Multi-channel shoppers are driving the multi-channel distribution trend for breauty products. These shoppers continue to spend more than those consumers who are content with a single channel.
Estee Lauder was buoyed by a double-digit increase in second quarter earnings thanks to an unexpected boost from holiday sales and strong growth in emerging markets.
Pola Orbis, a leading Japanese cosmetic company, has signed a definitive agreement to buy H20 Plus, a developer of marine-based luxury skin care and hair care products.
Rexam Personal Care has launched its new XD 11 Twist fragrance pump at the PCD Congress in Paris building on the success of its current pump range as well as offering an eco-friendly aspect.
Crown Aerosol Packaging North America has expanded its production of slim line aerosol packaging on the back of strong demand for portable and convenient products.
Latest research has shown that lower income, Spanish-dominant Hispanics are still buying name brand personal care products at a higher rate than their English-dominant counterparts.
Brand strategist Nadia Yousif spoke to CosmeticsDesign.com USA to explain the basic rules on how international brands can successfully target the US market.
With a strong focus on the natural and organic movement and other emerging trends, Beyond Beauty 2010, a 4 day event that combines three separate shows and features more than fifty conferences, opened its doors on 12th September in Paris.
US consumer magazine Prevention says it relied on scientific testing to rate the best anti-aging creams in six different catgories for its Defy Your Age seal.
Being seen as ‘green’ is becoming a fundamental attribute for all brands, according to the findings of the 2010 Imagepower Green Brands Survey that polled over 9,000 people in eight countries including France, Germany, China and Brazil.
The use of social media to communicate brand values and encourage sustainability will be one of the topics explored at this year’s Sustainable Cosmetics Summit hosted by Organic Monitor in New York.
Lifestyle specialty retailer Urban Outfitters has extended its product portfolio to include a cosmetics and fragrance line as an extension of one of its existing private label brands, Kimishi Blue.
The Nivea brand has been redesigned to give it more of a global identity and harmonise the many different personal care and cosmetics sub-categories it is present in.
Private label natural and organic products are gaining market share in Europe but far from stealing sales from established brands they are pushing the growth of the sector.
US district judges have ruled that relatives of the Gucci family can no longer market products using a similar trademark to that used by the Gucci business.
Secondary packaging can serve to protect a product and also to give it a more up market appearance, but with consumers becoming both more eco- and budget-conscious its demise could be imminent.
With word out that consumers are increasingly focused on value for money, providing personal care products that fulfill this criteria is now the big challenge facing manufacturers.
Consumers are willing to pay higher prices as long as they are getting what they perceive to be good value for money, according to a survey by Brandkeys.
L’Oreal has suffered another setback in its long-running legal battle against Bellure, the Belgium perfume makers which sold discount scents on their similarity to big brands.
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Japan-based cosmetics company Shiseido will significantly reduce
its product portfolio and continue its focus on the Asian markets
in order to increase operating profit margin.
Church and Dwight has announced plans to acquire Del
Pharmaceuticals, the maker of oral analgesic product brand Orajel,
from global cosmetics and fragrance player Coty.
The design apparel brand owner has signed an agreement with Gemini
Cosmetics that will see it market and distribute fragrances for men
and women under the PVH IZOD brand.
The chairman of Miss Beverly Hills Inc says that the US courts have
upheld its legal battle to branding rights for the Miss Beverly
Hills name, a brand that has been used to market cosmetics,
fragrances and spa products.
The ever-competitive personal care industry sees yet another law
suit this month. This time Pfizer, maker of Listerine mouthwash is
suing Procter & Gamble over advertising claims made about a
rival product.
Proctor & Gamble has filed a US lawsuit against a private label
manufacturer of health and beauty products, Vi-Jon Industries,
alleging that the company copied its branding and packaging to
market a similar product designed to...
The race between home-made, joint-venture and imported skin care
products is becoming increasingly fierce as the market matures and
segmentation becomes more defined.
Schroeder & Tremayne has updated its Crayola children's foaming
hand and soap packaging, two years after it was first introduced.
The new packaging aims to give the product more appeal by making it
interactive, reports Simon...
Owners of the Arm & Hammer brand name Church & Dwight has
reported that it has completed the previously announced purchase of
the remaining 50 per cent of Armkel that it did not previously own.
UK-based engineering group IMI is to branch out into cosmetic
retail display design with its £47 million acquisition of Artform
International, a European specialist in Point-of-Purchase
development and manufacturing.
Elizabeth Arden subsidiary, Elizabeth Arden, International, has
entered into an exclusive licensing agreement with Gant to
manufacture and distribute its fragrances and associated products.
