Renhe Pharmacy considering late-stage bid for The Body Shop?
Chinese healthcare company Renhe Pharmacy is said to be considering entering the fray in L'Oreal's auction of The Body Shop, according to a report published by Sky News. The company is rumored to have made an enquiry about making a late-stage bid in the auction....
Reckitt Benckiser hires new PR firm for Australia after record AU$6 million fine
Reckitt Benckiser has appointed Dec PR to handle public relations for the company in the Australian market after RB was handed the largest fine in Australian consumer law history for a Nurofen campaign, according to a report published by Mumbrella. Reckitt Benckiser...
Symrise cuts the ribbon on new Asia-Pacific Innovation and Technology Center
Symrise has unveiled its new Asia-Pacific Flavor Innovation and Technology Center. The opening is the culmination of the flavor and fragrances firm’s €30 million investment in its regional headquarters in Singapore. The center is based in the company’s new...
L’Oréal China teams up with Terracycle and Ultra Doux for Pay a Commitment with Nature charity initiative
L’Oréal China has continued the company’s plight to endorse a sustainable living ethos with the launch of the Pay a Commitment with Nature charity initiative, which sees the beauty company calling on consumers to recycle empty hair care bottles and various packaging...
Dr Jart+ continues China onslaught despite THAAD row with new store openings
Dr Jart+ has announced 10 new store openings in China in 2017 despite the continued row over THAAD. The Korean skincare brand, revered for its best-selling BB cream, is set to develop into the Chinese market with the new outlets, a move which has been put in doubt due...
Boots harnesses the power of E-Mart for launch into Korean market
Boots has teamed up with E-mart to debut into the Korean beauty market with its new store, located in Starfield Hanam shopping complex. Set to open in July this year, the store is said to be offering a differentiated model catering to Korean customers, while cementing...
Shiseido builds Singapore presence with new R&D hub
Shiseido has named Singapore as the location for its newest research and development centre, cementing its expansion into the country. The development follows Shiseido’s globalisation move last year to Singapore, when it transferred its Asian operations away from...
Nivea India: Neil George appointed new Managing Director
Nivea India has announced the appointment of Neil George as Managing Director, taking over from Rakshit Hargrave, who has been promoted to Senior Vice President, India, Sub Sahara Africa & Head Sales Beiersdorf Near East. George takes on the role offering vast...
Estée Lauder teams up with travel retailer DFS to launch WeChat-focussed digital campaign
Estée Lauder and travel retailer DFS have joined forces to launch the #BeautyAllNight campaign, which allows consumers to become interactively involved with the brands through the WeChat social media channel. Turning ‘fans into influencers’, DFS has been inspired by...
AkzoNobel finalises joint venture with Atul to push MCA production in India
AkzoNobel has finalised a joint venture, named ANAVEN, with chemicals manufacturing company Atul to produce monochloroacetic acid (MCA) in India with the two companies set to open a new plant in 2019. Both companies will take a 50 percent stake in the venture, with...
Going global: Kanebo plans roll-out to Europe and China
Kanebo is gunning for a global presence, with a European roll-out planned for the Japanese cosmetics manufacturer’s eponymous skin care line this fall, and a Chinese launch pencilled in for 2020, according to a report published by Asia Nikkei. The Kao-owned company...
AmorePacific sues firm behind fake Laneige Chinese shopping site
AmorePacific is suing a Chinese company over allegations that the online mall set up a webpage purporting to be Laneige’s official Chinese web presence in order to sell the brand’s products on the black market, according to a report published by the Korea Times. The...
Unilever develops recyclable sachet tech; CreaSolv to be piloted in Indonesia
Unilever has teamed up with the Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging IVV to develop a ground-breaking new technology to tackle sachet waste. The CreaSolv Process enables the recovery of plastic from single-use delivery systems so it can then be...
Tonymoly to open in Thailand to cement ASEAN growth
Tonymoly is planning to open a store in Thailand as part of a wider push to build its presence in the ASEAN region, according to a report published by The Nation. The Manager of the K-beauty firm’s Overseas Business Department, Woo Sung-kook told The Nation that the...
Cost-cutting pays for P&G India; sales and margins up
Procter & Gamble’s Indian subsidiaries have reported a significant increase in margins and a solid uplift in revenue, according to a report published by Bloomberg Quint. P&G Hygiene and Healthcare’s revenue was up 7 percent to Rs624 crore in the three months...
Cambodian government seizes US$100 million worth of counterfeit cosmetics, including Shiseido fakes
The Cambodian Interior Ministry’s Counter Counterfeit Committee has seized some 70 tonnes of counterfeit cosmetics, estimated to be worth US$100 million, according to a report published by the Khmer Times. Five people have been arrested in connection to the raid....
Unilever Philippines to export halal-certified products to Southeast Asia
Unilever Philippines is set to export halal products to Southeast Asia and Australia, having gained certification for its Cavite facility, according to a report published by Business Mirror. “It’s the first time we’re exporting halal products because the factory was...
