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Awareness on the importance of skin care among men is likely to protect the male beauty category from the recent media crackdown China has mandated against those who do not fit into the masculine stereotype.
L'Oréal USA achieves carbon neutrality four years early
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Novi receives $10.3 million to develop beauty transparency and sustainability
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Chemist expands natural product line celebrating curls
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Vitafoods: Biotics gaining interest as consumers look at health holistically
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‘Sensiti-Ageing’: Sensitive skin category lacking solutions to tackle vulnerability to premature ageing
All Asia-Pacific
Hemp exports: India Hemp Organics opens up food and cosmetics trade with North America, Oceania and GCC
South Asia
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Beauty giants to form consortium for ‘brand-agnostic’ and 'transparent' global environmental impact system
All Asia-Pacific
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Overseas debut: Japan’s Athletia landing in UK this October to start European expansion push
East Asia
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‘Zero tolerance’: E-commerce firms urged to combat sale of mercury-laden whitening products and plastic pollution
Clean & Ethical Beauty
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‘Sleep is so near yet so far’: Scent by SIX unveils new collection to promote better sleep
COVID-19
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Helping hand: Japanese cosmetic firms help influencers launch make-up brands at one-tenth of the cost
Market Entry
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Financial focus: Shiseido, Estée Lauder and more feature in our latest beauty business and finance update
Asia in Focus
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