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State of the industry: Cosmetics Europe Director General speaks out

21-Jun-2019 By Lucy Whitehouse

We caught up with the Director General of the European trade association for the cosmetics and personal care industry, John Chave, on the state of the industry today, and why it is a very good time to be an industry professional in beauty.

Genomatica acquisition to boost its personal care surfactants offering

20-Jun-2019 By Lucy Whitehouse

Genomatica has announced it has acquired certain assets of the REG Life Sciences division (REG LS) of Renewable Energy Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: REGI), the largest supplier of advanced biofuels in North America.

Euromonitor webinar to explore the state of beauty and personal care in 2019

19-Jun-2019 By Lucy Whitehouse

Following the launch of its latest insights into the current state of the beauty market worldwide, Euromonitor International is set to host a dedicated webinar into its insights.

From The Editor's Desk

Natura’s Avon acquisition creates the first Latin American beauty powerhouse

12-Jun-2019 By Simon Pitman

Natura’s acquisition of Avon was significant not only because of the magnitude of the deal, but also because it has created the first ever major Latin American multinational.

Beauty and personal care: Euromonitor’s latest state of the global market

12-Jun-2019 By Lucy Whitehouse

Euromonitor International, a leading market reasearch provider, has launched its latest report into the current state of the beauty market. Here, we take a look at some of the highlights.

Changes, challenges and opportunities: ACA President on sustainability and regulation in APAC

12-Jun-2019 By Amanda Lim

Consumer demands, sustainability concerns and regulatory developments amid a backdrop of global trade disputes will take centre stage at the ASEAN Cosmetics Association’s Leaders Forum next month, the organisation’s president Le Chau Giang told us in...

Boots struggles in UK: retailer responds to claims 200 stores could close

11-Jun-2019 By Lucy Whitehouse

Boots, UK retail chain owned by Wallgreens Boots Alliance, is struggling in the face of fierce competition in beauty and personal care retail from discounters and online specialists.

Cosmetics in China: regulatory updates by COSMED

07-Jun-2019 By Lucy Whitehouse

Cosmed, a professional association for the beauty industry, here presents its latest insights in the China market for beauty players: e-commerce, new draft regulation, animal testing and more.

From The Editor's Desk

Watch out for indie beauty in Latin America

05-Jun-2019 By Simon Pitman

Latin America is increasingly proving to be a big opportunity for indie beauty brands to take advantage of market conditions that are designed to encourage domestic businesses.

Regulation change: the end of ‘free from’ claims for beauty and personal care?

04-Jun-2019 By Lucy Whitehouse

With changes in the EU regulation around the use of ‘free from’ on beauty and personal care products (e.g. free from parabens or free from silicones) coming into place next month, an upcoming webinar aims to get industry professionals up to speed.

Unilever: the multinational’s personal care performance 2019 so far

03-Jun-2019 By Lucy Whitehouse

From pioneering new pigments for recycling packaging, to more major acquisitions in its sights, to commitments on gender equality and ingredients transparency, we take a look at what Unilever has been up to so far this year.

Skin health probiotics “thriving market full of opportunity to grow”, new report finds

31-May-2019 By Lucy Whitehouse

A new report into the market potential for skin microbiota-related products has revealed that digitisation will be the biggest force shaping skinbiotics in the coming years.

Cosmetics Victories 2019 fund finalists announced: innovators battle it out

30-May-2019 By Lucy Whitehouse

The Cosmetics Victories is an international competition for innovation with the triple objective of detecting and developing young innovative talents, supporting their projects and encouraging research and science in the field of fragrance and cosmetics.

Unilever’s new pigment to help recycling of plastic packaging

29-May-2019 By Lucy Whitehouse

Unilever’s new packaging innovation could see 2500 tonnes of black plastic to be removed from the waste stream each year.

Estée Lauder, BASF & the RSPO new partnership

28-May-2019 By Lucy Whitehouse

Some of the leading figures in the beauty industry are teaming up to push forward the progress towards fully sustainable palm oil production and use.

Product Innovations

Survey Report: State of the cosmetics formulation & packaging sector in Europe 2017

More than 230 people responded to this year’s Cosmetics Design Europe state of the industry survey, providing insight into regional and global concerns...