Unilever and EAC create joint venture to grow Myanmar presence
Unilever and Europe & Asia Commercial Company (EAC) have set up a joint venture in Myanmar in a bid to grow operations in the Southeast Asian country, according to a report published by Manufacturing Global. The new entity will be known as Unilever EAC Myanmar...
Kim Do-Yeon becomes face of Maybelline Korea
Former I.O.I girl group member Kim Do-Yeon has become the new face of Maybelline Korea, according to a report by Koogle TV. The K Pop idol was previously part of an 11-strong girl group and is said to be the 8th most influential fashion icon among teens. 17-year-old...
Amway Philippines innovates to keep up with millennial consumer
Amway Philippines has announced the opening of a new centre My Amway Place amidst a drive to innovate and attract a younger audience as the company marks its 20th anniversary in the country. As the competition ramps up to attract the influential millennial consumer...
Frank Body’s unicorn beauty-inspired Shimmer Scrub racks up 50,000-strong waitlist
Australian skin and body care brand Frank Body launched a new product inspired by the growing trend for all things ‘unicorn’ on Monday. The limited-edition Shimmer Scrub has already racked up an impressive 50,000-person strong waitlist, according to a report published...
Shares drop as SaSa International issues profit warning
Shares in SaSa International dropped one percent in a single morning last week after the Hong Kong-based retailer issued a profit warning for the full financial year ended March, according to a report published by Asia Nikkei. A regulatory notice filed by the company...
What THAAD? Luxury cosmetics boost earnings at LG Household & Health Care
LG Household & Health Care has reported strong earnings growth for the first quarter of the financial year, according to a report published by The Korea Herald. The company saw income rise 12.5 percent to KRW180.6 billion, beating analyst estimates and dismissing...
Shiseido becomes first Japanese company to sign UN gender equality pledge
Shiseido has become the first Japanese company to sign an agreement with the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women), pledging to lead the promotion of gender equality in its home country. In a bid to realize a fairer society,...
‘Evolved high-end consumers’ driving Indian natural cosmetic market growth
Evolved high-end consumers are said to be the driving force behind the Indian natural cosmetics market thanks to their exposure to luxury brands, according to a report by News18.com. Speaking to the news site, Rishabh Mariwala, Founder of luxury bath and body company...
Johnson & Johnson launches Active Kids range in India
Johnson & Johnson has launched a range of products aimed at children aged 3 to 10 in India, according to a report published by DNA India. The US baby care manufacturer has launched a shampoo duo under its Active Kids banner, both formulated with Johnson &...
Profit down 15 percent for AmorePacific Q1 as Chinese travel ban bites
AmorePacific has seen its net profit dive as Chinese tourists continue to stay away from Korean shores, according to a report published by the Korea Herald. The K-beauty behemoth reported a 15 percent drop in net profit versus the same period last year for the first...
P&G sets ambitious sustainability goals for Thai manufacturing base
Procter & Gamble has set ambitious sustainability goals for its Thai manufacturing base, according to a report published by The Nation, that will see the plant recycle 100 percent of energy, use renewable resources for 100 percent of packaging and production and...
Big brands bend animal testing stance for China sales
Big name beauty companies are bending their non-animal testing stance in order to sell on the Chinese market, due to country laws requiring mandatory animal testing on imported cosmetics, according to a report by CNBC. Brands with an anti-animal testing ethos are...
Procter & Gamble to invest in Singapore-based digital innovation centre
Procter & Gamble is set to invest some $100,000 in a digital innovation centre based in Singapore, the first of its kind for the company outside the US. The investment will take place over the next five years and is in allegiance with the Singapore Economic...
Movers and shakers: AmorePacific enters top 10 in WWD global sales ranking, above Chanel and LVMH
AmorePacific’s meteoric growth has placed it above multinational powerhouses such as Chanel and the LVMH stable in terms of global sales, according to a report published by the Korea Times. Quoting data from WWD’s annual Beauty Top 100, the Korea Times reported that...
Takasago to move into personal wash category as Indian fragrance market takes flight
The Indian arm of Japanese flavors and fragrance firm Takasago is considering a move into the personal wash category, according to a report published by The Hindu Business Line. The announcement comes off the back of strong growth in the personal fragrance arena,...
Uzbekistan set to establish first domestic manufacturing of innovation-based cosmetics aided by South Korean company
A memorandum of cooperation has taken been signed between a representative of South Korean company Daejin Chemical in Uzbekistan and the country which allows future production of innovation-based cosmetics in the Navoi Free Economic Zone. Aided by the leading South...
We’ll create our own K-beauty category; Shinsegae aims big with first foray into K-beauty sphere
Shinsegae-owned E-mart’s first foray into the cosmetics market is hoping to create an entirely new K-beauty category, according to a report published by The Korea Herald. Scentence, which launched in July 2016 and has been growing rapidly ever since, is billed as an...
