News & Analysis on Cosmetics Innovation
With just over seven months until the doors open for in-cosmetics Asia in Bangkok, interest in the show is said to be exceeding 2012 figures as exhibitor bookings are up 36 percent compared to this time last year.
Thanks to funding from animal rights organization Cruelty Free International, Vietnam is taking strides to replace animal testing on cosmetics with alternative methods.
Chinese officials are said to be considering levying a consumption tax on certain consumer products that make heavy use of resources and cause pollution, with cosmetics indicated as potentially being levied anywhere up to 30 percent.