Retail
Lionel Richie launches his own makeup line
Yahoo.com
Nivea develops phone attachment and app that can detect body odour
TechTimes.com
Dyson invests $94 million into personal care market, first product is a bladeless hair dryer
Engadget.com, ApplianceRetailer.com
The Honest Co. expands into Canada with new retailer partnerships
NewsWire.ca
Behind the scenes with MAC Cosmetics
LuxuryLondon.co.uk
Meet the person behind the rainbow highlighter
Racked.com
How Charlotte Tilbury became the Taylor Swift of cosmetics
Telegraph.co.uk
Market and Trends
Only half of men believe in the statement “there is no such thing as a healthy tan” according to American Academy of Dermatology survey
MaineNewsOnline.com
Millennials are more focused on instant results, pushing up make-up sales and causing skin care sales to drop
WWD.com
Asia
Nature Republic’s headquarters raided, after allegations CEO lobbied officials to drop his gambling charges
YonhapNews.co.kr
It’s Skin to expand presence in China and India, but also develop new brand for the market
Yonhapnews.co.kr
Adrien Cheng, jewelry chain scion, to push South Korean products in China
KoreaHerald.com
Make up sales in Asia help lift Estee Lauder’s profits
FT.com
Nikkol Group and CTI-Biotech sign joint-partnership to develop non-animal safety testing methods
Nikkol.co.jp – PDF
South Korean brands are edging out European competition in China
JingDaily.com
LG Household sees net sales of 1.5 trillion won and operating profit of 234 billion won in Q1 2016
LGCare.com
Multi-brand shops are expanding their presence in South Korea
YonhapNews.co.kr
SU:M 37 opens first store in China
KoreaHerald.com
AmorePacific’s Q1 net profits jump 33%
KoreaHerald.com
Aritaum plans 70 beauty stores in North America, and an online store by the end of 2016
Racked.com
How China’s beauty obsession made Meitu a billion-dollar photo editing app
Forbes.com
Western clebrities wore cushion foundation at the MET Gala
NYPost.com
South Korea’s e-commerce exports surpass imports for the first time
ShanghaiDaily.com
A British journalist’s impressions of the beauty industry in Seoul
Vogue.co.uk
Research and Technology
SPF 30 sunscreen delayed melanoma in mice study
OSU.edu
Research develops a cure for grey hair and vitiligo, at least in mice
Newsweek.com
L’Oreal partners with Hello Tomorrow, a tech incubating group
LOreal.com
Corporate
Johnson and Johnson loses second ovarian cancer lawsuit
RT.com
Johnson and Johnson to acquire Neostrata
PRNewswire.com
COTY expanding manufacturing facility and creating jobs in Etna Township in Columbus, Ohio
BizJournals.com
Interesting Reads
‘Sandbagging’ is the hot new way to describe baking your makeup
Mirror.co.uk
Half of India’s homeless children are labourers, personal care makes up a large proportion of their monthly spending
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