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Dive deeper on announced name for J&J's planned consumer health company

28-Sep-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

Johnson and Johnson announced Tuesday that the name of its new planned consumer health company will be Kenvue.

Euromonitor’s four supply chain risks and what they may look like now, long term

22-Sep-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

The world has seen massive supply chain interruptions over the past few years, and Euromonitor says industries may be facing more challenges.

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Consumers look to custom beauty to address inclusivity gaps says Mintel

20-Sep-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

While custom beauty might be a fun new product type, Mintel says consumers are also using it to address needs that may not be easily addressed by traditional products.

The future of beauty tech is here! Sephora, Shiseido and Orveon share 5-year visions

19-Sep-2022 By Kacey Culliney

Leading executives from Sephora, Shiseido and Orveon will join forces to brainstorm the future of beauty tech – discussing opportunities and challenges today and revealing their five-year vision.

The business of Instagram: Creativity and community key to growth - execs

19-Sep-2022 By Kacey Culliney

Beauty businesses must focus on pushing creativity and building communities on Instagram to spur engagement and drive growth, according to executives of the platform.

Mane problem: Evidence of long COVID hair loss could spur demand for effective natural solutions

14-Sep-2022 By Amanda Lim

Gencor Pacific is eyeing huge opportunities in Asia Pacific’s anti-hair loss market, as studies show it is a common effect of long COVID.

Meet the new hot topic

Sustainability: Coverage on every facet of sustainability in cosmetics

13-Sep-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

It should be no surprise sustainability is one of CosmeticsDesign's new Hot Topics, and under this new item you can learn about all the complicated issues involved in a greener cosmetics industry.

‘Real opportunity’ for in-store beauty tech to aid consumer choice and experience: Mintel

09-Sep-2022 By Lynda Searby

Beauty tech investments have largely focused on digital and e-commerce, but consumers are looking for technology in-store as well to improve the overall shopping experience, providing significant opportunity for brands and retailers, according to Mintel.

Making the world a better place: Read this week's top CosmeticsDesign articles

08-Sep-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

This week's most read CosmeticsDesign articles are all about what the industry is doing to solve some of the industry's wicked problems, from plastic waste to animal testing.

AI-powered personalised beauty: Brands investing in AI and AR are ‘growing in double digits’

08-Sep-2022 By Lynda Serby

Taiwan-based Perfect Corp has launched new AI tech that enables beauty brands to make personalised product recommendations tailored to consumers’ personality traits.

Beauty 4.0 future: Global innovators brainstorm tech promise beyond 2022

08-Sep-2022 By CosmeticsDesign-Europe Reporter

Technology in beauty is continuing its meteoric rise at supersonic pace, but as consumers look for more innovative and immersive stories, stores, tools and apps, how can beauty stay smart in this space?

Dive deeper on The Honest Company announcement on moving into Chinese market with SuperOrdinary

07-Sep-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

The Honest Company announced it will move into the Chinese market with SuperOrdinary and it's a good time to learn more about the companies and the move the new market.

A bit of everything: Learn about a range of issues in cosmetics with this week's trendy articles

02-Sep-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

This week's trendy articles on CosmeticsDesign offer a wide variety of cosmetics topics to learn about over this long weekend.

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Alternatives to animal testing developing, focus on cruelty-free may be holding back

31-Aug-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

Animal testing was the 20th-century answer to product safety issues, and as the 21st-century cosmetics industry turns away from it some replacements are still up in the air.

Unconventional faces: ‘Stereotypical depictions of beauty are shifting,’ says expert

31-Aug-2022 By Shane Starling

Shaved heads, no eyebrows and messy makeup are some of the latest visuals popping up in beauty as Generation Z emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic looking to flip the lid on dated, traditional narratives.

Perfect Corp YouCam app used machine learning to create beard try-on technology

25-Aug-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

If beards are makeup for men, then a recently launched digital tool is here to prove it, at least from the virtual try-on perspective.

Recovery plan: Estée Lauder outlines six-month strategy to recoup market share loss in China

24-Aug-2022 By Amanda Lim

The Estée Lauder Companies has put in place a six-month plan to recover the market share it has lost in China due to the COVID-19 pandemic disruptions that occurred in the first half of 2022.

The Good Face Project raises $5.65 million for platform to streamline demand on R&D

23-Aug-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

With a new multimillion-dollar investment, startup The Good Face Project is hoping to change how cosmetics companies go about R&D.

Quiz: Which of Euromonitor's 2022 consumer types is your key consumer

22-Aug-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

Consumer trends are a great snapshot of the whole market, but knowing what a brand’s consumer type is can help zero in on the right strategies.

EXCLUSIVE IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS

How to win over… the modern male beauty and personal care consumer

22-Aug-2022 By Amanda Lim

Exclusive insights from pioneers in the men’s cosmetics market, including MANSCAPED and FIVEISM x THREE, reveal the drivers behind men’s evolving perception of cosmetic products and shed light on what exactly they want from skin care and make-up.

Tech, packaging, innovation: Read this week's most popular CosmeticsDesign articles

19-Aug-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

Catch up on this weeks hottest articles, including expert Q&As, tech innovations, the latest in packaging solutions and more.

How Because Intelligence wants to use automation to tame the wilds of eCommerce

19-Aug-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

Because Intelligence is a pandemic-born tech company using automation to optimize product pages so brands don’t have to do it by hand.

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Just your type: Meet Euromonitor's 8 consumer types and learn about their like, dislikes, needs

18-Aug-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

Consumer trends are a great snapshot of the whole market, but knowing what a brand’s consumer type is can help zero in on the right strategies.

