Japanese drugstore retailer Welcia-BHG is planning to open another 29 outlets in the next five years, beginning with another two this year in Singapore’s downtown core.
British-based Indie Brand BYBI is on a mission to mainstream sustainable beauty and believes lots can be learned from fashion and kick-started through packaging.
This year’s New York City edition of the Indie Beauty Expo will take place August 21 and 22 at Pier 94 on Manhattan’s West Side. And, brands from nearly every continent will be exhibiting at show – more than 225 of them, all hoping to capture the attention...
The National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency (NPRA) of the Malaysian Ministry of Health (MOH) has flagged seven cosmetic creams for allegedly containing mercury and banned them from sale in the country.
Korea’s Kolmask, the sheet mask manufacturing unit of Kolmar Korea Holdings, has acquired Jayjun Cosmetic’s plant in Incheon to boost its sheet mask production output.
Pedro Escudero has high hopes for his marine microalgae-based luxury skin care brand, Bluevert, describing it as competitively-priced alternative to brands such as La Prairie and La Mer.
We round-up of our most-read news pieces about China, featuring new insights on C-beauty, expansion of MaskiD into China, Chanel’s entry into Tmall and more.
We round-up of our most-read cosmetics regulation stories of the region, featuring halal beauty, adulterated infant eczema creams, asbestos-tainted cosmetics and more.
The Biological Science Laboratories and Skin Care Products Research Laboratories of Kao Corporation claims to have discovered a relationship between the skin barrier and UVB-induced erythema.
Kosé Group sales in Asia grew by 38.4% to ¥ 14.9bn ($137.2m) because of the demand for prestige beauty and the growth of the travel retail channel and e-commerce in China.
Kao has developed a new approach to better understand sensory changes when cosmetics are applied on the skin, paving the way for a new approach to product development.
At the recent Cosmetics Design Summit we caught up with Asian industry expert Nicole Fall to find out about the types of opportunities for microbiome skin care brands in the region.
