In this five-part interview special with Dr. Jochen Krauss, an economist, pricing expert and Managing Partner of Simon-Kucher & Partners, we explore the concept of value and how cosmetic and personal care brands can transform their positioning and...
As Shiseido focuses on Cle de Peau Beaute’s strategic brand relaunch, it names the Academy Award-nominated actress Felicity Jones as its 'Global Brand Face'.
The Japanese skin care, hair care and personal care giant has finished work on its new facility in Taiwan, dedicated to the production of beauty items.
India’s e-commerce cosmetics hub, Purplle, signs marketing alliance with ATAC cosmetics and VIP Ventures to introduce Moda and Vipera to Indian consumers.
Royal DSM (DSM) and Zhejiang Haixing Investment (Haixing) acquire a majority equity stake in Chinese high-tech enterprise, Inner Mongolia Rainbow Biotechnology.
The personal care company will build a new production plant for skin care cosmetics to respond to growing demands and to complement the company's existing three factories in Japan.
The Japanese multinational electronics company cultivates new make up application software that allows shoppers to freely produce digital professional make up.
The South Korean personal care giant launches three cosmetics brands in China — OHUI, VDL and Belif — to enable it to make greater strides in the global cosmetics industry.
As the personal care industry is gearing up for new product releases in 2018, we spoke to Kunal Mahajan, Project Manager for Chemicals and Energy, Kline, about what is set to prove a hit with consumers.
Teaming up with Kyoto University, multinational electronics company, Panasonic, has advanced its key technologies to evolve its radar health monitor for use in the home.
In the second part of our interview with Pranktik Mazumdar, Managing Partner, Happy Marketer, we explored how chatbots and customer experience tools are building engagement, loyalty and sales.
Aiming to offer the optimum online shopping experience, JD.com now prepares to give brands a luxury-only direct channel to Chinese consumers through Toplife.
Asia’s leading personal care ingredients event will celebrate its 10th instalment by welcoming first-time speakers and exhibitors, and unveiling recent product launches.
Following the release of its anti-pollution and blue light study protocols earlier this year, along with its newly-launched, ex vivo model, Véronique Newton, Preclinical Laboratory Manager, CIDP, and Jessen Curpen, Biophysics Manager and Head of Clinical...
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.
Flavour and fragrances company, Givaudan, enters into a strategic alliance with extract ingredients manufacturer, Draco Natural Products, to explore the power of traditional Chinese medicine in product development.
As the genetics-driven wellness brand prepares to celebrate its first anniversary and attend this year’s in-cosmetics Asia, we spoke to Jia Yi Har, VP and General Manager of Imagene Labs, about how DNA profiling is transforming the personal care sector.
While personal care conglomerate, Shiseido, ramps up its facial expression project with a new face skin care cream, it also announced the voluntary recollection of its Integrate Killer Wink Gel Liner.
In our second look at the new beauty player on the digital Malaysian marketplace, we profile mySmink’s business and marketing strategy to explore how it plans to harness its introduction and growth.
Chemist Dr. Chen Wugang is the founder of Taiwanese skin care and beauty salon franchise, with Joanna Chen now at the helm of Chlitina as the CEO. Ryan Chao, Chlitina’s Chief Operating Officer for the Greater China area, talks about the latest developments...
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”.
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...
In recent years, the male grooming sector has grown in popularity and frequency throughout Asia. We asked David Tyrrell, Global Skincare Analyst for Beauty & Personal Care at Mintel what pivotal influences are impacting this trend and why "South...
China’s leading retailer, Suning Holdings Group, signs a cooperation agreement with leading Australian wholesale distribution and marketing company, Metcash, to welcome quality Australian and New Zealand products into China.
Natural ingredient-based cosmetics and wellbeing goods producer, L’Occitane, enters into the innovative concept market following a strong quarterly trading period.
APTechUp+, the first beauty startup incubator programme in Korea, gives its five selected start up beauty tech businesses the opportunity to showcase their digital innovations.
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