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Cosmoprof Vegas organizer talks about the biggest show to date

24-Aug-2016 By Simon Pitman

Cosmetics Design caught up with Cosmoprof North America show organizer Daniela Ciocan to find out about how the show has evolved in 2016, what was new on the show floor and what to expect in 2017.

Guest article

Brexit and the UK cosmetics industry: a view from CTPA

23-Aug-2016 By CTPA

In this guest article, the Cosmetic, Toiletry and Perfumery Association (CTPA) outlines what the Brexit vote means for the UK cosmetics industry and how companies should be responding.

Eyes on vloggers: still dominating beauty online

23-Aug-2016 By Lucy Whitehouse

With Instagram moving into Snapchat’s traditional field of ‘stories’, the power of beauty influencers across social media is likely to strengthen as they maximise the ever-growing number of platforms with which to reach viewers.

Country Focus: Indonesia

Opportunity in Indonesia sparks race for market entry and expansion

19-Aug-2016 By Simon Pitman

Indonesia is powering ahead in terms of economic development, driven by rapid growth in the population and the economy. And this is translating into a surge in beauty product spend and market opportunities.

L’Oréal’s new South Africa research centre opens for business

19-Aug-2016 By Lucy Whitehouse

Global beauty player L’Oréal’s new Research & Innovation centre is now open for business, bringing its global R&D network to Sub-Saharan Africa for the first time.

Czech Republic leading on hemp beauty in Europe

19-Aug-2016 By Lucy Whitehouse

The Czech Republic has been singled out as a leader in cannabis-infused topicals, with the country reportedly the major supplier of this type of personal care products for the European and US markets.

On-demand beauty: beauty marketplace acquisition confirms UK enthusiasm

18-Aug-2016 By Lucy Whitehouse

The rise of apps and websites linking consumers with beauty services has been on the rise globally in the past few years: a recent London acquisition suggests the UK market is no exception to the trend.

Shiseido cuts full year forecast

18-Aug-2016 By Simon Pitman

Japanese multinational Shiseido announced steady sales and a big increase in profits for the first half of its financial years, but cuts its forecasts on the back of restructuring and currency exchange.

‘Consumers are becoming savvy’: what’s driving clean beauty

18-Aug-2016 By Lucy Whitehouse

With clean beauty a blossoming segment in the industry, taking its lead from the naturals and organics trend along with rising consumer demand for personalised product offerings and ethical companies, we sat down with a brand founder to find out more.

SPECIAL FOCUS: DIGITAL BEAUTY

Digital beauty: latest developments and future directions

17-Aug-2016 By Lucy Whitehouse

As beauty’s digital capacity continues to advance, we take a look at the latest and upcoming developments set to define the industry.

SPECIAL FOCUS: CLEAN BEAUTY AND WELLNESS

Rise of wellness: the ‘clean beauty’ trend

12-Aug-2016 By Lucy Whitehouse

Linked closely with the rise of the clean eating trend, clean beauty is quietly becoming something of craze. In this newsletter special, we review our archives to follow its rise, and consider where the category could be heading.

Unilever in the spotlight: what the multinational is getting right

11-Aug-2016 By Lucy Whitehouse

Personal care giant Unilever’s various growth strategies are enjoying positive results, according to a new company profile from Euromonitor. We take a look at what it’s getting right.

Mintel: exclusive expert view on Brexit and beauty

11-Aug-2016 By Lucy Whitehouse

In this exclusive article, we get a market expert’s perspective on the impact of the Brexit vote on the beauty industry.

L’Oreal geared up to launch ‘two new companies a year’

11-Aug-2016 By Lucy Whitehouse

We take a look at the motivation behind L’Oréal’s recently announced partnership with startup incubator Founders Factory.

Top sites for correct ingredient information

09-Aug-2016 By By Belinda Carli, Director of The Institute for Personal Care Science

With so much misinformation on the internet, how do you know which sites to trust for CORRECT ingredient information?

Neal's Yard Remedies making strides in boutique retailing

09-Aug-2016 By Lucy Whitehouse

In confirmation that the wellness trend is continuing to gather momentum in the UK, personal care brand Neal's Yard Remedies (NYR) new specially curated new flagship store in London has just been nominated for an award.

