UK health and beauty retailer Superdrug, looks set to make its mark
in the booming online cosmetics market with the December launch of
its new website, Superdrug Online.
The Men's skin care segment has emerged as a market leader in the
male grooming industry, according to market research firm, NPD
Group. However, due to disappointing overall sales growth in the
past year, manufacturers are urged...
Despite an overall increase in net sales, cosmetic leader, Revlon,
reported a third quarterly loss on Tuesday, due to costs incurred
for the discontinuation of unsuccessful product line, Vital
Radiance, and company restructuring.
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...
Direct sales cosmetics company, Oriflame, is targeting the
ever-growing home spa treatment market with its new range, Swedish
Spa, designed for consumers wanting to use spa-style products at
home.
New York based firm, Besame Cosmetics, is taking the niche cosmetic
market by storm, with its annual revenue tripling in recent months
thanks to strong internet sales and expansion into the European
market.
In recent years one of the key developments in western European and
North American markets has been extensive and continued
segmentation of categories or microsegmentation. But the latest
market research suggests that consumers might...
South Africa-based Inkomfe, a manufacturer of personal care
products featuring locally sourced natural ingredients, has
recently extended its product portfolio and is looking to increase
its consumer base in both Europe and the US.
With consumers continuing to opt for cosmetic products that are
deemed to be natural and therefore safer, sales of natural &
organic cosmetics are projected to surpass the €1 billion mark for
the first time this year.
A packaging innovation that helps consumers time how long their
cosmetic treatment should last and even alerts them as to the time
and date of their next treatment has turned heads at this week's
Health & Beauty America show...
Product Partners, a Los Angeles company concerned with the
marketing and distribution of health and wellness products, is
launching a global campaign, 'Breakthrough in Beauty', to find the
world's top new innovation...
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.
The UK has overtaken Germany to become the largest market in Europe
for internet sales - a market that has already proved to be rich
pickings for personal care producers. But research suggests the
French market is set for even bigger...
Tapping into the latest major growth market, Beiersdorf has claimed
an international coup for the launch of its Nivea Good-bye
Cellulite Gel, which has helped the company to capture the No.1
market position for the body care category...
After two years of falling deodorant sales, it appears Americans
have been won back to deodorant by a sex-infused marketing campaign
by leading global brand Axe.
Feelgoods International says it is focusing future expansion on the
US market, having developed its name as a provider of facial
cosmetic products in both the Swiss and German markets in Europe.
Dr Scheller Cosmetics says it has managed to continute its improved
financial performance by maintaining sales growth and increasing
its gross profit for its first quarter ending in March.
Germany-based cosmetics player Dr. Scheller says it has improved
the time to market of its product lines by installing new software
on across its business administration structure.
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.
A new report says that the market for the supply of vitamin E is in
turmoil as consumers become confused by conflicting media messages,
but despite this the cosmetics and toiletries industry is likely to
fuel future growth as it is...
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.
Large-scale retailers, including the big super market names, are
carving out an increasing share of the personal care market with
private labels, putting the heat on some of the largest famous
brands.
California-based Dermagen says it is about to unveil a new high-end
anti-aging skin care line called Môntage Paris. The company says it
is going into direct competition with leading French skin care
products currently being marketed...
A four-month retail study has concluded that investment in RFID can
bring significant and rapid payback to both manufacturers and
retailers, but also points out the importance of detailed analysis
and customer privacy.
With strong market growth continuing to characterize the market for
cosmecuetical products, a new report stresses that women aged over
50 will continue to be the core market as graying baby-boomers
search out natural anti-aging solutions.
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...
Avon International says it has agreed to buy two Cayman Island
companies for $154 million, according to a filing made with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, in a move that also gives it
control of a major Colombian cosmetics...
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...
Private label cosmetics are growing at a rapid pace, increasing
their share of the global marketplace and eating into the market
share of brands according to ACNielsen.
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.
Cognis Care Chemicals is to unveil a new model for the development
of skin care products with customised texturing at the forthcoming
52nd SEPAWA congress, to be held in Würzburg, Germany, from October
12 to 14, 2005.
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...
The much heralded 'metrosexualization' of the cosmetics sector is
really happening, as the latest market report points to the
emergence of far more complex and demanding male consumer values.
But fear not, macho values are...
With some 90 per cent of P&G sales derived from women it is
about time to expand into the men's market. The proposed merger
with shaving name Gillette later this year should do much to
redress the balance and so should the...
With the continued demand for products that can 'turn back the
hands of time,' the professional skin care market is forecast to
remain one of the fastest-growing sectors of the cosmetics and
toiletries industry. Now, market...
Dermacia says it has raised $10 million since commencing private
funding and that Gemini Partnersa Los Angeles-based investment
banking group, has been engaged to explore additional opportunities
to finance Dermacia's rapid growth...
Superfos has launched a new line of packaging for personal care
products, designed as a less expensive alternative to glass jars,
reports Simon Pitman.
Basic Research has said it is working with the FDA following a
warning letter sent by the goverment regulation body stating that
marketing claims for its anti-wrinkle treatment, StriVectin-SD,
could mean the product's status...
Alcan has unveiled plans tocreate a dedicated printing facility for
its folding carton operation in Quebec, Canada, in an effort to
help optimizeits North American packaging business and better meet
its customers' needs in the...
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.
Karlshamns' business sector Lipids for Care is to take over
responsibility for sales and marketing of Danisco's emulsifiers to
the cosmetic industry from 1 February 2005.
High profile entrepreneur Stelios Haji-Ioannou, the man behind the
Easy brand, has turned his hand to men's cosmetics with the launch
of a nine product range for the UK market. The launch aims to
muscle in on the growing male...
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.
A recessionary economy and increasing diversion of brands has
stunted growth in the US market for salon hair care products in
recent years but manufacturers could gain market share if they
refresh their product lines with new, trendy...
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...
The forthcoming cosmetics expo, Cosmeeting 2004, is to host the
Beyond Beauty Lab 2004, a forum aimed at creating a new approach to
cosmetics development and innovation.
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...