Learn about Black-owned beauty during Black-Owned Business Month

16-Aug-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

August is Black-owned business month, which means it's a great time to read up on Black-owned beauty businesses and how the broader beauty industry is supporting them.

Going on the offensive: Shiseido to invest over $75m in brand equity and employee training

15-Aug-2022 By Amanda Lim

Japanese beauty major Shiseido is planning to invest JPY10bn (USD75.5m) in both brand equity and its employees as part of plans to go on the offensive and buck the declining trend of the market.

Learn about a little bit of everything with this week's trendy CosmeticsDesign articles

12-Aug-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

Catch up on what CosmeticsDesign readers have been most excited to read this week, from skin care research to finance and market trends.

Study

15 key stats from AI study on sustainability on beauty social media accounts

12-Aug-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

Many brands are working towards improving sustainability, but some are more successful at engaging audiences with sustainability on social media.

Q&A

Gillette Venus on their #SayPube campaign, partnership w/ Princess Nokia

09-Aug-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

Gillette Venus has just launched the latest partnership of its #SayPube campaign, centered around the pubic care product line and how women talk about body hair.

Catch up on hair loss research and developments for hair loss awareness month

09-Aug-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

August is hair loss awareness month, which means it's a good time to catch up on the research and product development for hair loss.

Weekend catch-up: Check out this week's most read articles on CosmeticsDesign

05-Aug-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

This week's most popular articles include insight on financing, the latest in formulation research and this season's trends.

P&G FY2022 net profit up: ‘Still, we’re very clear-eyed about the trials ahead,’ says CEO

03-Aug-2022 By Kacey Culliney

Personal care giant Procter & Gamble (P&G) has reported a net profit rise for the full fiscal year 2022, though beauty and grooming dipped in the fourth quarter and challenges remain ahead, according to its CEO.

IN-DEPTH ON KANTAR'S 2022 BRAND FOOTPRINT

Top beauty and personal care brands 2022? Colgate, Lifebuoy, Dove and Sunsilk ‘most chosen’

03-Aug-2022 By Lynda Searby

Colgate, Lifebuoy, Dove and Sunsilk are the most chosen beauty and personal care brands in the world, but L’Oréal Paris is the ‘biggest online adopter’, according to Kantar Worldpanel’s 2022 Brand Footprint.

Tradeshow trends: A roundup of the trends CosmeticsDesign saw at this year's tradeshows

02-Aug-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

Spring and summer have been filled with tradeshows, and at tradeshows CosmeticsDesign sees trends.

L’Oréal H1 2022 net profit surges 25%: We have performed ‘remarkably well’, says CEO

02-Aug-2022 By Kacey Culliney

International beauty major L’Oréal has reported strong sales growth for the first half (H1) of 2022, with much of business returning to or exceeding pre-pandemic levels and net profit surging.

Trendy Thursday: Read this week's most popular CosmeticsDesign articles

28-Jul-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

If you need to catch up on international regulation, market trends and brand innovation, read these trendy CosmeticsDesign articles.

CEO Q&A

“It's going to be a really difficult five years”: An expert take on the future of beauty financing

27-Jul-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

As economies around the world are struggling, a finance expert believes cosmetics companies will have a harder time securing funds.

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People, plants, products: 9 stats for cosmetics professionals from plant-based product report

27-Jul-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

Cosmetics professionals have heard that consumers are increasingly interested in botanicals, and recent consumer studies back that up.

Engage and excite: P&G aims to keep consumers excited with new and improved virtual shopping experience – SVP

27-Jul-2022 By Amanda Lim

Consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble is launching a new version of its virtual shopping experience on South East Asian e-commerce marketplace Shopee in bid to keep up with today’s rapidly evolving consumers and keep them excited about its host of...

Exclusive in-depth insights

How to win over… the multidimensional Generation Z beauty consumers

26-Jul-2022 By Amanda Lim

Exclusive insights from a host of thriving beauty brands have revealed how firms can understand the purchasing behaviours of Gen Zs and better connect with them, while also exploring how this radical generation could fundamentally change the industry...

Editor’s spotlight

What our editor recommends reading after a busy month of travel

25-Jul-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

It has been a busy summer at CosmeticsDesign, with our editor visiting tradeshows across the country and checking on what’s happening in personal care.

The Long Read: Everything beauty needs to consider in the Metaverse

The beauty metaverse: ‘We are at the beginning of something that is huge’

25-Jul-2022 By Lynda Searby

The lucrative potential of virtual beauty products, the complexities of crypto transactions and the sustainable and social challenges surrounding the metaverse must be front of mind as innovation in this fragmented space evolves, say industry experts.

Read these hot CosmeticsDesign articles this weekend while you stay out of the heat

22-Jul-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

It's that time of the week again! Catch up on the hottest CosmeticsDesign articles this week and learn what industry experts have on their minds right now.

Post-pandemic brand strategy: Simplification and sophistication – Research

21-Jul-2022 By Nurul Ain Razali

Simplification and sophistication are key strategies to drive cosmetics sales in the post-pandemic era, with consumers willing to spend more on natural, sustainable care and tech beauty.

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"Global harmonization": Review of regulation around the cosmetic world

20-Jul-2022 By Ravyn Cullor

Regulatory frameworks in the world's biggest cosmetics markets might be similar, but differences can make international trade tricky.

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Natural evolution: Why the hair care category is ripe for nature and science formulation innovation

18-Jul-2022 By Amanda Lim

The demand for cosmetic formulations that marry nature and science is creating vast opportunities for APAC’s blossoming hair care category, according to a leading formulation expert.