A Pre-Easter Holiday Week Big Shopping Opportunity for Mexican Consumers

Known as Semana Santa, the week before Easter is celebrated in Mexican culture—and it has been shown as a shopping opportunity that helps beauty shine, according to The NPD Group.

Multi-generational Families Spend More, Feel Less Represented

New research fro mMintel finds that multi-generational families are more likely than all parents surveyed to say they have increased spending on their kids in each of the categories considered, but half (50%) wish families like theirs were better represented in TV and print ads.

Nail Beauty Products Popular with Teens, Tweens

Nail product usage rises to 97% for girls aged 12–14, and 14% of all teen and tween girls use nail products on a daily basis, according to Mintel.

Beauty Product Launches for Mature Market Represent Shrinking Proportion, Says Mintel

To keep up with this market, Mintel's Vivienne Rudd writes, "Beauty companies must take the physiological and emotional needs of this demographic into account and formulate and market accordingly."

Sun Care Bringing More to the Table, Says Kline

“Given consumers’ near universal desire for value and products with multiple benefits, sun care marketers are diversifying their product offerings,” says a new blog entry from Kline Blogs.

Looking into the Latino Market, Report Finds Upscale Households Increasing

The report from Packaged Facts found that, between 2000 and 2010, the number of upscale Latino households more than doubled, growing three times faster than the number of non-Latino upscale households.

Zeroing in on the Purchasing Behaviors of Millennials

A new market report from Symphony IRI investigates the shopping habits and purchasing influences of the millennial generation, finding money-saving behaviors such as at-home beauty treatments popular with this demographic.

The Anatomy of Global Skin Tones

By: Pamela Springer

Meet consumers' needs by understanding the skin's mechanism as it relates to ethnic differences.