Cosmetics manufacturer L’Oreal and food giant Nestle have announced they will end the activity of their joint venture Innéov during the course of the first quarter 2015.
Swiss supplier Clariant has completed global ISO22716 and EFfci Cosmetics Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) certification for all 22 of its dedicated cosmetics ingredients sites, including core-toll manufacturers.
For the fifth consecutive year cosmetics company Shiseido won the Top Award at the 28th IFSCC Congress for its presentation its novel approach to anti-ageing facial skin care.
Beauty retail giant Sephora has been accused by four women of Chinese descent of racial profiling. They claim the brand closed down Asian customers’ accounts during a 20% off sale, due to a belief that they would have resold discounted products for a...
Men’s skin care brand Bulldog will ‘collaborate to success’ in Thailand with Health and Beauty retailer Boots launching its range of products in Thailand later this month, extending its partnership.
As part of its efforts to persuade Japanese businesses to slash product prices due to the falling Japanese yen, the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) invited companies 'for a cup of coffee' to talk about special discounts and promotions.
The world’s biggest cosmetic company says it wants to build on its dominant position in the Indian hair dye category with the construction of a manufacturing facility in the state of Himachal Pradesh.
More cosmetics manufactured by Thai companies will ship to these key markets thanks to the work of deputy commerce minister Apiradi Tantraporn and her office, as the Thai cosmetics business is growing both domestically and abroad.
Nu Skin share prices have continued to take a beating following the release of results on November 4th that showed a big drop in profits and a weaker outlook.
The European Union has expressed its' concerns over China’s regulations on cosmetics and medical devices at the World Trade Organisation’s technical standards committee.
Connell Brothers, the Hong Kong-based distributor of fine chemicals, has expanded its footprint into the cosmetics and personal care distribution arena in China through the acquisition of a competitor.
Ongoing negotiations between the China and South Korea governments have resulted in a preliminary agreement that will allow Korean consumer goods manufacturers to trade more easily with China.
While Lipotec took home the Gold award for Best Ingredient at this year’s in-cosmetics Asia, DSM came out swinging in second place with a 'breakthrough' range of sensory and visual modifiers.
In a tough economic climate that has affected all of the industry’s big players, Nivea skin care maker Beiersdorf expects consumer demand to return having posted its third quarter results.
The California-based company, which officially launched November 5th, has already announced plans to take its skin care products global, with designs on the European, Asian and Australian markets.
The company’s skin care products factory in Baddi, Himachal Pradesh, was damaged by a fire late last month, and production has begun in alternate facilities.
Nu Skin’s third quarter revenues show a big fall as the company continues to suffer from a crackdown on its practices in China earlier this year, and problems in other regions also come to the surface.
Sami Group, which makes and distributes health care and herbal extracts, says it is set to expand into the colour cosmetics and personal care categories in various Middle Eastern and Asian markets.
Burt's Bees, Maybelline, Weleda and Revlon, among other US personal care brands, will be available via the company’s USA Overseas Shopping Flagship Store launching next month.
While the volume of cosmetics imports dropped heavily compared with the same period last year, international cosmetic giants claim the market is still growing and opportunities are aplenty.
Avon Products has made progress in its turnaround bid by posting third quarter net income attributable to the company of $91.4 million, versus a loss of $5.5 million a year earlier.
L’Oreal’s Travel Retail Division is launching its Vichy, La Roche-Posay and Kérastase brands in selected Travel Retail locations in Asia and the Americas, as it looks to capitalize on its ‘sixth continent’.
As part of its business expansion plans in Indonesia L’Oréal says it is about to renew its logistics management contract with global supply chain management company CEVA.
It's been ten years since Australia was involved in Trans-Pacific Partnership talks, and this time around nanoparticles and nanolabelling are high on the agenda.
Procter & Gamble announces a number of changes to its management team in line with its plan to streamline the business by putting key personnel in place in core business lines.
Latest data from the China Bureau of Statistics shows that the country’s economy grew at the slowest pace in five years, but that consumer sales, and specifically those for cosmetics, remain strong.
L'Oreal signed this week to acquire the multicultural beauty brand and plans for it to continue under current leadership while making full use of its expertise in the multicultural beauty sector.
AmorePacific has got big goals in mind, including a significant expansion programme that aims to make it the biggest cosmetics player in Asia and one of the biggest globally, according to the company’s chief technology officer, Hak Hee Kang.
Symrise is strengthening its presence in the fast-growing West African with a new location in Lagos, Nigeria which will cover the Scent & Care and Flavour & Nutrition segments.
Shares in US-based Nu Skin spiked yesterday on the back of renewed investor confidence after the company announced the confirmation of a $375m credit note with the Deutsche Bank.
The company announced this week its intentions to further limit water use and packaging as well as to take advantage of more renewable materials by 2020.
Shares have risen in Coty since it announced its intention to acquire luxury fragrance and color cosmetics brand Bourjois from Chanel, but a Euromonitor analysts says the deal does not cover all bases.
Fragrance, colour cosmetics and skin care brand owner Coty has confirmed a binding offer to acquire Bourjois cosmetics from Paris-based fashion house Chanel.
According to Customs Service statistics; from January to August of this year, Korea exported the most cosmetics to China - 19,358 tons (US$323 million), knocking Japan off of the top spot.
The Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (Matrade), says that Malaysian exporters should be targeting huge growth potential in the still booming Brazil beauty market.
Melbourne-based Baxter Laboratories has upped its presence in the skin care arena with its first ever product line specifically developed for Asian skin types.
The Cosme Tech 2014 event has lifted the lid on its full conference programme for next month’s show, which will include 20 full presentations that will mostly be available in English.
Cosmetics maker Avon has been cleared of the bribery charges it faced in China by a New York Judge, in a case that had been ongoing for a number of years.
L’Oréal says that its only production facility in India has hit tough environmental targets the company has self-imposed, reflecting its global ambitions to reduce its environmental footprint.
L’Oréal has opened its brand new hair care production facility in Burgos, Northern Spain, which has been designed as a biomass plant, enabling the cosmetics giant to term it carbon neutral.
Skin care and nutritional supplements provider Mannatech has opened a new associate business centre in Singapore as part of plants to expands its Australasian business division into the city state.
Japanese cosmetics player Shiseido will introduce a brand manager system as it looks to transform itself into a ‘global marketing company’ and build on the in-house marketing academy it has set up.
Global personal care players are reporting the Russian cosmetics market to have slowed down due to sanctions imposed on Russia by western countries as well as the ongoing military conflict in Ukraine.
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