News & Analysis on Cosmetics Innovation
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The company highlighted a big win as the Sun Care category shone with an 11.5% increase despite higher costs.
“As a minority investor, we are proud to support XINÚ as it continues to grow and share the rich creativity and spirit of Mexico and Latin America with the world,” said Estée Lauder Companies President and CEO Stéphane de La Faverie.
Acquisitions, financial reporting, and pushes into digital beauty tech have dominated headlines in the past 30 days. In case you missed it, here is a roundup of CosmeticsDesign’s latest beauty business coverage.
Is children’s skincare the next beauty frontier or an unpleasant side-effect of the cosmetics industry? Inside Rini’s launch…
Clariant’s Care Chemicals recently unveiled its expanded facilities in Daya Bay, China, which it says will play a crucial role in the company’s growth strategy in Asia.
In its 1Q FY26 earnings call, the company reported momentum in prestige, while streamlining operations and reshaping the consumer beauty market.
In this month’s Q&A, CosmeticsDesign spoke with beauty industry brand founder and entrepreneur David Chung for his perspective on helping new beauty and wellness startups scale.
Univar Solutions has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with India-based Best Value Chem, expanding access to the BVSUN line of UV filters for personal care manufacturers across Brazil.
While the Spanish luxury beauty company has seen impressive sales across the board for the first nine months of the year, perfume sales have slowed in the third quarter of the year.
The deal, which includes both cash and stock, is set to close in the second half of 2026 and would establish a combined business with projected annual revenue of $32 billion.
Estée Lauder Companies aims to drive faster DTC innovation and personalized omnichannel experiences with new Shopify partnership.
As beauty multinational Estée Lauder Companies reports a return to positive sales and profit growth in its latest financial results, its CEO revealed more about its future focus during the analyst call.
This month’s installment of CosmeticsDesigns’ global roundup examines shifting regulatory landscapes, financial news, and breakdowns of industry analysis reporting.
Financial discipline and supplier trust are driving Revlon’s recovery, according to CosmeticsDesign guest author Ragini Bhalla.
Panelists at the recent conference outlined how brands can adapt to shifting consumer behavior and market pressure amid a growing need for e-commerce-first strategies.
Targeting faster trend response and brand expansion, the retailer’s invite-only platform opens a new channel for invited brand partners while maintaining Ulta’s unified shopping experience.
The French multinational has shared its financial results for the first nine months of 2025, showing recovery in the North American and Chinese markets, but a slowdown in Latin America.
L’Oréal Group has acquired Creed and numerous fashion house beauty licences, but also plans joint wellness and longevity innovation in the €4bn Kering deal.
As Sephora’s parent company LVMH sees sales rebound, the firm’s CFO has shed more light on whether Amazon Beauty could be a serious competitor for Sephora’s crown.
From Youthforia’s shutdown to OTC reform and California’s plastics law, these were the most-read CosmeticsDesign US stories shaping the beauty industry in Q3 2025.
Walmart has added four of Ritual’s multivitamin formulas to its shelves and online store, expanding its wellness assortment with products positioned around clinical validation and ingredient transparency.
With new execs stepping in at eos, Givaudan, Biersdorf and more, the beauty industry is playing a long game of innovation and scale.
The K-Beauty World retail platform is bringing a curated lineup of Korean skin care brands to Ulta Beauty Mexico, expanding its footprint after a successful US launch in July 2025.
Shiseido Travel Retail looks to build on its strategic cross-industry partnerships, on the back of a well-received campaign centred around sun care brand ANESSA in Thailand.
In this month’s column, CDU guest author Ragini Bhalla, head of brand at Creditsafe, explores how supply chain disruptions are challenging the resilience of the beauty industry.
South Korean skin care brands Torriden has officially launched in Sephora US, while Anua is cementing its presence in the UK through a rapid increase in brick-and-mortar locations.
NatureWell, a skin care brand under AX Beauty Brands, has introduced a new line of lip care products as part of its broader strategy to position itself at the intersection of wellness and affordability.
Recent personal care M&A trends reflects a post-COVID market evolution, with private equity filling the gap left by more cautious strategic buyers, who struggle with social media-driven, digitally native brands.
Olaplex and Magic Molecules are the latest industry stakeholders leaning into biotech and scientific innovation as growth drivers.
Legal experts caution that regulatory scrutiny is shifting from food to personal care, resulting in a heightened focus on ingredients, packaging materials, and lifecycle compliance.
Cargill and HELM’s venture aims to make the eco-friendly ingredient more accessible to stakeholders in the US cosmetics and personal care product industries.
‘Treatonomics’, strategic appeals to mass and prestige markets, and ongoing restructuring programs each exerted pressure on these beauty industry giants in fiscal year 2025.
LG Household & Health Care (LG H&H)’s beauty division saw a decrease in sales and operating profit in the second quarter of 2025, which it says is caused by intensifying market competition and domestic business restructuring.
The move expands the visibility of menopause care in clean beauty, while giving Stripes a national distribution platform both online and in Credo’s 15 U.S. stores.
The multinational has worked with Kantar to quiz over 10,000 global shoppers to find out more about their needs and habits and how this is shaping the future of personal care.
From packaging laws to the potential impact of the US-EU tariff deal, industry experts weighed in on a flurry of recent legislation proposals and legal decisions.
The firm’s CEO hopes Nivea’s upcoming epigenetic skincare launch can revive slowing sales.
The brand, formerly popular with Gen Z consumers, failed to recover after missteps with its shade 600 launch last year.
The second quarter performance of direct-to-consumer beauty and wellness company ODDITY highlights continued momentum across its product lines, fueling expansion into the medical-grade skin care category.
The EU animal testing loophole threatens progress for cruelty-free cosmetics, says PETA US.
Rising consumer interest is driving the expansion of supplements in the beauty industry, as evidenced by the recent retail expansions of Nutrafol, ARMRA and Ritual.
With more than $100 billion in indexed beauty SKUs, Keychain’s latest vertical launch offers new tools for transparency, collaboration, and agility.
Insights from the expert panel on Access and Benefit-Sharing included legal uncertainty, overlapping obligations, and emerging regulatory trends.
The French cosmetics industry estimates that the agreement “could lead to an annual loss of 300 million euros and threaten up to 5,000 jobs in France.”
South Korean beauty brands are increasingly making a mark in the Western markets through retail partnerships and experiential activations.
Guest Article
In this month’s column, guest author Ragini Bhalla explores how Coty’s restructuring plan faces challenges amid cash flow concerns.
As a “cradle for innovation and technology”, what’s happening at Cosmoprof Asia this year? And what trends should international brands take note of?
Following DTC and pop-up success, the viral fragrance brand and Gen Z favorite has opened its first permanent retail space with plans for further expansion.
The US cosmetics retailer Ulta Beauty has acquired the luxury high street beauty retail chain Space NK, from specialist beauty investors Manzanita Capital.