Search Global Cosmetic Industry

Prestige Beauty Brings In $2.5 Billion for Q2 2014

According to The NPD Group, the growth of the U.S. prestige beauty market grew 5% in the second quarter of 2014 when compared to the second quarter of 2013 due to strong makeup growth.

Diagonal Reports Sees a Revolution in Hairstyling

According to market researcher Diagonal Reports, strong consumer demand for hair management and control is transforming the global hair straightening market beyond recognition. It is no longer about just straightening, but a world of new terms and new outcomes.

Professional Hair Care Opportunities Popping Up in the Middle East, Africa

According to a Kline & Company blog post, the beauty markets in the United Arab Emirates and South Africa show burgeoning possibilities for the professional hair care category.

Rhône Capital Makes Investment in Elizabeth Arden

Rhône Capital also has advised Elizabeth Arden that, subject to market conditions and applicable legal or regulatory approvals, it intends to increase its ownership of the company’s common stock over time.

Financial Briefs from Global Beauty Companies

See the Q4 and fiscal year end results for both The Estée Lauder Companies and Elizabeth Arden Inc., as well as results for Oriflame.

Fighting Against Green Beauty Roadblocks in Asia

At the upcoming Sustainable Cosmetics Summit Asia-Pacific, beauty brands, suppliers and industry stakeholders will discuss the difficulties in going green with a beauty brand and the innovative ways they’ve come up with to solve these problems.

Popular Birchbox-CEW Collaboration Returns for Second Year

Limited edition Birchboxes featuring winners from the CEW’s 2014 Insiders’ Choice Beauty Awards will be available in August 2014.

Financial News Updates from Global Beauty Companies

Get Q2 2014 results from Nu Skin, Inter Parfums and Henkel, as well as half year 2014 results from Beiersdorf.

CEW(UK) Names 2014 Achiever Award Honorees

CEW(UK) is recognizing a new crop of the best and brightest in U.K. beauty at its 2014 Achiever Awards.

Fragrance Luring Beauty Seekers to New Products

Fragrance is becoming an added benefit in cross-category beauty products, and fragrance products themselves are offering additional benefits as well, reports Mintel.

L’Occitane Spelling Success in Brazil

Euromonitor analyst Virginia Lee shares information on how the premium beauty brand L’Occitane built a wave of success as it entered the Brazilian market.

Innovation-Spotting: Imogen Matthews Shares Thoughts on Premium Beauty Product Development

Finding fewer innovative products in the premium beauty channel than she would like these days, Imogen Matthews sought out products that are breaking the mold in the beauty aisles.

New CEO to Step In at Target

Target announced its new chairman of the board and CEO Brian Cornell will begin with the company August 12, 2014.

Walgreens-Boots Merger Moving Ahead of Schedule

A new holding company is announced for this strategic merger, as well as a blending of senior management from both companies.

P&G to Divest Up to 100 Brands, Freeing Resources for New Investment

Euromonitor speculates on the best investment in the newly freed up capital Procter & Gamble will likely gain when it follows through with its plan to divest up to 100 of its brands.

Mintel Predicts Color Cosmetic in Mass Set to Hit £1 Billion in 2014

Prestige sales have been very much helping to push color cosmetic sales in the U.K., according to market researcher Mintel, but lessons learned in the mass channel might have that category resurging soon.

Subscription Success!: 83% of Makeup Sample Subscribers Opt to Buy Full-size Products

Research from The NPD Group shows the success of the growing beauty sampling service trend, as a majority of those subscribers go on to buy full-size products.

Makeup Habits, Trends Revealed by Kantar Worldpanel

Kantar Worldpanel recently completed an in-depth analysis of the evolving U.S. makeup market, developing a report on how the changing nature of consumers and the beauty industry is affecting color cosmetic consumption.