All news articles for June 2017

Indie Beauty Profile Lynne Florio, Renee Tavoularis Planted in Beauty

Indie Beauty Profile

Lynne Florio and Renee Tavoularis, Planted in Beauty

By …as told to Deanna Utroske

In their Indie Beauty Profile, Lynne Florio and Renee Tavoularis, founders of Planted in Beauty by Well Within, explain how they’re making good use of the various business services available to startups in and beyond beauty and reveal what they’ve hearing...

Makeup in Paris: 11 specialist workshops

Eleven specialist workshops planned for Makeup in Paris

By Lucy Whitehouse

With Makeup in Paris’s 2017 edition fast approaching, the show organisers have released a programme featuring eleven specialist workshops across sustainability, colour trends, and packaging.

Indie beauty and social: a market analyst view

Indie beauty and social: a market analyst view

By Lucy Whitehouse

Further to our series of special edition articles on the indie beauty segment, we caught up with Jamie Mills, research analyst with GlobalData, on the power of social and how indie brands are harnessing this best.

L’Oréal launches an in-house app to welcome new hires

L’Oréal launches an in-house app to welcome new hires

By Deanna Utroske

The beauty maker’s Fit Culture App is the first of its kind, a global digital tool that introduces new L’Oréal employees to the ins and outs of company culture—a culture that going forward will clearly be well-grounded in the technology of the times.

Coptis unveils new Asia-Pacific subsidiary

Coptis unveils new Asia-Pacific subsidiary

By Natasha Spencer

The US and Europe-based cosmetics R&D software provider, Coptis, opens its new Asia-Pacific (APAC) subsidiary to gain access to and penetrate the Eastern marketplace.

Beauty and wellness company PDC Brands is being sold

Beauty and wellness company PDC Brands is being sold

By Deanna Utroske

The private investment firm Yellow Woods currently owns PDC and its many mass-market hair, cosmetics, fragrance, and body care brands. This month a new firm announced plans to buy PDC, a deal that will likely close by the 30th.

Anti pollution in hair care and colour cosmetics

Anti-pollution breaks into hair care and colour cosmetics

By Natasha Spencer

With the effects of pollution remaining a prominent concern for conscious consumers, we ask Sharon Kwek, Senior Innovation and Insights Analyst, Beauty and Personal Care at Mintel, how companies are maximising innovation to achieve industry longevity.

How cosmetics brands, big and small, appeal to consumers’ emotions

Special newsletter - Indie brands

How brands, big and small, are appealing to consumers’ emotions

By Natasha Spencer

Welcome to the latest special edition newsletter on indie brands, looking at how organisations are striving to understand consumer emotions to drive new product developments and marketing techniques.

Euromonitor on direct selling in a digital age

Euromonitor on direct selling in a digital age

By Lucy Whitehouse

Market research provider Euromonitor International has released a white paper on what it predicts the future of direct selling will look like in the context of a digital age.

Sulwhasoo to open first Paris store

Sulwhasoo prepares to open first Paris store

By Natasha Spencer

AmorePacific-owned Sulwhasoo enters the Parisian marketplace by getting ready to exclusively launch at Galeries Lafayette in Paris, France, in September 2017.

Au Naturale Cosmetics has a whole new look

Au Naturale Cosmetics has a whole new look

By Deanna Utroske

The green beauty brand, founded by Ashley Prange, worked closely with creative agency Base Beauty to update its logo, primary and secondary packaging, store displays, as well as the messaging and website for Au Naturale Cosmetics—all in an effort to bolster...