Cosmetics giant, L'Oréal, and e-commerce leader, Alibaba Group, are boosting their efforts to reduce waste by using environmentally friendly packaging.
In partnership, Bolloré Logistics and L’Oréal Singapore, won the recent award for their co-designed innovative trucking solution deployed in Asia-Pacific.
On 16th May, market-foresight advisory firm, ABI Research, reveals that the consumer robotics market will reach 100 million shipments and $23 bn (€19.6 bn) in revenue by 2026
Alibaba Group partners with Tsinghua University to establish a joint-research lab that focuses on the natural experience for next-generation Natural Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).
With the theme, ‘Experience the future of luxury packaging’, cosmetics and personal care giants will access a two-day programme exploring trends, market, design and sustainability.
Multinational packaging and manufacturing company, Johnson & Johnson, prepares to launch its latest design facility in Science Park, Singapore, marking its first innovation unit outside New York.
We caught up once more with Delon Wang, Trends Manager, Asia-Pacific at Mintel, for the final instalment of our Made in Australia series to consider the impact of sociological considerations from the millennial demographic.
Mintel’s Beauty Retailing China 2017 report found that almost 50% of Chinese beauty consumers aged 20-49 used mobile payment when buying beauty or personal care products in the six months to November 2016.
Yonwoo Packaging's highly innovator skin care dispenser design walked away with the top prize in the best skin care packaging category for Cosmopack Asia awards. Cosmetics Design was at the event, held in Hong Kong last month, and cornered a company...
Cosmetics Design caught up with Cosmopack Asia show director Rossano Bozzi to find out about all the developments at the expanded packaging event, held in Hong Kong recently. This year's innovations included a full make-up compact production line,...
The Japanese multinational electronics company cultivates new make up application software that allows shoppers to freely produce digital professional make up.
Preservatives have left many formulation experts and ingredient developers with a huge dilemma: how to maintain product integrity and safety without using the conventional preservatives consumers are trying to avoid.
Yusuke Chikamatsu from the Cosmetic Raw Materials Department at raw material handler and distributor, Kaneda, talks us through their business aims, along with the functionality and high-quality nature of Made in Japan items.
Shiseido Group’s, luxury brand, Clé de Peau Beauté, launches its limited edition, holiday season ‘Coffret Synactif’ from its premium product range ‘Synactif’.
With social video on the up, we asked Alexandra English, Director of Marketing at Pixability, how this compares with text-based marketing, what approaches brands should take to be a winner at video marketing, and how they can get ahead of their competitors....
Japanese multinational personal care company, Kosé Corporation, unveils its Decorté name, as it enters into an exclusive distribution agreement with Selfridges, located on Oxford Street, London, UK.
We explored how brands can ensure they appeal to their target audiences, the possibility of using influencer marketing and the ability for niche indie names to compete with the big global players in the second part of our interview with Alexandra English,...
Marketing its open innovation consultancy and ahead of its presentation at the upcoming in-cosmetics Asia event, we caught up with Mário Braz de Matos and Joël Céré of Flying Fish Lab to ask about the company’s success to date and its approach to tackling...
With natural actives becoming a commonplace element of many formulators' ingredient lists and as the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) ISO 16128 provides guidelines on definitions for natural and organic cosmetic ingredients, we...
Next year’s Tokyo Pack 2018 strives to develop new international audiences for Asia's global packaging technology as it gets ready to launch creative, cross-cultural relationships and current explanations to packaging questions.
Hailed as “the first of its kind in the Japanese cosmetics industry”, personal care conglomerate, Shiseido, launches its digital counselling mirror and next generation cosmetics counter at its recently-renovated Ginza Siz store.
As the natural labelling and claims market has an increasingly positive impact on consumer purchasing decisions, we spoke to Belinda Carli, Director, Institute of Personal Care Science, about the influence this has in Australia and New Zealand and asked...
With the K-beauty cosmetics craze generating sales of $225 mn (€190.7 mn) in 2016 in the US alone, one tech entrepreneur is releasing the “Facebook of Korean beauty”.
Cosmoprof Asia 2017, the favourite Asia Pacific (APAC) event that reveals the latest trends and novelties in the cosmetics industry, prepares for new awards to recognise cutting-edge developments in the region.
Biotechnology ingredients provider Nexgen has opted for Thinfilm’s NFC solutions as a means of enhancing its global supply chain to provide heightened security and distribution transparency.
Japanese heavyweight names, Shiseido, Kose, Kanebo, are using ‘Made in Japan’ labels on their products to engage Asian shoppers, notably Chinese consumers.
Currently, in the US, there appears to be a disconnect between K-beauty trends and their adoption in the Western marketplace. We continued our conversation with David Tyrrell, Global Skincare Analyst, Beauty & Personal Care at Mintel on how it can build...
Belinda Carli, Director, Institute of Personal Care Science, highlights how today’s cosmetics and personal care brands are centring on including negative ‘free from’ claims that are creating misplaced fear in consumers.
24-hour services are adding value to urban Chinese consumer shopping habits, as Matthew Crabbe, Director of Research, Asia-Pacific at Mintel reveals that convenience stores are differentiating their products and services to remain competitive.
Both companies serve the cosmetics and personal care industries (among others). But this deal advances WestRock’s business in Australia, where Hanapak is well established in the consumer packaging market.
The Hurun Institute and MEC’s 'China HNWI Gifting White Paper 2017’ highlights how brands can enter the luxurious gifting market through building a multichannel marketing campaign.
In association with MEC, The Hurun Research Institute releases its 'China HNWI Gifting White Paper 2017’, citing its findings on gifting and high net worth individual (HNWI) demands in China.
With the effects of pollution remaining a prominent concern for conscious consumers, we ask Sharon Kwek, Senior Innovation and Insights Analyst, Beauty and Personal Care at Mintel, how companies are maximising innovation to achieve industry longevity.
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