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Teaming Up for a Cause

Demonstrating the positive impact of beauty, multiple beauty brands joined together with QVC and CEW for an event that supported the CEW Foundation’s Cancer and Careers charitable organization.

Brazil's Beauty Sales Reach Record High But Exports Drop

Investments in Brazilian R&D and marketing proving boon to individual companies and the market as a whole.

Consumer Behavior Change Key to Sustainable Beauty Growth

Making sustainability a bigger force in beauty through materials, processing/manufacturing, and education was the key focus at the 2013 North American edition of the Sustainable Cosmetics Summit, held in New York.

Beauty Ingredients with an Eco Edge

A recap of the ingredient offerings launched over the last year, in alphabetical order by supplier, that can help brands make more environmentally friendly claims.

The State of the Industry

Beauty is growing again, with emerging markets key for multinationals to achieve growth targets and developed markets continuing to present attractive niche opportunities.

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Sampling for Better Beauty at the 2013 Cosmoprof North America

The 2013 edition of Cosmoprof North America (CPNA), taking place July 14–16, 2013, at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, is featuring a beauty sampling pavilion called Beautique. Located on the main show floor, the Beautique pavilion will be a one-stop beauty shop for attendees who are looking to pick up deluxe-sized samples, including cosmetic, skin care, nails, hair care and other beauty products.

Bell, Mintel Focus on Top Fragrance Trends to Look for in Beauty

At its 2013 Fragrance Workshop, Bell Flavors & Fragrances discussed a range of topics affecting fragrance in the beauty industry, as well as looked fragrance in candles and olfactive descriptions.

Mexico Leads Latin America in Export of Cosmetics

Growth for beauty brands continues across South America.

Euromonitor Defines "New Beauty Power" at 2013 in-cosmetics

With the beauty industry seemingly taking the divergent paths of multifuctional or targeted when it comes to product innovation, Euromonitor theorized on how current trends and industry standings will lead to future growth during a presentation at the 2013 in-cosmetics.

Case Study: Attracting Male Consumers on a Global Level

With a fun sense of humor and sophisticated sensibility, the Dreadnought men’s grooming brand is cultivating its British roots to best connect with U.S. male consumers.

Get a Glimpse: A Beauty Trend Preview from in-cosmetics

The Marketing Trends seminars at the 2013 in-cosmetics event in Paris are set to guide beauty brands through the use of water in products; marketing to emerging demographics, countries and regions; developing products for the long-term; and much, much more.

Looking to Beauty in 2020

Get a preview of Emmannuelle Bassmann's marketing trends seminar, "What's on the Horizon for Beauty 2020," from the upcoming in-cosmetics.

A Tipping Point for Beauty

By 2015, sales of beauty and personal care products will be higher in emerging markets than in developed markets, according to forecast data from Euromonitor International. It is a game changer for the industry.

Ingredients With Global Flair

Ingredients with a global edge offer brands the opportunity to build a marketing story or brand identity that resonates with consumers around the globe.

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In the Year 2013: What Beauty Experts See for the Future

Beauty industry experts share their expectations for the coming year with Ada Polla and GCI magazine.

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Caught in the Clutch: Beauty Packaging On the Go

The packaging of beauty products can be intricate, involved, engaging and provoking—and all of that can immediately be damaged once a product is jostled around in a purse, the home of many beauty products.

Sourced in the USA

From the East Coast to the West Coast and everywhere in between, American consumers are seeking beauty products they can identify with based on principles of locally grown, effective ingredients.

Emerging Markets Soft-Soap the Growth Picture of Global Bath and Body Care

Beauty brand owners who offer bath and body care products have become heavily dependent on emerging markets to shore up profitability as economic storms buffet sales in Western Europe and the U.S. But, with key BRIC economies now slowing down, is this safe haven of growth about to close?