Nivea number one amongst Australian women
According to new data from Roy Morgan Research, Nivea is the top-selling brand skin care for female Australian consumers. The research also shows 76.6 per cent of Australian women buy face care products and 68.3 per cent buy hand/or body lotion in an average six-month...
Yuhan-Kimberley eyes the beauty market
Choe Kyoo-bok, CEO of Yuhan-Kimberley, the joint venture between Kimberley Clark and Korean pharma company Yuhan, has revealed that the company is hoping to expand its beauty offer. The company successfully created a baby skin care line, Green Finger, in 2007 but...
Yuhan-Kimberley eyes the beauty market
Choe Kyoo-bok, CEO of Yuhan-Kimberley, the joint venture between Kimberley Clark and Korean pharma company Yuhan, has revealed that the company is hoping to expand its beauty offer. The company successfully created a baby skin care line, Green Finger, in 2007 but...
Can your lipstick connect to the internet? L’Oréal rumoured to be considering smart cosmetics
L’Oréal is said to be working on a marketing strategy based on the Internet of Things, whereby make-up products will be embedded with a chip capable of communicating with a smartphone app to relay location data and usage. According to a report published by Silicon...
Can your lipstick connect to the internet? L’Oréal rumoured to be considering smart cosmetics
L’Oréal is said to be working on a marketing strategy based on the Internet of Things, whereby make-up products will be embedded with a chip capable of communicating with a smartphone app to relay location data and usage. According to a report published by Silicon...
Oriflame looks to expand revenue and distributor base in India through tier II and III cities
Oriflame is looking to generate an additional Rs400 crore in revenue from India over the next fiscal year, thanks to strong growth in tier II and III cities. The Swedish direct sales company reported revenue of Rs600 crore in 2014-15 and is aiming to achieve Rs1000...
Baby boomers: super heroes lend their powers to Indian children’s toiletries market for 20 percent CAGR
The Indian baby toiletries market is growing at a rate of 20 percent per year, according to a report published by Wellness India, thanks to the growing popularity of licenced products emblazoned with children’s favourite cartoon characters and super heroes, such as...
Oriflame looks to expand revenue and distributor base in India through tier II and III cities
Oriflame is looking to generate an additional Rs400 crore in revenue from India over the next fiscal year, thanks to strong growth in tier II and III cities. The Swedish direct sales company reported revenue of Rs600 crore in 2014-15 and is aiming to achieve Rs1000...
Baby boomers: super heroes lend their powers to Indian children’s toiletries market for 20 percent CAGR
The Indian baby toiletries market is growing at a rate of 20 percent per year, according to a report published by Wellness India, thanks to the growing popularity of licenced products emblazoned with children’s favourite cartoon characters and super heroes, such as...
Amway Cosmetics appoints Indian MD in a bid to move away from controversy
In a bid to shake of the past controversy that has dogged the company for the past few years, Amway Cosmetics has appointed an Indian Managing Director, Anshu Budhraja. Budhraja has been with the direct sales company for 15 years, however, has taken over the helm of...
LG Household & Healthcare eyes global expansion with manufacturing investment
South Korea’s number two cosmetics maker has reported it will invest 300 bln won ($321.7 million) in order to boost its global expansion plans with a new factory which will be built by 2020. The beauty arm of the company has been reporting an overall profit thanks to...
South Korean Actor Lee Min Ho wins case against cosmetics company
Lee Min Ho has won a lawsuit that claims his name and face has been used in the promotion of a face pack called Lee Min Ho Mayu Pack. The South Korean actor filed an injunction to prohibit the sale of the product on June 5, citing the violation of his portrait rights....
Amway Cosmetics appoints Indian MD in a bid to move away from controversy
In a bid to shake of the past controversy that has dogged the company for the past few years, Amway Cosmetics has appointed an Indian Managing Director, Anshu Budhraja. Budhraja has been with the direct sales company for 15 years, however, has taken over the helm of...
LG Household & Healthcare eyes global expansion with manufacturing investment
South Korea’s number two cosmetics maker has reported it will invest 300 bln won ($321.7 million) in order to boost its global expansion plans with a new factory which will be built by 2020. The beauty arm of the company has been reporting an overall profit thanks to...
South Korean Actor Lee Min Ho wins case against cosmetics company
Lee Min Ho has won a lawsuit that claims his name and face has been used in the promotion of a face pack called Lee Min Ho Mayu Pack. The South Korean actor filed an injunction to prohibit the sale of the product on June 5, citing the violation of his portrait rights....
Amway opens US$25 million manufacturing facility in Vietnam
Amway has cut the ribbon on a new manufacturing plant in Binh Duong, Vietnam. The 55,000m2 facility will house select manufacturing operations for Nutrilite, the company’s proprietary dietary supplement brand, and cost US$25 million to complete. The new facility is...
Shiseido receives recognition in Bangladesh for social business model
Shiseido has become the first Asian cosmetics company to be recognized by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) thanks to its work in Bangladesh to improve the social status and lifestyle of rural women through the promotion and use of skin care products....
