Multinational consumer goods giant Unilever has released its annual report, acknowledging that its performance was beset by challenging market conditions.
Johnson & Johnson Inc’s latest acquisition - the biggest deal in its 130-year history - of a Swiss biotech company confirms the multinational is looking to bolster its presence outside of the US.
As of January 29, the cosmetics retailer has reorganized its company structure, and Ulta executives believe that the business will be more efficient in this new configuration.
Natural, niche, and startup personal care brands regularly advance new deodorant formats and formulations. Among the latest attempts to disrupt the deodorant market is Switch Fresh, a patented redesign of the conventional container that could significantly...
With the industry already off to a flying start with innovation in 2017, we take a look at what industry commentators are predicting as the major trends for the year ahead.
By Catherine Apolinario, Cosmed Regulatory Affairs Manager
With the Susncreen Innovation Act coming into force in the US, we take a look at it from the European market’s perspective. Here’s what you need to know.
The company’s Dove brand has just announced a new collection of hair care products positioned to compete directly with P&G’s popular Head & Shoulders brand of anti-dandruff shampoo.
Hair loss as an issue holds greater potential for the beauty and personal care industry than is currently being met, according to recent data from a Euromonitor International beauty survey.
Procter and Gamble has announced that its Head & Shoulders brand is set to produce the ‘world’s first’ recyclable shampoo bottle, made from up to 25% recycled beach plastic.
Euromonitor’s recent beauty survey has revealed that millennials are the most frequent users of all hair care products, with daily hair care usage higher among male consumers.
CosmeticsDesign is gearing up to host an interactive web forum with global industry experts on the ongoing rise of the anti-pollution (or protection) trend.
The fragrance maker sources clove leaf oil from Madagascar and has just announced that this collection network meets environmental management objectives and fair trade standards, qualifying the supply as Fair for Life.
The Cosme Tech and Cosme Tokyo event opened its doors at the Big Sight yesterday, revealing a bigger and more international than ever before. Here are some of the photo highlights from the show floor.
An electronic ink company has partnered with a major beauty packaging player, with the two announcing that the collaboration offers the industry a ‘world first’ digital solution for personalised packaging.
Procter & Gamble, consumer goods multinational, has teamed up with UNESCO to reach and support young Syrian and Jordanian women who are struggling to complete basic education or pursue training as a result of their refugee status.
LG Household & Health Care is set to introduce South Korea’s first ever customised skin care solution, the country’s leading daily business newspaper, Pulse, reports.
A study by researchers at the University of Lund, in Southern Sweden, is taking a closer look at how solvents used in creams and lotions can impact the skin.
On Friday, inauguration day here in the States, a lot of changes took place as the Obama administration came to an end and a new team took power. As part of this transition, social and environmental policy pages were removed from the WhiteHouse.gov site.
Shiseido has continued to expand its international and US footprint with the acquisition of MatchCo, a California-based developer of customized digital tools used in personalization beauty regimes.
As the consumer hunger for personalisation in colour cosmetics continues to mount, brands and companies are increasingly offering innovative ways to meet this demand.
Switzerland has introduced an official ban on the retail of cosmetics that have been tested on animals, bringing it closer in line with the EU ban on animal-testing in the industry.
Beiersdorf has announced that it is taking its Open Innovation initiative, whereby networking across the personal care industry is promoted via its PearlFinders communication platform, to the next level in 2017.
Aqua Bio Technology (ABT), a Norwegian skin care player, is making a decisive effort to expand its operations from being primarily an ingredients supplier for the industry, to also include the marketing and sales of third party products.
Maria Coronado, ingredients associate with market research firm Euromonitor International, has spoken about the current state of the anti-pollution trend.
Beiersdorf has poster ‘better than expected’ sales for 2016, with organic sales growing by 3.2% across the Group, particularly boosted by brands like Nivea, Eucerin and La Prairie in its Consumer division.
Researchers from the University of California, San Diego, in collaboration with a scientist out of Zurich, Switzerland, have published new data on the structure and mechanics of hair that has likely applications for hair care R&I.
Debenhams, a leading department store chain in the UK, has used the strong recent performance of its beauty offerings to defend the future of the retail format.
Beauty giant L’Oréal has continued its push to position itself as a leader when it comes to diversity with the use of a transgender model to front its latest campaign.
As big brands focus on their new year strategies and development plans, we take a look at the Institute of Personal Care Science ’s projected trends and how they are set to transform the industry in 2017.
A total of 15 cosmetics businesses across London were collectively fined £168,579 in 2016 for the supply and retail of unsafe cosmetics products, according to new figures published by London Trading Standards.
New Zealand-based organic skin care brand, Moana Skincare has entered into a partnership agreement with active ingredient developer Aqua Bio Technology (ABT).
The chemical tech company Avantium has announced the purchase of 100+ pending and granted patents for making CO2 into various materials, including specialty chemicals with applications in cosmetics and personal care.
The packager and hair care maker worked closely together to develop premium-style containers for Kenra’s new line of Snail CC Creme for hair care products.
Her predecessor left the executive vice president position in December of last year. Now the long-time Chanel finance leader is set to take control of the company’s skin care, color cosmetics, and fragrance business in the States.
By Belinda Carli, Director, Institute of Personal Care Science
You have a great formulation idea but now that you are about to put that idea into action, what is the best to get it to market as quickly as possible. What's the best approach?
Hygge - a Danish idea used to describe the feeling or mood that stems from making every day moments more meaningful, beautiful or comfortable - has become a something of a cultural buzzword in recent months. Now, it’s beginning to influence beauty.
For this installment of Two Views, Cosmetics Design reached out to digital entrepreneurs— Jessica Pritchett and Jihan Thompson—in an effort to better understand how technology is expanding the reach and potential of beauty products and services.
Unilever has released a study that takes a look at consumer interest in the topic of sustainability, and out of the five countries surveyed, the UK came out as the least keen on sustainable products.
