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Standout Beauty: Top Stories from GCI for 2013

GCI takes a month-by-month look at what was hot in the beauty industry in 2013.

Natural Beauty Dominance Still Up for Grabs

Despite the natural beauty and personal care market seeing a CAGR of 11.3% over the last five years and being projected to post an increase of 9.2% to reach $46 billion in 2018, no one beauty brand has a global dominance of the category.

Discover Hot Holiday Beauty Behaviors and Buys from Birchbox

Birchbox surveyed 6,500 women and men and compared their answers to better understand their holiday gifting habits.

Mintel Looks Ahead in Beauty, Highlights Its Mixologiste Trend for 2014

Jane Henderson, global president of Mintel’s beauty and personal care division, explains, “Mixologiste is fast becoming the stand-out trend that spans all beauty and personal care categories. This is a key mega trend, in development for the last year or so, but we are set to see it really accelerating in 2014."

Nestlé to Divest Stake in Givaudan

The move affects 926,562 shares.

Davidoff Cool Water Ads Put on Hold

Coty announced it is revising its strategy for the fragrance, for which actor Paul Walker served as a spokesman.

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2014 Art of Packaging Award Gala Set to Honor Mary Kay Inc.

The 2014 Art of Packaging Award Gala, which will be held May 6, 2014, in New York, will recognize the engaging beauty and fragrance packaging work of Mary Kay Inc., with Mary Kay CMO Sheryl Adkins-Green to be on hand to accept the award.

Consumers Need to Push Sustainability in Order for Beauty Brands to Follow Suit

Recent editions of the Sustainable Cosmetics Summit in Europe and Asia have found consumer desire for more earth-friendly, sustainable products and brands will likely have a bigger effect on the beauty industry.

CEW(UK), Boots UK Team Up for 2014 Beauty Awards

The organizations announced a new agreement that will see Boots UK become title partner of the CEW(UK) Beauty Awards for 2014.

Essentials Report, New Line and Shape Launches, and More Beauty Packaging News and Launches for Late November 2013

Learn the hottest trends from Luxe Pack Monaco's trend hunters, as well as new launches from Fusion Packaging, Aptar Beauty + Home, Neopac, New High Glass, Pearlfisher and more.

Product Attraction in Fine Fragrance

What it takes to push the frontiers of iconic fragrance packaging.

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.

Universal Scent Appeal

Fragrance is not inherently masculine or feminine, and finding the notes that appeal to both men and women is a key to a cross-gender winner.

The Beauty of Latin America

Sustained growth in beauty in Latin America is turning the tables on traditional leading beauty markets.

Direct Sales Giants Invest in Color Cosmetics

Market players are positioning themselves to take advantage of Brazilian consumers’ growing interest in makeup.

Fragrance Sales Climb in US, UK, But Fall Off in Other Euro Countries

According to new stats from The NPD Group, for the time period, the U.S. fragrance sales were up 2% versus November 2011 and October 2012, for $3 billion, and U.K. sales were also up 2% to £1.2 billion, but other countries dropped.

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Cultivating a Luxe Bath and Body Collection for the Mass Space

Get an inside insight on the development of the new bath and body collection from Sonia Kashuk from Kashuk herself.

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.