Premium range helps boost Pola Orbis proposed operating profit rise
Japanese cosmetics maker Pola Orbis is expecting a year-on-year 25 per cent increase in consolidated operating profit, thanks to the popularity of its premium range. The company is expecting an increase of approximately 13 billion yen ($106 million) in the January to...
Amway opens US$25 million manufacturing facility in Vietnam
Amway has cut the ribbon on a new manufacturing plant in Binh Duong, Vietnam. The 55,000m2 facility will house select manufacturing operations for Nutrilite, the company’s proprietary dietary supplement brand, and cost US$25 million to complete. The new facility is...
Shiseido receives recognition in Bangladesh for social business model
Shiseido has become the first Asian cosmetics company to be recognized by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) thanks to its work in Bangladesh to improve the social status and lifestyle of rural women through the promotion and use of skin care products....
Premium range helps boost Pola Orbis proposed operating profit rise
Japanese cosmetics maker Pola Orbis is expecting a year-on-year 25 per cent increase in consolidated operating profit, thanks to the popularity of its premium range. The company is expecting an increase of approximately 13 billion yen ($106 million) in the January to...
Indian FDA seizes stock after Torque Pharmaceuticals found selling steroid-based cosmetics
The Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) of Maharashtra has ordered stock to be seized from all the shops in the region and issued notice to Himachal Pradesh-based Torque Pharmaceuticals after it was found to be using steroids in the manufacture of whitening and scar...
Weak dollar boosts domestic retail as Australian cosmetics consumers shop local
Figures released by the bU Australia, which tracks cosmetics sales data across the nation, shows a strong rise in domestic sales at the expense of online shopping and parallel imports, as the weak dollar impacts on prices. The Australian market as a whole saw sales...
Indian FDA seizes stock after Torque Pharmaceuticals found selling steroid-based cosmetics
The Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) of Maharashtra has ordered stock to be seized from all the shops in the region and issued notice to Himachal Pradesh-based Torque Pharmaceuticals after it was found to be using steroids in the manufacture of whitening and scar...
Weak dollar boosts domestic retail as Australian cosmetics consumers shop local
Figures released by the bU Australia, which tracks cosmetics sales data across the nation, shows a strong rise in domestic sales at the expense of online shopping and parallel imports, as the weak dollar impacts on prices. The Australian market as a whole saw sales...
Arvind to run Sephora’s Indian operations – 40 new stores planned by 2020
India’s Arvind Lifestyle Brands has signed a deal to run the Indian operations of French beauty retailer Sephora, according to a report published by the Times of India. The agreement covers both store and e-commerce rights for the country. Arvind will manage Sephora’s...
Unilever to invest US$1.12 million in China Foundry to support tech start-ups
Unilever’s global innovation incubator has teamed up with the Shanghai Technology Entreneurship Foundation for Graduates to launch its first platform for young entrepreneurs in China. The Anglo-Dutch FMCG company will invest €1 million a year to support pilot...
Japan’s beauty salons to rebrand as tourist hotspots as itanails go global
As Japan’s top cosmetics brands have become ever more reliant on the tourist dollar to boost sales, the country’s beauty salons are keen to follow suit. Professional beauty parlours are hoping to attract tourists to their doors, after nearly a third of female visitors...
Arvind to run Sephora’s Indian operations – 40 new stores planned by 2020
India’s Arvind Lifestyle Brands has signed a deal to run the Indian operations of French beauty retailer Sephora, according to a report published by the Times of India. The agreement covers both store and e-commerce rights for the country. Arvind will manage Sephora’s...
Unilever to invest US$1.12 million in China Foundry to support tech start-ups
Unilever’s global innovation incubator has teamed up with the Shanghai Technology Entreneurship Foundation for Graduates to launch its first platform for young entrepreneurs in China. The Anglo-Dutch FMCG company will invest €1 million a year to support pilot...
Japan’s beauty salons to rebrand as tourist hotspots as itanails go global
As Japan’s top cosmetics brands have become ever more reliant on the tourist dollar to boost sales, the country’s beauty salons are keen to follow suit. Professional beauty parlours are hoping to attract tourists to their doors, after nearly a third of female visitors...
Over-saturated celebrity fragrance market loses its shine
With more and more famous faces hoping to take a slice of the profitable celebrity fragrance market, which came to the fore about 13 years ago, the market is now seeing a steady decline in sales as it becomes over-saturated and consumers fall out of love with the...
Over-saturated celebrity fragrance market loses its shine
With more and more famous faces hoping to take a slice of the profitable celebrity fragrance market, which came to the fore about 13 years ago, the market is now seeing a steady decline in sales as it becomes over-saturated and consumers fall out of love with the...
Cosmetics boost South Korea’s flagging exports market
While South Korea has reported a prolonged drop in exports, policy makers are honing in on one industry that is busy making waves – cosmetics. With overseas sales of South Korean cosmetics posting a 73 per cent boom in July this year, the market is a clear growth...
