A Year in Review: The Biggest Stories of 2018

With 2018 coming to a close, we wanted to reflect on the past 12 month's biggest news stories from the beauty and personal care industry.

From major acquisitions to color trend forecasts to consumer insights, these were the most-read articles on the Global Cosmetic Industry website in 2018.

1. Unilever Zeros In On Reckitt Benckiser
2. The 2020 Color Trend Forecast Has Arrived and We Can Hardly Wait 
3. Special Report: The State of Beauty, 2018
4. Estée Lauder Is Taking Deciem to Court
5. What's that Smell? Just the Sexiest Fragrances of 2019
6. The Natural & Organic Beauty Consumer: 2008-2018
7. U.S. Skin Care Market to Reach Nearly $11 Billion in 2018
8. The Top 5 Trends Driving the Beauty Market
9. [special report] US Prestige Beauty Sales 2017-2018
10. Special Report: 5 WellBeauty Trends
11. 5 Companies Leading the Global Online Beauty and Personal Care Products Market
12. [special report] The Beauty Consumer 2017-2018
13. 5 Skin Care Claims on the Horizon
14. [update] CEW Announces 2018 Beauty Award Winners
15. U.S. Beauty Sector Will be worth $90 Billion by 2020
16. tarte Expected to be Black Friday, Cyber Monday's Most Popular Cosmetics Brand
17. Deciem’s Brandon Truaxe Gets the Axe, Stores Re-Open
18. Getting the Gen Z Beauty Consumer Mindset
19. Preferences for Organic/Natural in Beauty and Personal Care See Growth Space

20. Will J-beauty Overtake K-beauty in 2018?