Korea's ambitious plan to boost cosmetics exports to USD 7 billion by 2018
With the market enjoying growing popularity abroad, particularly across the rest of Asia, South Korea’s government has said it wants to triple its cosmetics exports by 2018.
Archives for July 12, 2016
LF Beauty: meeting Asian consumers' needs has 'never been more challenging'
The president of LF Beauty, a third party manufacturer and supplier, has spoken of the challenges and opportunities being posed for beauty by the Asia market.
Pucker up: Shiseido gets millennials to kiss through their smartphones
Shiseido is behind the latest beauty marketing drive to go deep into millennials’ use of social media in order to court younger consumers on their own terms.
Naterra International to open offices and branded retail in Korea
The Texas beauty company will open corporate offices in Seoul later this summer in the same building, where early this week, its TIGI cosmetics and hair care flagship store opened for business.
Is beauty from within set to make a comeback?
Beauty from within never went away in Asia, but in Europe initial enthusiasm waned, while in the US it never really took off in a big way. So is the time now ripe for firms to be investing in the area again?
LVMH to invest in Korean cosmetic company Clio
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton is taking the plunge into the innovative and fast-growing South Korean cosmetics industry by investing $50m (€45m) in CLIO Co.