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Jennifer Weil

European Beauty Editor

Jennifer Weil is WWD’s European Beauty Editor. She has served in the role for more than 25 years, reporting on evolutions and revolutions impacting the beauty industry. From a holistic vantage point, she covers corporate, financial, retail, marketing, brand and product news, as well as rising trends and in-depth profiles of companies and executives. Groups in her scope include L’Oréal, LVMH, Kering, Unilever and Groupe Clarins, as well as fledgling fragrance and cosmetics makers. Jennifer began her journalism career in Paris, at the International Herald Tribune and city publications. She is a native New Yorker, with a degree from Middlebury College.

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