L’Oreal launches legal proceedings against Australian imitator for Clarisonic brand
Legal proceedings have been launched in the federal court by L’Oreal against Australian company BrandPoint in relation to L’Oreal’s flagship brand Clarisonic and the misleading and deceptive concept of an imitation product launched by BrandPoint. Pacific Bioscience...
Cosmetics boost South Korea’s flagging exports market
While South Korea has reported a prolonged drop in exports, policy makers are honing in on one industry that is busy making waves – cosmetics. With overseas sales of South Korean cosmetics posting a 73 per cent boom in July this year, the market is a clear growth...
L’Oreal launches legal proceedings against Australian imitator for Clarisonic brand
Legal proceedings have been launched in the federal court by L’Oreal against Australian company BrandPoint in relation to L’Oreal’s flagship brand Clarisonic and the misleading and deceptive concept of an imitation product launched by BrandPoint. Pacific Bioscience...
Henkel to re-enter Indian market with purchase of stake in Jyothy Laboratories
Henkel is rumored to be re-entering the Indian market by exercising an option to purchase a 26 percent stake in Jyothy Laboratories, according to a report published in The Economic Times. Henkel, who exited the Indian market in 2011 with the sale of its operations to...
Unilever teams up with mobile marketer Brandtone to reach consumers in south-east Asia
Unilever has signed a new agreement with Irish mobile marketing agency to help target consumers in the remotest corners of south-east Asia. Brandtone will work with the Anglo-Dutch FMCG giant to reach shoppers in Thaliand, Vietnam and the Philippines, according to a...
Unilever teams up with mobile marketer Brandtone to reach consumers in south-east Asia
Unilever has signed a new agreement with Irish mobile marketing agency to help target consumers in the remotest corners of south-east Asia. Brandtone will work with the Anglo-Dutch FMCG giant to reach shoppers in Thaliand, Vietnam and the Philippines, according to a...
Unilever Oleochemical awarded US$81.92 million tax break in Indonesia
The Indonesian government has granted tax incentives to four companies, including Unilever Olechemical, as part of a scheme aimed at boosting growth in the economy by making the country appear attractive to investors, according to a report published by Deal Street...
Thailand aims to enter top 5 global halal exporters by 2020
Thailand has released details of a five-year plan that will see it become one of the world’s top five exporters of halal products by 2020. The country currently ranks 13th among global exporters of halal products, and has allocated a budget of THB8 billion devoted to...
L’Oreal and Solvay team up for three-year sustainable Guar farming initiative in India
French cosmetics and beauty company L’Oreal has joined forces with Solvay, a global player in guar derivatives, to launch a three-year project to educate on sustainable agricultural practices among guar bean farmers across the desert region of Bikaner, Rajasthan,...
Amway looks to increase revenue in Indian market
Cosmetics provider Amway is looking to increase its foothold in the Indian market and hopes to treble its sales in the country over the next decade. Despite global direct sales reporting a downturn globally, Amway is expecting the Indian direct sales market to explode...
New Global Director for Unilever’s Lifebuoy brand
Vinay Vinayak has been appointed as Global Business Director for Unilever’s health and hygiene skin cleansing brand Lifebuoy by Lowe Singapore, part of the Mullen Lowe Group. Following five years with Lowe’s Lifebuoy team in Mumbai, Vinayak is replacing Virat Tandon,...
Japanese cosmetics become ever more targeted to win over consumers
Japanese cosmetics manufacturers are investing in new, highly targeted products and evolving the shopping experience in order to entice consumers away from the drugstore shelves and back into the boutiques, according to a report in The Japan News. After research...
L’Oréal wins CNY1 million plus costs in Chinese intellectual property lawsuit
L’Oréal has prevailed in a case bought to the Shanghai No 1 Intermediate People’s Court, accusing two Chinese manufacturers and an online retailer of infringing its intellectual property rights. L’Oréal was awarded CNY1 million, plus CNY230,000 costs after three...
Rising profit but falling sales for Hong Kong based cosmetics retailer Bonjour
Bonjour Cosmetic has reported a 288 percent increase in sales for the first six months of the year, rising to HK424 million ($54.7 million). However, overall sales turnover fell 14.4 percent to nearly HK1.15 billion. The rise in profits for the Hong Kong-based...
Amore Pacific and LG Household & Care launch Chinese road show
In a bid to capitalise on the so-called K-Beauty boom – the explosion of Korean cosmetics in China – two of the biggest Korean beauty giants Amore Pacific and LG Household & Care have launched a roadshow in China to showcase their products. Jointly hosted by both...
China’s Jahwa to start production of Herborist cosmetics line in France and Japan
Chinese FMCG producer Shanghai Jahwa United Co has announced that it has teamed up with a Japanese partner in order to manufacture its Chinese medicine-inspired herbal cosmetics line, Herborist, in France and Japan by the end of 2015, according to a report released by...
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