Retail
Lip Smacker launches Starburst flavoured lip balms
PRNewswire.com
NYX opens store in New Jersey, its first on the east coast of the US
PRNewswire.com
Cetaphil launches a men’s line, calls it “Cetaphil Men”
PRNewswire.com
Luxury retailer Saks Fifth Avenue opens in Toronto
CBC.ca
Russian weapons manufacturer to make anti-radiation shampoo and cosmetics
RBTH.com
L’Oreal launching a natural haircare line under the Garnier brand in the US
WWD.com – Paywall
Chanel Fragrances signs deal with Vice for sponsored videos
WWD.com
Dame Helen Mirren is featured in L’Oreal’s latest advertisements
Telegraph.co.uk
Ulta, Maesa Group, and Fiona Stiles launch “mistake-proof” make-up line
PRNewswire.com
Ottawa’s Herieth Paul named new Maybelline global spokesperson
OttawaCitizen.com
black|Up launches new products including a 2-in-1 lip pencil
360Nobs.com
Tarte launches Double Duty Beauty and Rainforest of the Sea lines
Refinery29.com
Clarins launches travelling pop-up spa “Urban Oasis” around the UK
EventMagazine.co.uk
Target launches 3 new exclusive beauty lines; Marlowe, Mayfair, and You Are Amazing
Target.com
Jo Baker named new make-up artist for Rimmel London
PRNewswire.com
Drybar announces new hair products to extend your blowout
PRNewswire.com
AHAVA launches new “Sea-Kissed” collection
PRNewswire.com
Nohbo, single use shampoo balls, featured on Shark Tank
Heavy.com
Kylie Jenner launches new nail polish line, and SnapChat movies
DailyMail.co.uk
MAC Cosmetics launches in Zambia
LusakaTimes.com
Caitlyn Jenner may be launching her own cosmetic line, files for trademark
TheGloss.com
Market and Trends
Cosmetic companies market against beauty problems caused by phones
Mic.com
Furlicious nailz are the 2hot nu way to fleek out ur claws. Hashtag.
Today.com
The 5ive 2hottest eyefleek shapes to fleek up your face
Popsugar.co.uk
Mintel US report finds that 45% consumers prefer mobile tablets to sales people
Mintel.com
Canadian retail market slumps after holidays
Huffingtonpost.ca
Denoive announces commercial potential of five new carotenoids
BiomassMagazine.com
Symposia on benefits of vegetable oils to be held in March
SignupGenius.com
Industry trade show In-Cosmetics coming to New York
In-CosmeticsNorthAmeriac.com
QYResearch publishes organic cosmetics industry market research report
Sys-con.com
Technavio publishes report on global lipstick market, and top three trends
Businesswire.com
Transparency Market Research publishes report on silica market
PRNewswire.com
Transparency Market Research publishes report on phytosterol market
Globalnewswire.com
Prof-Research publishes report on global and Chinese spearmint oil market
PRNewswire.com
Netnames publishes report, says luxury fragrance brands are losing $1 billion USD a year to counterfeiting
Netnames.com – PDF
Asia
Chinese retailers suffer in post New Years “hangover”
Pymnts.com
Starting 2019, beauty giants like AmorePacific will be permitted to open their own salons in South Korea
KoreaJoongangDaily.com
Snail cream pushes It’s Skin up to fourth in South Korean cosmetic market
KoreaBizwire.com
Foreign tourism in Japan up 52%, but visitors are spending less
Nikkei.com, JapanTimes.co.jp
Condoms and nail clippers popular among Chinese shoppers in Japan
SCMP.com
South Korea is attracting Chinese tourists, but can it keep them coming back?
