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Japan: long live the elderly!
For several years brands operating on the Japanese market have been facing two challenges: firstly, a persistent economic slump and,...
Bioplastics market to rise together with sustainability trend
An increasing number of renowned brand owners are turning to bioplastics to enhance their products’ image. While questions remain about...
Maesa: optimism for 2010
Two hundred staff, eight companies, premises in Paris, London, New York, Los Angeles, Shenzhen, Shanghai, two laboratories, a factory for...
Philippe Benacin, Inter Parfums: "2010, the post-crisis year"
The companies Montblanc International GmbH and Inter ParfumsSA have signed a worldwide license agreement for the design, manufacture and...
Nanotechnology and packaging: future is tomorrow!
The scope of nanotechnologies is not limited to cosmetic ingredients but also directly concerns packaging. The main operators are...
Shiseido bets on overseas markets
Shiseido, the Japan’s biggest cosmetics maker, is entering the last year of its Three-Year Plan (FY2008 - FY2010), which aims at...
France: getting ready to display environmental information for cosmetic products
In the wake of the "Grenelle Environnement" and its efforts for "greening" its economy, tax system and public policies, France is...
“Our industry must focus on innovation,” Ulrich Griebel, Schwan STABILO Cosmetics
In an exclusive interview, Ulrich Griebel General Manager of Schwan STABILO Cosmetics GmbH & Co. KG tells Premium Beauty News that...
Exports of French cosmetics rely on emerging markets
French beauty industry, which remains the world leader, did not escaped crisis, but sales of perfumes and cosmetics were less impacted...
Public concern is growing over nano-materials
While a recent study by UCLA researchers found that exposure to titanium dioxide nano-particles cause genetic damage in mice, an...