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Carté HD debuts in Singapore and has plans to launch in Thailand next year ©Carté HD

Carté HD marks SEA expansion with Singapore launch, plans 2025 Thailand debut

Kosé-owned Carté HD has made its debuts in Singapore and has plans to launch in Thailand next year as part of overall global expansion plans.

Sa Sa’s latest quarterly highlights major challenges in key markets Hong Kong and Macau ©Getty Images

‘Challenged by headwinds’: Sa Sa operations hit by low consumption, rising outbound travel trends

Beauty retailer Sa Sa’s latest quarterly highlights major challenges in key markets Hong Kong and Macau such as reduced local consumption and increased outbound travel.

Brand update: Helena Rubinstein, Perfect Diary, AXIS-Y and more in our brand update

Our round-up of the beauty brands in Asia Pacific features news and updates from Helena Rubinstein, Perfect Diary, AXIS-Y and more.

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P&G reports mixed performance in Q1 FY25 results

Procter & Gamble’s fiscal 2025 first-quarter results reveal steady growth in organic sales, up 2% due to price increases and innovation. However, the beauty segment faced challenges, particularly in luxury skincare.

HUL is receiving encouraging initial feedback on its new palm-reduced soap formulations ©Getty Images

‘Early read is encouraging’: Unilever India reports positive feedback on palm-reduced soap formulations

Unilever's India subsidiary is receiving encouraging initial feedback on its new palm-reduced soap formulations under brands LUX and Lifebuoy.

‘A multi-sensory brand experience’: Skincalories invests USD1.9m to produce 10 original songs ahead of 2025 expansion

Singapore beauty brand Skincalories is partnering with music labels to produce 10 original tracks it believes will amplify its brand as it gears up for expansion plans in 2025.

"We need new stuff to get consumers excited:" L'Oréal CEO on Q3 sales results

In the third quarter of 2024, total sales rose yet missed expectations, due to the impact of the flagging China market and the slowdown of derma and sun care sales in the US.

Five recent stories on the APAC skin care industry, featuring an RNA patch that treats scarring. ©RNAscence Biotechnology

Skin spotlight: The most-read stories on skin care innovation and developments in APAC

We round up five recent stories on the APAC skin care industry, featuring an RNA patch that treats scarring, Ya-Man’s 24K gold-covered microneedle products, ANUA’s European expansion and more.

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Menard Cosmetics has found a component within sweet cherry seeds that it believes increases skin stem cells. ©Getty Images

Key to skin regeneration? Menard study identifies diglycerides as crucial to skin stem cell growth

Cosmax sees major expansion opportunities among China’s domestic beauty market. ©GettyImages

Scaling further: Cosmax to expand China operations to capitalise on domestic online market growth

Kosé demonstrated how psychological stress negatively impacts skin barrier function ©Getty Images

Kosé study shows how stress weakens the skin barrier by increasing adrenaline in skin

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L’Oréal team develops new method objectively evaluating the coverage of makeup foundation using HSI. ©Getty Images

Covering all bases: L’Oréal R&I Japan develops new way to evaluate foundation coverage

BioRNA Anti-Scar is a patch with dissolvable hyaluronic acid microneedles that deliver RNA directly into the skin to reduce the appearance of scars. ©RNAscence Biotechnology

Anti-scar RNA patch maker says it can expand technology to tackle eczema, hyperpigmentation, wrinkles

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Carté HD marks SEA expansion with Singapore launch, plans 2025 Thailand debut

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P&G reports mixed performance in Q1 FY25 results

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‘A multi-sensory brand experience’: Skincalories invests USD1.9m to produce 10 original songs ahead of 2025 expansion

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Skin spotlight: The most-read stories on skin care innovation and developments in APAC

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