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L’Oréal acquires Australian luxury beauty brand Aēsop for $2.5 billion
L’Oréal has signed an agreement with Natura &Co. to acquire Australian luxury beauty brand Aēsop for $2.5 billion.
Brazil-based Natura & Co. also is the parent company of The Body Shop and Avon Products.
Aēsop sells hair, body, skin, home, and fragrance products with sustainable formulations and plant-based ingredients housed in signature amber packaging.
The brand currently operates approximately 400 stores across the Americas, Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Asia, and opened its first…
Where Drake and Usher partied in the Triangle during J. Cole’s Dreamville Festival
A popular venue in Raleigh's Glenwood South was the scene of the Dreamville VIP after party.
Sociable Cider Werks buys its building in Northeast Minneapolis
A Sociable Cider Werks co-owner said the move secures the cidery's long-term position in the neighborhood.
New City lands Philadelphia company to operate hotel, restaurants at BeltLine development
New City Properties has tabbed a Philadelphia-based hospitality company to operate a hotel and restaurants along the Atlanta BeltLine's Eastside Trail.
Method Co. will operate the Overline Social Club & Hotel as part of New City's massive mixed-use development at 760 Ralph McGill Blvd., a spokesperson told Atlanta Business Chronicle.
The hotel will include two restaurants — one on the ground level and one on the fourth-floor pool level — and a 16th-floor rooftop bar, according to building…
Italian ice franchise prepares to open first Triad location in Greensboro
The franchise has grown to more than 100 locations since 2019.
National Aquarium’s floating wetland project back on track for mid-2024 opening
The project was first announced in 2016 but was put on hold during the pandemic.
AMC stock dips 23% following lawsuit settlement Tuesday
AMC stocks fell, then slowly rebounded, following a shareholder settlement Tuesday.
Blaze Pizza to reopen in former Moby Dick location in St. Matthews this week
This restaurant had previously been located at Shelbyville Road Plaza but recently closed.
Chef David Jackman opening Wildweed restaurant in OTR
Chef David Jackman is giving his pop-up dinner series Wildweed Pasta a brick-and-mortar home in OTR.
CBF Morning Run: Columbus gets back into the record groove
Happy Thursday morning, Columbus.
Snap.
Crackle.
Pop.
If you haven't listened to a vinyl record in a while, you will notice that some LPs sound like a bowl of Rice Krispies.
And that's OK with me. In fact, I kind of missed them.
For much more on vinyl, drop the needle and follow me down to The Last Word below.
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