Europe’s eager young consumer base and relatively low K-beauty penetration represents significant growth potential for Able C&C’s flagship beauty brand, Missha, says the firm.
We spoke to Jacques Margnat, the President of French natural ingredients supplier SOPHIM, about the company’s expansion plans after it secured new funding.
For the first six months of 2023, the French beauty multinational posted a net profit of €3.36bn, up by 4% year on year with growth from both volume and value sales.
Europe’s hairstyling products market is expected to grow by €1.22 billion (US$1.34 billion) to 2026, but the sector is increasingly at risk from the growing trend of counterfeit products.
Skin care brand Meeth is furthering its global ambitions by making entry into Spain, where it believes it can excite beauty consumers with its novel Japanese products.
Personal care giant Procter & Gamble (P&G) has reported a small rise in net sales and a dip in net profit for the first quarter of fiscal 2023, forecasting a continued difficult cost and operating environment, particularly in Europe, for the rest...
Irish indie brand Spotlight Oral Care is continuing to expand across Europe and the US and wants to focus future new product development on bridging the oral health and beauty gap.
Active beauty for the eye area, including care for lashes and brows, remains a largely untapped area with plenty of promise for growth, says Swedish brand Xlash Cosmetics.
The South Korean arm of South East Asian e-commerce platform Shopee has inked a deal with the Korean SMEs and Startups Agency (KOSME) to form a logistics service to facilitate the entry of Korean products to Poland.
A.S. Watson's health and beauty division grew up by 17% on the back of growth in Europe which helped to offset declines in China brought about by COVID-19
Personal care giant Colgate-Palmolive has reported a net sales rise for the second quarter (Q2) of fiscal 2021, with a particularly strong performance in Europe, Africa and Eurasia.
International beauty major L’Oréal has reported a strong rise in sales and net profit for the first half (H1) of 2021, with e-commerce and North America performing particularly well during Q2.
Sephora’s partnership with e-commerce fashion major Zalando will capitalise on the online momentum built up by the German player over the past 18 months and may inspire other cross-sector collaborations, but is there a risk it could compromise the beauty...
Coconut water brand Vita Coco has expanded into European hair care with a range of shampoos, conditioners and treatments, and its EMEA head says it’s ready to take on the beauty competition.
Personal care giant Colgate-Palmolive has seen net sales rise for the first quarter (Q1) of 2021, bolstered by a particularly strong surge in APAC, thus continuing its growth trajectory despite ongoing COVID-19-related volatilities.
Bulgarian online retailer Undone Store has added South Korean skin care brand Boutijour into its portfolio in January 2021 as it looks to double the number of brands on the store by the end of this year.
The global squalene market will surge in the next five years, driven by increasing demands for high-quality natural cosmetics and interest and innovation in biosynthetic alternatives, a report says.
Beiersdorf-owned Nivea remains the most chosen beauty and personal care brand in Europe and the only one purchased by over 50% of households – an impressive feat for any global brand, says Kantar.
US beauty major Coty has announced the European expansion of Kylie Skin a year after its launch – part of a wider plan to build out Kylie Jenner’s beauty businesses into a global powerhouse brand.
Japanese male skin care brand Bulk Homme will expand into Europe this month, launching into the UK and France – two key and growing men’s grooming markets, its CEO says.
Canadian beauty manufacturer KDC/ONE has snapped up another European firm on its acquisition trail, announcing the buy-out of Italian-headquartered air freshener specialist Zobele Group.
Japanese fine chemicals specialist DIC Corporation has agreed to purchase BASF’s global pigment business in a multi-billion deal it says will broaden its reach into functional pigments and cosmetics.
Israeli Dead Sea specialist Alma K has launched a full body detox mask for consumers looking to stretch skin care regimes beyond the face – a trend industry will likely see more of, its marketing manager says.
With population growth flat for the under 12 age group in the region, Western Europe offers a challenging market for baby and child-specific products players.
While the Asia Pacific region has been out in front from the start of the anti-pollution trend, market analysts suggest Europe is still missing out on the potential it offers in a significant way.
Eurofins, a global group of laboratories providing testing services to consumer goods industries, has announced the acquisition of Dermatest, a major sun care testing company in Australia.
The 2017 European edition of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil is due to take place in London, June 12 -13, looking to focus on how the body can make change possible and deliver on three core commitments.
In order to address the concerns held by the UK beauty and personal industry in the face of uncertainty from the Brexit situation, the Cosmetics, Toiletry and Perfumery Association (CTPA) held a seminar tackling the big questions.
Sephora has invested in a regional hub in Poland where it has introduced a new distribution model for both bricks and clicks, a system it aims to extend to other Eastern European countries in the future.
As demand for multi-functional cosmetics continues to sit at the top of French consumers’ beauty priority list, Korea’s innovations have been scooping up the majority of the market share.
AMSIlk, a supplier of cosmetic grade synthetic silk biopolymers, has announced two new distribution agreements to expand its footprint in Southern Europe.
One of the biggest niche trends in the cosmetics world in recent years has been the rise and rise of cosmetic oils, which goes hand-in-hand with traditional dropper.
Sales in Eastern Europe, Latin America and China helped to boost Henkel’s beauty care business which dipped slightly in Western Europe in Q2 2015, and this positive development helped boost the Group’s overall figures.
Beiersdorf has continued on its positive growth path thanks to the weak euro’s current situation, lower costs, and rising sales of Nivea and Eucerin products; although it remains cautious after business slowed in the first half of the year in the Western...
The L’Oréal boss says he expects a positive second half of the year after Western Europe and North America continued their improvement and the company sees ‘significant growth’ in 2015.
DSM Personal Care announces it is upping its collaboration with Nordmann, Rassmann Group, and will employ the German firm as its sole distributor in Central and Eastern Europe.
Shiseido announces that Louis Desazars will become President and CEO of its Europe, Africa and Middle East Region, as well as of designer fragrance business Beauté Prestige International (BPI), from September 1st, 2015.
German manufacturer Henkel posted good results for the first quarter 2015 but admitted that things were still to pick up in Western Europe whilst the situation in Russia and the Ukraine is still expected to have an effect on earnings.
According to the Joint Research Center; to date, identifying chemicals that may induce skin allergies have been tested on animals, but now it is recommending a new method.
Although the brand is present in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, Missha is now concentrating its efforts on Western Europe, particularly Germany, where cosmetics account for the largest share of the European market.
Recent research projecting substantial market growth for both bio-based and petroleum-derived succinic acid single out the European marketplace as the biggest.
The at-home beauty trend appears to be continuing and this is good news for the beauty devices market as well as for professional skin care as people turn towards more cost-effective products to achieve results which might previously have only been possible...
L’Oréal has posted strong underling global results, with revenues in Western Europe also showing signs of recovery, but a strong Euro negates much of the gains.
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