Ditching the trends: Shiseido innovation driven by research

05-Aug-2016 By Lucy Whitehouse

International beauty giant Shiseido has spoken of its research- rather than trends-led approach to product development, and why it believes this is best for the brand and for its consumers.

Trade group calls for ‘appropriate, relevant and strict’ natural beauty definition

05-Aug-2016 By Lucy Whitehouse

As the apparently unstoppable rise of the naturals trend continues, an industry non-profit association, NATRUE, has spoken out against the lack of formal regulatory definition for the term.

Coty gets green light for P&G takeover in Russia

05-Aug-2016 By Lucy Whitehouse

Russian regulatory authorities have given their go ahead for Coty’s acquisition of P&G’s cosmetics business, Galleria Co.

L’Oreal ‘beats its own forecast’ for removing microbeads

04-Aug-2016 By Lucy Whitehouse

International beauty giant L’Oréal has announced that it is set to complete its commitment to reformulate certain products to eliminate microbead use by the end of this year, ahead of its self-imposed schedule.

Innospec to acquire Huntsman’s European Personal Care business

04-Aug-2016 By Lucy Whitehouse

Global specialty chemicals company Innospec has acquired the European Personal Care and Home Care business of Huntsman Corp.

Iran’s beauty sales set to blossom thanks to better relationship with West

03-Aug-2016 By Lucy Whitehouse

Iran’s beauty market is being driven by two key factors: young consumers and the economic growth possibilities offered by a more stable economic situation.

SEPAWA Congress reveals this year’s programme

03-Aug-2016 By Lucy Whitehouse

The programme of workshops and events set to take place at this year’s SEPAWA Congress has been revealed, with the science-focused trade event for the detergents, cosmetics and perfumery industries set to showcase the latest in innovation.

Sustainable Cosmetics Summit Europe agenda is announced

29-Jul-2016 By Simon Pitman

This year Organic Monitor's programme will be focusing on different approaches to reducing the impact of cosmetics and personal care products on the environment.

L’Oréal results hit by negative impact from currency exchange

29-Jul-2016 By Simon Pitman

Although the cosmetics giant posted strong like-for-like results, on a reported basis the company’s second quarter performance shows a big impact from a weakened Euro.

Programme shapes up for in-cosmetics Formulation Summit

28-Jul-2016 By Simon Pitman

The venue is the AMBA Hotel in the heart of London’s West End for the in-cosmetics Formulation Summit and the two-day programme has been confirmed.

Ramp up to Cosmoprof Bologna begins

28-Jul-2016 By Simon Pitman

The ramp up to one of the industry biggest event has begun with a press conference during its sister event, Cosmoprof North America, held in Las Vegas earlier this week.

Cosmetics and fragrance help lift LVMH sales

28-Jul-2016 By Simon Pitman

A strong performance from cosmetics and fragrances, as well as retail division Sephora, helped buoy group sales that have been hit by poorer sales in the domestic market, France.

Coty names a new CEO

27-Jul-2016 By Deanna Utroske

The appointment won’t take effect until later this year, once the Coty P&G deal is formally closed. Fittingly, the new executive has experience integrating acquisitions in and beyond the US.  

Spending on beauty up in China, despite cooling economy

27-Jul-2016 By Lucy Whitehouse

Chinese consumers are still keen to spend on beauty in China, according to newly released research from Mintel, with the majority of those surveyed stating they spent more on facial skin care in 2015 compared to 2014.

How Korea could corner the halal market

26-Jul-2016 By Lucy Whitehouse

A collaboration between Korea and Malaysia could see Korea leap to the forefront of halal beauty innovation and manufacture, an industry expert has suggested.

New insight into how gels form has potential to improve cosmetic formulations

22-Jul-2016 By Michelle Yeomans

German scientists have discovered that the property of gels is due to directed chains of particles in their network-like structure which tend to contract as soon as they stretch through the whole system.

Unilever expands in men’s grooming with Dollar Shave Club acquisition

22-Jul-2016 By Simon Pitman

The Anglo-Dutch consumer goods giant has expanded its footprint in the men’s grooming space with the acquisition of Dollar Shave Club, one of the fastest growing personal care businesses in North America.

