The organizers of the In-Cosmetics Asia event have introduced ‘Ask the Experts Clinics' to provide tailor-made help and advice on a range of industry issues.
L’Oreal has announced a 14 per cent drop in its first half profits as a gradual rise in sales helps get the global cosmetics player back on track, beating market forecasts.
Advertising agency the Vox Collective and marketing consultancy 85% Niche, have joined forces to help brands understand and increase market share in the growing ‘ethnic’ segment in America.
All too often cosmetics firms are guilty of committing one or more of the seven sins of greenwashing, according to environmental marketing firm TerraChoice.
Germany is still one of the strongest markets for natural beauty and personal care products, according to organisers of the natural trade show Vivaness.
Fighting off a stagnant domestic retail market, more and more US personal companies are turning to the Asian markets to further boost their business operations.
Premium skin care specialist NuSkin has posted higher than expected profits on a weak dollar, despite the fact that certain key Asian markets saw sales slumps.
Strong growth in international markets has helped offset a significant rise in production costs for the world's leading oral care player, Colgate Palmolive.
The FDA has agreed to evaluate an anti-wrinkle injection treatment
from France-based pharmaceutical company Ipsen which if approved
would provide a rival for Allergan's Botox.
The global market for anti-aging products - topical, dietary and
pharmaceutical - is predicted to increase due to growing interest
from an ever younger consumer base.
Boosted by strong domestic growth for personal care, Indian company
Anchor Health and Beauty Care says it will be
eyeing global soap and toothpaste brands as a key to further
expansion.
Eyelash enhancers have blurred the line between cosmetics and drugs
landing two companies in a regulatory snare but La Canada Ventures
has been careful to avoid trouble.
Germany-based Drs. Hans Schreuder is teaming up with China-based
RHEI Pharmaceuticals in a deal that will ensure that its natural
skin care line is distributed throughout fast-growing markets in
Asia.
Oriflame's sales force increased twenty per cent during the fourth
quarter leading to strong sales results, although profit was
affected by significant restructuring costs.
Although the Asia Pacific region continues to be the main launch
pad for new nutricosmetics products, latest market movements show
that the UK and US are catching up.
Launched in 'Chloe's apartment' the luxury brand's new fragrance
seeks to push boundaries of expectation in order to reach out to
customers with a clear product concept.
Moritex, a global supplier of skin counseling products to the
beauty market, has launched a new generation of its highly
MoistSense moisture metre, a device that could help skin care
brands to promote their products at the point of...
Worldwide chemicals and ingredients supplier, Laboratories
Serobiologies (LS), a Cognis Care active ingredients business has
launched a new anti-ageing product, Dermican, at the recent ISFCC
trade show in Osaka, Japan, with the product...
Just one week after financial analysts reinforced a top credit
rating for leading Japanese cosmetic company Shiseido, the company
has posted a drop in profits as the domestic market wanes.
As Avon continues to make major cut backs, analysts and market
experts are being won over as the company's position starts to look
stronger following a difficult two year period.
Unilever sales grew by just 2 per cent in 2005, putting them in the
shadows as arch rival P&G takes the number one consumer goods
spot following last year's purchase of Gillette.
Body Shop International said that its latest results for the six
months up to 27 August showed new lines featuring exotic community
trade ingredients such as Brazilian babbusu nut oil and Zambian
honey have been a major driving force...
The NPD Group, a US-based global provider of consumer and retail
information, has made an agreement with TNS Infratest to acquire
its Italian business providing information about the perfumery
category, in a move that strengthens...
American direct marketer Nu Skin is setting up operations in Russia
at the beginning of next year, and has tapped one of its most
successful European executives to lead the new venture.
With spending power growing all the more on the back of huge
economic growth, everyone is now talking about the huge potential
in the China consumer market. And it is the cosmetics sector that
many industry experts are getting particularly...
Swedish cosmetics company Oriflame today announced an increase in
sales in Q4 boosted by the efficiency of the catalogue as a selling
tool, but operating profit was down.
Avon is cutting back on non-cosmetics lines such as jewellery and
toys and concentrating on its international markets in an effort to
stem the effects of a slow US market, which the company forecasts
will not pick up during the course...
Despite Wella reporting a 7.2 per cent increase in sales for its
core cosmetics and fragrance business in the first six months of
the year, the company has reported a drop in group profits bought
on by restructuring costs - a factor...
Despite announcing rising profits yesterday, both Unilever and
Proctor & Gamble saw their stock prices slip, reflecting
growing concerns over excessive competition in the FMCG sector.
Simon Pitman reports.
The urban Chinese Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) industry has
out-stripped all the fast-growing Asian economies, including India,
over the past year. And a Closer look at the ACNielsen figures
reveals that growth in cosmetics and...
Cosmetics giant Avon says that it is expecting strong profit and
sales growth to continue in to its third and fourth quarters. The
company said that despite flat sales in the US market, strong sales
in Central and Eastern Europe together...
Outsourcing may have helped Fytokem Products, a Canadian producer
of plant-based ingredients, increase its sales from last quarter,
but they were still well down on the same period last year.
Sometimes not following market trends and competitors, but sticking
to your own business and marketing strategy may be the best way to
succeed. One of the best examples of this is Avon, the sixth
largest global beauty company, which...
China's metrosexuals, the "ai-mei nanren" (love-beauty men), are
spending their rising disposable incomes in beauty salons, and
contributing to the 8 per cent value growth experienced in the
country's cosmetics...
Cosmeceuticals can no longer be considered a niche market,
representing up to 50 per cent of supplement sales in some
countries, maintains a new report.