Retail
Better Business Bureau issues alert saying that many Kylie Cosmetics customers have been receiving empty boxes
AOL.com
L’Oreal, Henkel, and Unilever vie for Vogue International, owners of the Organix line of haircare products
Reuters.com
A preview of the upcoming Sephora x Mara Hoffman collaboration
Popsugar.com
Barns & Nobles launches The Glossary, a beauty shopping area, in college campus bookstores
BusinessWire.com
Walgreens plans to change its beauty shopping experience after merger with Boots and pending RiteAid acquisition
WWD.com – Paywall
St. Tropez develops new fragrance said to mask the smell of ‘biscuits’ in self tanners
Telegraph.co.uk
Tide launches Purclean, a laundry detergent with 65% biobased detergents
BusinessWire.com
Market and Trends
Syria’s famous Damask rose may be at risk due to the tension in the area
Yahoo.com
UAE residents biggest spenders on cosmetics in the Middle East and Africa region
7Days.ae
Indix predicts that the global skin care market will reach $121 billion USD by the end of 2016
Indix.com
Regulation and Outreach
“US microbead ban failed in one big way”
HuffingtonPost.com
Denmark pushes for a microbead ban throughout the EU
CosmeticsDesign.com
The Smithsonian to digitize its historical cosmetics collection with support from Kiehl’s
AmericanHistory.edu
US FDA issues warning letter to Reviva Labs for making drug-like claims on its cosmetics
FDA.gov
Para, Brazil bans animal testing for cosmetics
HSI.org
The Body Shop unveil plan to create bio-bridges, links in cut down forest allowing animals to reconnect to breed
PRNewswire.com
Asia
TonyMoly is set to aggressively expand in China, after 2 year legal dispute with distributor
KoreaHerald.com
Chinese men more likely to splurge on themselves vs Chinese women when online shopping
SCMP.com
I-Hua Wu becomes Maybelline’s first Asian global ambassador
Refinery29.com
H&M Beauty launches in Singapore
Timeout.com
Amway Korea’s sales grow 261-fold in 25 years
KoreaTimes.co.kr
Doosan opens a 24 hour duty free store in eastern Seoul
KoreaTimes.co.kr
Kanebo to launch eponymous brand, to become new central luxury brand for the company
JapanTimes.co.jp
Research finds that its elderly men and women in Korea that are increasing their spending on cosmetics the most
KoreaJoongangDaily.com
Shinsegae opens its new duty-free shopping centre in downtown Seoul
Chosun.com
New president and CEO of Shiseido tasked with reviving the company and “Japan”
WWD.com – Paywall
Indian skin care brand creates promotion campaigning against skin lightening
Mumbrella.asia
Research and Technology
Consumer Reports investigation on natural sunscreens find only 26% meet labelling claims
ConsumerReports.org
“Sunscreen gene” may lead to better photoprotection methods in the future
ScienceDaily.com
Contradicting results in two new studies on the effect of triclosan on the human microbiome
CBC.ca
Corporate
UK fund Permira to buy John Masters Organics
Nikkei.com