Third Sustainable Beauty Awards are on track

22-Jul-2016 By Simon Pitman

The winners of the Sustainable Beauty Awards are set to be announced in Paris at the end of October, recognizing some of the biggest sustainability pioneers in the beauty industry.

Revlon shares an early look at Q2 financial results, following Elizabeth Arden acquisition announcement

21-Jul-2016 By Deanna Utroske

The quarter ended for Revlon at the end of last month and the company will hold its official results call at the end of next week; in the meantime, some of the numbers look good.

L’Oréal heiress court saga continues as daughter is accused of bribery

21-Jul-2016 By Michelle Yeomans

More money, more problems as the saying goes. Which seems to be ringing true for the family behind the L’Oréal empire of late.

Dr. Bronner’s eyes larger slice of 'key' UK market

21-Jul-2016 By Simon Pitman

Dr. Bronner’s says it is aiming to increase its presence in the strategically important UK market with the announcement of a new distribution deal.

Boots prepares for South Korea launch

21-Jul-2016 By Lucy Whitehouse

Walgreens Boots Alliance, pharmacy-led health and beauty player, has entered into a franchise partnership that will see it enter South Korea through the country’s number one hypermarket retailer.

New data on public perception of cosmetic and personal care brands

19-Jul-2016 By Deanna Utroske

The research and consulting company YouGov has just released its mid-year BrandIndex, reporting on the skin care and hair care brands that US consumers have a distinctly positive impression of.

Sephora’s Polish centre ushers in a new way of doing business for the beauty retailer

19-Jul-2016 By Simon Pitman

Sephora has invested in a regional hub in Poland where it has introduced a new distribution model for both bricks and clicks, a system it aims to extend to other Eastern European countries in the future.

Study points to cancer risk from laser hair removal

19-Jul-2016 By Simon Pitman

The market for laser hair removal is still fast growing, with demand for home devices being particularly strong, but new study says that there could be a good a cancer risk.

Luxe Pack Monaco unveils its conference and roundtable programme

15-Jul-2016 By Simon Pitman

Luxe Pack Monaco has revealed the full three-day programme for its conferences and roundtables, which will emphasise the key themes of sustainability, branding and innovation.

Evolution of sensation – why sensory matters so much now

14-Jul-2016 By Belinda Carli, Institue of Personal Care Science

Touch has such a big impact on human emotions. Have you ever noticed how the feel of your personal care products can have a similar effect? In this guest article from an industry expert, Belinda Carli takes a look at the evolution of sensation in beauty.

Skinny & Co director gives the low-down on the coconut oil craze

14-Jul-2016 By Simon Pitman

Cosmetics Design caught up with Monique Wallace, director of sales and partnerships at Skinny & Co, to find out all about the big trend for coconut oil. In this video interview Wallace talks about why consumers are buying it, how the company sources...

Pucker up: Shiseido gets millennials to kiss through their smartphones

13-Jul-2016 By Lucy Whitehouse

Shiseido is behind the latest beauty marketing drive to go deep into millennials’ use of social media in order to court younger consumers on their own terms.

Luxe Formulation bridges the gap between container and contents

12-Jul-2016 By Simon Pitman

This year’s Luxe Pack Monaco event will again have a specific focus on product formulation, helping to expand its scope beyond just packaging.

Lush boss says Brexit makes shifting production to Germany fortuitous

12-Jul-2016 By Simon Pitman

Lush founder Mark Constantine says the clear message sent by UK Brexit voters means his type of business is not welcome there anymore.

L'Oréal Australia tackles the problem of recycling cosmetics packaging

12-Jul-2016 By Lucy Whitehouse

L’Oréal Australia is making efforts to build its environmental credentials in the country, and has teamed up with TerraCycle to offer consumers a free collection and recycling service for its products.

Croda acquires encapsulation tech from Brazil’s Inventiva

11-Jul-2016 By Deanna Utroske

The team, technology, and territory of the company founded by Renata Raffin and Candice Felippi, which specializes in nanotech encapsulation of cosmetics actives, will add to Croda’s business in and beyond personal care.

Cosmetic 360 set to re-open in Paris as a bigger event

08-Jul-2016 By Simon Pitman

The second edition of the Cosmetics 360 event is set to open its doors at the Carrousel du Louvre in Paris as a significantly bigger show than last year.