Markets & trends
Australian beauty industry’s ambitions
Within a small decade, several Australian cosmetic brands have emerged from their faraway continent-island and brought a new energy on...
“A product must speak to the consumer”, Napoleon Perdis
Napoleon Perdis a native of Sydney, Australia, moved to the US in 2007 and is now based in Hollywood, California. The right place to...
In 2009, Cosmoprof announces its R-Evolution
Since she has taken over as head of SoGeCos, the company organising the Cosmoprof tradeshow, in 2007, Aureliana De Sanctis has focused...
“Colour cosmetics tend to resist economic downturns,” Thomas Weckerle
Originally a manufacturer of automatic machines for the production of lipsticks, Weckerle has developed into a globally established...
Lipsticks: a safe bet
There are between 800 and 900 million lipsticks sold every year in the world ; and 300 million in Europe only. Even if gloss and other...
France: beauty sales slow down in 2008
The growth of cosmetics and perfumes sales in France significantly slowed down in 2008 and should continue the same trend in 2009, says a...
A salutary crisis?
Premium Beauty News took the pulse of the beauty industry through interviews with a selection of key insiders, from both the supply and...
Cosmetic food: Danone to end Essensis sales in France
French dairy brand Danone will end the sales of its beauty yoghurt Essensis in France. Entering the dermonutrition market appears to be...
Purchasing behaviour in prestige chain stores
Global market research company, NPD Group, recently unveiled some conclusions of a consumer survey conducted in France’s main prestige...
Crisis-shaped consumer trends
Nathalie Dessirier, co-founder of Cap Beauty, a Parisian trends and lifestyles agency, was invited to present its perception of...