Colgate-Palmolive India appoints Bollywood star Anushka Sharma as brand ambassador
Colgate-Palmolive India has appointed Anushka Sharma as brand ambassador for its Colgate Active Salt toothpaste, according to a report published by Zee News. The Bollywood actor will star in a new TV spot to promote the product, which is said to help prevent cavities...
Hindustan Unilever and P&G hike prices ahead of India’s Goods and Services Tax
Indian consumers have been subjected to a series of price hikes for personal care products, which the Economic Times is attributing to manufacturers hedging their bets ahead of the soon-to-be-introduced Goods and Services Tax (GST). The report accuses both Hindustan...
Online K-beauty retailer Memebox attracts more investment than any other Korean start-up
Memebox has attracted the most investment of any Korean start-up over the last year, according to a report published by the Korea Herald. According to data released by start-up platform Platum, the online K-beauty marketplace raised KRW143 billion in 2016, topping the...
Shilla beats Lotte to win Hong Kong airport license; will open perfume and cosmetics concessions ‘by the end of the year’
Shilla Duty Free has announced that it has secured a license to run duty free concessions at Hong Kong International Airport, according to a report published by Pulse News. The South Korean travel retail and hotel operator, which is owned by Samsung Group, will open...
Gillette slashes prices to keep up with competitors
Procter & Gamble has slashed the prices of its Gillette razors in a bid to keep up with start-ups such as the Dollar Shave Club and Harry’s that are proving popular with consumers due to lower-cost razors and blades. As of this month Gillette will break from its...
L’Oréal India appoints new consumer product head
L’Oréal India has announced the appointment of Aseem Kausik as head of the company’s Consumer Products Division (CPD). Kausik was appointed from his previous role as Director of the company’s Professional Products Division (PPD) and succeeds Satyaki Ghosh, who quit...
L’Oréal Asia Pacific runs three-day digital bootcamp
L’Oréal Asia Pacific has conducted its first digital bootcamp as part of the French beauty behemoth’s wider Digital Upskilling program. The pilot session saw 60 digital talents from 11 countries gather in Singapore for the three-day immersive workshop, run by...
Vietnamese consumers snap up cosmetics imports; market value to double to US$2.2 billion by 2020
Cosmetics imports hit a value of US$1.1 billion in Vietnam in 2016, according to reports from the International Trade Center and World Bank – and are expected to hit US$2.2 billion by 2020, says Vietnam Net Bridge. Imports account for some 90 percent of Vietnam’s...
Unilever teams up with Lazada to build first e-commerce end-to-end alliance in Southeast Asia
Unilever has signed an agreement with Alibaba-owned Lazada to build the industry’s first end-to-end alliance in the Southeast Asia region. The two companies will work closely together on category development, supply chain and fulfilment, data and marketing, social...
Analysts warn LG Household & Health Care to suffer as Chinese travel ban hits K-beauty
LG Household & Health Care will see sales drop off as the Chinese government imposes a ban on travel to South Korea, according to a report published by The Investor. Analysts are predicting that the K-beauty stalwart will miss expectations on first quarter...
L’Oréal Japan takes digital innovation to another level with Sonify Hair music technology
L’Oréal has once again upped its digital game thanks to the launch of a new patented evaluation technology, Sonify Hair – a sonification sound transformation that allows consumers to listen their ‘hair repair condition song.’ The new technology is said to bring...
Sephora promotes Mix & Play skin care with vending machines on Singapore streets
Sephora has teamed up with OOH Media for a new interactive outdoor campaign to promote its Mix & Play skin care line. The LVMH-owned retailer has installed colorful vending machines outside Midpoint Orchard shopping center, Singapore, according to a report...
L’Oréal Paris announces Deepika Padukone as global brand ambassador
L’Oréal Paris has named Deepika Padukone as its latest global brand ambassador, according to a report published by Vogue India. Padukone is expected to front a future beauty and skin care campaign. “I’ve always believed that feeling beautiful begins with feeling...
Reckitt Benckiser launches accessible sachet units – Durex Jeans – on Indian market
Reckitt Benckiser has launched a new format for its Durex brand, Durex Jeans, in India. The popular condom brand will now be sold in sachets – each containing two condoms, and priced at Rs25, according to a report published by Live Mint. The sachet-format has proved...
Cosmetics first: Shiseido pilots humanoid robots on its assembly lines
Shiseido has introduced a pilot program to deploy humanoid robots on the make-up assembly lines at its Kakegawa factory – a cosmetics first, according to the Japanese manufacturer. One human worker will work with two robots to produce a finished make-up product, with...
Johnson & Johnson Innovation collaborates on Singapore QuickFire Challenge
Johnson & Johnson Innovation has announced a collaboration to launch the Singapore QuickFire Challenge – teaming up with A*STAR's ETPL, through its Diagnostics Development Hub, and Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART). The QuickFire...
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