Beauty e-tail giant The Hut Group has set up a £10 million package due to the coronavirus crisis to support vulnerable communities as well as key workers and emergency services in the UK and abroad.

Intu is refusing to let some larger "well-capitalised" tenants avoid paying store rents and service charges during the Covid-19 crisis, saying that it doesn't have the "financial capacity to bankroll" global brands.

The Californian company has reaffirmed its 2020 guidance, despite seeing a "significant decline" in recent retail sales due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and has announced that its China operations are back to normal.

The sale by the Clarins group to the L’Oréal group of Mugler and of Azzaro perfumes, for an as yet undisclosed amount, was first heralded last October and has now been finalised.

There’s speculation that Debenhams could be thinking of adding more stores to its list of closures and possibly entering another company voluntary arrangement.

Global online shopping order volumes have risen 88% this year with cosmetics a key category, but clothing has stayed flat while sports goods orders have dropped sharply.

AS Watson-owned UK fragrance retailer The Perfume Shop has become the latest major name to shut its online operations on the back of the coronavirus crisis.

Half-year results for MySale Group on Wednesday looked weak. But the firm also said it’s been boosted by current market volatility with more product available to it and more brands wanting to sell via its marketplace.

L'Oréal announced on Monday that it predicts a year-over-year decrease of around 5% in its first-quarter sales due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. The company also withdrew its annual financial guidance. 

UK consumers have been buying upscale soaps in accelerating numbers as the message about hand-washing hits home. Could it be a tipping point that means permanent higher sales for this category.

The American cosmetics retailer announced on Monday that it will be paying workers in its distribution centers a $2-per-hour wage premium to thank them for their continued work during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.

​Boots has introduced further measures to protect the health of pharmacists, staff and customers in store, including the distribution of 2,500 perspex screens and 20,000 protective visors. 

Malls giant Hammerson said Monday it has received “a variety of requests for rent deferrals, which we are reviewing on a case-by-case basis” across its properties in the UK, Ireland France and other European countries.

L Brands announced on Friday that it is extending temporary store closures at its store banners and taking steps to secure its finances, as a future with Covid-19 remains uncertain. 

The first week of home isolation and closing stores in the UK saw mixed results for e-tail, which slowed by 2.2% year-on-year, even though week-on-week sales accelerated due to stockpiling. But fashion saw a huge plunge.

Running across multiple channels, the campaign will aim to change people’s behaviour in countries across Africa and Asia to raise awareness of the need for proper hand hygiene to stop the spread of Covid-19.