Arirang.co.kr
Weakness of Shiseido’s overseas business may allow foreign multinationals to take its #1 spot
Bloomberg.com
Beauty retailer Jumei receives non-binding proposal to take the company private
PRNewswire.com
Malaysia’s Halal Industry Development Corporation hoping to attract South Korean and Japanese investors
Bernama.com.my
L’Oreal announces “Women of Worth” awards in India
IndiaWest.com
Cosmax posts record high sales for 2015
PulseNews.co.kr
Marc Rey, US president of Shiseido, has big plans for the company
WWD.com – Paywall
Packaging manufacturer Essentra seeks deals to increase Asia market
Reuters.com
Amway to increase investments in India, as global president Doug Devos sees potential in the market
IndiaTimes.com
Food and personal care products from the Philippines make their way into the Arab market
Philstar.com
Amways opens new store in Aizawl, India
IndiaTimes.com
Personal care tradeshow coming up in Shanghai, first week of March
CosinKorea.com – Korean
Kolmar and Cosmax hit by downgrades, investors fear they have “reached their peak”
KoreaTimes.co.kr
Avon celebrates 130 years with fragrance event in the Philippines
Sunstar.com.ph
Indian men are buying more beauty products online than women
IndiaTimes.com
Indian weddings “fuel the beauty industry” according to expert
IndiaTimes.com
Sustainability and Outreach
USDA factsheet on new “Biobased” label
USDA.gov
European Union’s nanomaterial cosmetic inventory likely to be published this year
ChemicalWatch.com
Emulate opens permanent facility in Boston, to develop Organs-on-Chips technology
Businesswire.com
Halal verification company announces IPO in London
BusinessInsider.com
Consumer group UFC-Que-Choisir list 185 products as “worrisome”, warns French population against using them
TheLocal.fr
Etobicoke, Ontario residents upset over smells coming from nearby Lush factory
CBC.ca
The Body Shop announces charity drive with special limited-edition hemp hand products
PRNewswire.com
BBC investigation finds illegal skin lightening creams, containing hydroquinone, being sold in London
BBC.com
S.C. Johnson donates $15 million USD to help fight mosquito born diseases
PRNewswire.com
Burt’s Bees announces “Natural Launchpad” a grant for small businesses
PRNewswire.com
Another lawsuit filed against Jessica Alba’s Honest Co. citing dishonest labelling of its products as natural
Reuters.com
S.C. Johnson to disclose fragrance ingredients for new Glade product line
PRNewswire.com
Unganda standards bureau bans sale of mercury and hydroquinone containing products
AllAfrica.com
Clariant teams up on project to expand use of bioethanol in cleaning products
Clariant.com
French minister seeks ban of methylisothiazolinone in leave-on products
LeMoniteurDesPharmacies.fr -French
Florida considers removing cosmetic registration mandate for manufacturers
MyFloridaLicense.com, CosmeticsandToiletries.com
Corporate and Finance
Group Marcelle acquires Lise Watier Cosmetics
MontrealGazette.com
European Council provides anti-trust clearance and approves merger of P&G and Coty brand merger
StreetInsider.com
P&G files infringement suit against Onuge Personal Care over Crest Whitestrips
BusinessWire.com
Nestle suffers slowest sales slump in 6 years
MarketWatch.com
Crieghton purchases defunct Broad Oak Toiletries, will not be transitioning jobs
MiddevonGazette.co.uk
J&F denies it will be buying Natura, after Reuters report
Reuters.com
Takasago acquires Centre Ingredient Technology
Takasago.com
Per-fekt beauty receives capital investment from Cosmetic Design Group
PRNewswire.com
Global One-Pack sold to Coral Products
ManchesterEveningNews.co.uk
Interesting Reads
“The active ingredients that go deepest into your skin”
NewBeauty.com
Canva creates average face of models used in advertisements
Canva.com
MAC cosmetics pops photo of Black model, brings out racist commentators
TeenVogue.com
“How MAC cosmetics deals with racist jerks on Instagram”
TheAmericanGenius.com
An interview with Corey Weiss of IPSY
SoCalTech.com
Leomie Anderson calls out make-up artists who aren’t prepared for black models
Vogue.co.uk
Princess Diana’s beauty expert, Jo-Ann Jewett, develops skin cancer. She blames the lack of SPF in her eye cream
Mirror.co.uk
Givaudan launches book, “An Odyssey of Flavours and Fragrances”
WorldPressOnline.com
Trendmood Instagram account revealing product launches before the beauty companies do
Refinery29.com
Bustle.com writer tries out neck contouring
Bustle.com
Lush fundraiser for homeless hero paused after she is arrested
Metro.co.uk
Scottish nurse warns that regulations on the beauty industry could lead to deaths
Express.co.uk
Green Finch Textiles launches cloth that masks the smell of farts
IndiaTimes.com
