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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Julia Kollewe

Boohoo airs ‘serious concerns’ as bosses at Revolution Beauty fired then rehired

Lipstick on sale
Lipstick on sale in Fenwick in London. Revolution Beauty sells its makeup and skincare products online and in bricks-and-mortar retailers. Photograph: Linda Nylind/The Guardian

The online retailer Boohoo has raised “serious concerns” about the behaviour of the board at the bargain makeup brand Revolution Beauty after an extraordinary row in which three of its most senior directors were fired and immediately rehired.

The fast-fashion retailer Boohoo, which owns a 26.6% stake in Revolution, was among almost three-quarters of investors who voted to oust the makeup brand’s chief executive, Bob Holt, its chief finance officer, Elizabeth Lake, and its chair, Derek Zissman, at a shareholder meeting on Tuesday. However, they were reinstated after the meeting by an independent director, Jeremy Schwartz.

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