Yn November 2014 the Palace of Versailles in Paris hosted the 60th anniversary ceremony for the prestigious Comité Colbert, attended by representatives of the world’s top luxury brands. Dr Irena Eris, which joined the association in 2012, was represented by Dr Irena Eris and Henryk Orfinger.

Burgess sales broker Peter Brown is part of the judging panel for the inaugural Superyacht UK Young Designer Competition, taking place on 14 – 15 January 2015. The competition is intended to help raise the profile of the marine industry as a career option and increase the pool of young talent available to design houses.

Sephora is a visionary beauty-retail concept founded in France by Dominique Mandonnaud in 1970. Sephora's unique, open-sell environment features an ever-increasing amount of classic and emerging brands across a broad range of product categories including skincare, color, fragrance, body, smilecare, and haircare, in addition to Sephora's own private label.

'Oréal has built its innovation strategy around getting to know and listening to different groups of people worldwide.The Research division is wide open to the world, with its 16 evaluation centers based on every continent including the opening of the Russian one in 2012.