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Live from New York: Fragrance Online Presence Expands

As Firmenich launches a mobile version of its OsMoz Web site for the new iPhone 3G, fragrance industry professionals and marketers join in a panel to discuss the importance of generating Web buzz for consumers.

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Megadeals, Fragrance Frenzies and the Gen Z Wallet: Your 2026 Beauty M&A Playbook

Alexandre Terseleer, a partner at Kearney, unpacks the latest beauty M&A trends.

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1H 2025 Beauty Sales Point to Boom Times for Value and Efficacy

While prestige led hair care and makeup, mass growth dominated fragrance and skin care.

Masstige beauty accounted for 11% of overall sales, representing a growth rate of 16%, about twice that of mass.

Beauty 2023-2026: Category Blur & Continued Growth

PLUS: Sales totals and trends for makeup, skin care, hair care, fragrance and more.

Ulta Beauty opened its first multilevel store on State Street in downtown Chicago with a celebration on October 15, 2008, that featured street performers who entertained the long line of customers outside, awaiting the grand opening.

Ulta Beauty Rises Above U.S. Economic Hardship

The salon, cosmetics and fragrance retailer opens its 301st store by expanding with the first Ulta multilevel prototype in downtown Chicago.

Beauty 2018-2020: Don’t Fear the Disruption

How industry growth is playing out across makeup, skin care, hair care and fragrance, as reported during the CEW's “State of the Beauty Industry Report 2018-2019."

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Advance Your Expertise with UC’s Online Master’s in Cosmetic Science

Course topics include formulation science, colloid and polymer chemistry, OTC pharmacology, cosmetic microbiology, regulatory affairs, fragrance science, statistical data analysis, and hygienic manufacturing.

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The Beauty 2020-2030 Forecast

What 2019’s results tell us about the next decade in beauty. In this report: skin care, makeup, hair care and fragrance.

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Beauty's reemergence and recovery in 2021 is marked by staggering shifts in consumer values, retail channels, top-performing categories, ingredient and claims preferences, and much, much more.

The State of Beauty: 2021 & Beyond

Part 1: 2020—What Happened? | Part 2. Fewer Launches, More Growth | Part 3. New Retail Reality | Part 4. Skin Care: Targeted Growth | Part 5. Makeup: Nails Dominate | Part 6. Fragrance: Surprising Resilience | Part 7. Hair Care’s Self-care Moment | Part 8. Beauty’s Growth Drivers | Part 9. China’s Beauty Ascendancy | Part 10. What’s Next for Beauty?

Drom Hosts Night of Beauty Trends Forecasting With the Color Association

Event highlights color cosmetics and fragrances inspired by four color stories forecast for Fall/Winter 2013–4; trends touch on the natural, the neutral, the future and the transparent.

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Year-end Prestige Beauty Sales Preview

Consumers flocked towards natural brands, toners and clarifiers, and false eyelashes; less so lip color and candles, per a report from The NPD Group. The group also provided a sneak peek into the holiday 2018 market.

Panelists for CEW's Women & Men In Beauty Series event 'LVMH: Defining the Luxury Landscape:' (from left) Jean-Marc Plisson, CEO, Fresh; Terry Darland, president, LVMH Beauty; and Nicholas Munafo, president, LVMH Fragrance Brands and Acqua Di Parma. (Photo by: Patricia Willis Photography)

CEW Looks at the Luxury Landscape

CEW panelists from LVMH and Fresh weight in on the outlook for the luxury beauty market, as well as what the upcoming holidays hold in store for the industry.

Touch Me, Tell Me, Sell Me: The Business of International Beauty

A view of the global beauty retail scene.

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Beauty’s 2025 Winners and Losers (So Far); PLUS: New Advisory Voices

From mass brands to minis to hair treatments, the market is sending a message about shopper sentiment.

Packaging as Added Value

Packaging for beauty must be functional and attractive, but it also increasingly needs to offer additional benefits to both the consumer and the brand.

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Indies Set the Pace, Conglomerates Hold the Shelf—2026 Lessons for Beauty

Conglomerates defend share, while indies drive upside.

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10 Things Reshaping Beauty’s Future

From Gen Z to omnichannel shopping to value-driven consumption, the beauty industry is in the process of a significant reboot.

The New Rules of Winning at Sephora—Category by Category

For brands operating in—or evaluating entry into—the Sephora channel, future growth will depend less on scale and more on clarity, restraint and strategic intent.