Japanese personal care major Kao Corporation has blended carbonated water into a shampoo formula for curly hair to improve the penetration and effectiveness of its curl-loosening ingredient, offering better style control at the washing stage.
We round up our most-read stories on the activities of the big-name beauty brands in the region, featuring news updates from L’Occitane, Kao, Shiseido, and more.
Special Edition: CIRCULAR BEAUTY – SUPPLY CHAIN INNOVATION AND FUTURE PROMISE
Japanese personal care major Kao Corporation believes achieving a circular society will require a delicate balance of minimising beauty materials and maximising use, with thin-film packaging offering plenty of promise.
Kao Corporation has revealed that cleansing sheets have been the star product for its Men’s Bioré range across the last decade, with sales soaring by 743%.
We round-up of our most-read stories on the big-name beauty brands of the region, featuring news updates from L’Oréal, Shiseido, Amorepacific and more.
Japanese conglomerate Kao Corporation is working to put its cosmetics division back on a path of high growth with a series of moves including ‘structural reform’ and ramping up marketing spend.
Japanese cosmetics firm Kao has combined common oil and wax to develop a new lip care formula that was found to have ‘greatly contributed’ to the improvement of dry and chapping lips.
Researchers from Kao Corporation have conducted a study to determine and quantify the significant changes to the shape of the lip and the surrounding area as women age.
Japanese beauty firm Kao Brands has announced it will change its name to Kao USA in North America as it attempts to operate subsidiaries in this region and Europe as unified organizations in the major countries in which they operate.
Cosmetics company Kao is suing Dusseldorf-headquartered Henkel over the sale of its foaming hair care products in Germany and Japan, insisting Henkel is infringing its intellectual property rights.
Japanese-headquartered Kao Corporation has invested in a new manufacturing plant in the Anhui province, China, in order to reinforce its production base of consumer goods in the country.
In Japan the long drawn-out bidding war for the cosmetics arm of
consumer giant Kanebo has come to an end after Kao sealed a deal
totalling ¥410 billion (€2.93bn), taking it a notch or two up in
the global cosmetic stakes.
Unison Capital has put forward a management offer - believed to
match Kao's withstanding bid of €3 billion - for Kanebo's cosmetic
operations. However the revelation has not unnerved toiletries
manufacturer, Kao, who started...
Kao, Japan's leading manufacturer of specialty chemicals and
personal care and household products, and Kanebo, the country's
second largest cosmetics maker, have announced a provisional
agreement to consolidate the two companies'...
![Kao Corporation says carbonated water improves the efficacy of its curl-loosening technology in shampoo, offering consumers better styling control post-wash [Getty Images]](/var/wrbm_gb_food_pharma/storage/images/_aliases/news_teaser_medium/publications/cosmetics/cosmeticsdesign-europe.com/article/2022/10/18/kao-corporation-hair-care-study-shows-carbonated-water-improves-active-ingredient-penetration/15858539-1-eng-GB/Kao-Corporation-hair-care-study-shows-carbonated-water-improves-active-ingredient-penetration.jpg)
![Top stories on the recent developments of the biggest beauty brands in the region. [Grown Alchemist]](/var/wrbm_gb_food_pharma/storage/images/_aliases/news_teaser_medium/publications/cosmetics/cosmeticsdesign-asia.com/headlines/brand-innovation/brand-story-the-recent-apac-developments-from-the-biggest-names-in-beauty6/15404260-1-eng-GB/Brand-story-The-recent-APAC-developments-from-the-biggest-names-in-beauty.jpg)
![Kao Corporation has already invested significantly in circular beauty packaging innovations in Japan but now wants to stretch efforts beyond its domestic market [Getty Images]](/var/wrbm_gb_food_pharma/storage/images/_aliases/news_teaser_medium/publications/cosmetics/cosmeticsdesign-europe.com/article/2022/04/07/kao-corporation-circular-beauty-packaging-innovation-key-to-carbon-negative-goals/15310453-1-eng-GB/Kao-Corporation-circular-beauty-packaging-innovation-key-to-carbon-negative-goals.jpg)
![Kao reports Q3 sales decline in skin care as the demand for hand soaps and sanitisers tumbled. [Kao Corp / Curél]](/var/wrbm_gb_food_pharma/storage/images/_aliases/news_teaser_medium/publications/cosmetics/cosmeticsdesign-asia.com/headlines/business-financial/kao-reports-q3-skin-care-sales-dip-as-hand-hygiene-demand-falls/12995611-1-eng-GB/Kao-reports-Q3-skin-care-sales-dip-as-hand-hygiene-demand-falls.jpg)
![Cleansing sheets have been the star product for its Men’s Bioré range across the last decade. [Kao Corp]](/var/wrbm_gb_food_pharma/storage/images/_aliases/news_teaser_medium/publications/cosmetics/cosmeticsdesign-asia.com/article/2021/07/15/men-s-biore-how-cleansing-sheets-have-driven-the-brand-s-consecutive-sales-growth-for-a-decade/12618385-1-eng-GB/Men-s-Biore-How-cleansing-sheets-have-driven-the-brand-s-consecutive-sales-growth-for-a-decade.jpg)
![Our most-read stories on the big-name beauty brands of the region. [SK-II]](/var/wrbm_gb_food_pharma/storage/images/_aliases/news_teaser_medium/publications/cosmetics/cosmeticsdesign-asia.com/article/2021/07/06/brand-story-the-recent-apac-developments-from-the-biggest-names-in-beauty/12618434-1-eng-GB/Brand-story-The-recent-APAC-developments-from-the-biggest-names-in-beauty.jpg)
![Kao Corporation is working to put its cosmetics division back on a path of high growth with a series of moves. [Kao Corp]](/var/wrbm_gb_food_pharma/storage/images/_aliases/news_teaser_medium/publications/cosmetics/cosmeticsdesign-asia.com/headlines/business-financial/kao-outlines-plans-to-raise-cosmetics-business-back-up-to-pre-pandemic-levels-by-2023/12481847-1-eng-GB/Kao-outlines-plans-to-raise-cosmetics-business-back-up-to-pre-pandemic-levels-by-2023.jpg)
