea Michele as the brand's newest ambassador.

Today, Michele joins the L'Oréal Paris spokespersons family, including Jennifer Lopez, Beyonce Knowles, Julianna Margulies, Eva Longoria, Andie MacDowell, Freida Pinto and Aimee Mullins, among others. Michele will debut in TV and print advertising campaigns for the global beauty brand beginning in the United States in early 2013

PARIS — L'Oréal Paris posted an increase in first-half 2012 sales and expects to achieve another year of growth in sales, results and profitability.

The Body Shop, which was acquired by L’Oréal in 2006, is looking to revamp its 2,700 global stores to its new store concept, dubbed “Pulse,” according to published reports. The first Pulse Boutique opened in March in London on Oxford Street, according to reports. 


NEW YORK — L'Oréal is looking to spread its Kiehl’s skin care brand across the United Kingdom this year, according to a published report in The Telegraph.

Kiehl’s opened its first of 15 U.K. locations back in 2002 and now plans to open 12 more stores across the U.K. this year, according to the article.