News & Analysis on Cosmetics Innovation
Sustainability has become almost synonymous with cosmetics packaging, which is underlined by recent news concerning Unilever’s deodorant innovation, beauty packaging designed from wood and a new petroleum-free plastic material.
Online retailer Taobao has started to see an uptake in consumers from smaller locales in China investing in the online forum to buy cosmetics, particularly in 2012 where they were found to buy more products over their urban counterparts.
The Thai skin care market will grow by three per cent per year CAGR through to 2017, according to a recent report by market research organization Companies and Markets.
Environmental groups have discovered seven brands of mercury-contaminated cosmetics being sold in Davao City, the Philippines.
Cosmetics giant L’Oreal has announced that Jean-Christophe Letellier has been appointed as managing director of its India operations.
New Indian import rules place heavy emphasis on item’s place of manufacture and quality standards in an attempt to make imported cosmetics safer.