Market Data

Interview | Andrew McDougall from Mintel identifies* emerging hair care trends, consumer concerns and desired outcomes.

Series: Greater China | Hong Kong is the centre of attention of part 2 of our series on the cosmetics market of Greater China including China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. 

Markets | How can personal care brands maximise growing opportunities as digital technology changes consumers’ product choices*?

Interview | Lorraine Dallmeier from Formula Botanica* explains what the challenges to the status quo in natural cosmetics and how indie brands can turn into a natural alternative to big brands.

Interview | Is the French market’s downward trend still going on? Anaïs Dupuy from Kantar Worldpanel* shows perspectives on how to reinvigorate growth in this market.

Markets | What differentiates Chinese beauty – C-beauty from K-beauty – and what is currently driving these markets? Nicole Fall from Asian Consumer Intelligence* explains.

Interview | Helga Hertsig-Lavocah, Futurologist & Senior Trend Watcher, has identified the latest trends in natural cosmetics at Vivaness* such as disruptive approaches in oral care and trending ingredients such as hemp and kombuchas.

Interview | Dr Reto Peirano from Beiersdorf tells us not only about the strongest trends in sun protection but also summarises the company’s R&D achievements in this field over almost a century.

Interview | What major trends are having a serious impact on sun care? Find out in this interview with sun care experts from DSM.

Series: Greater China | In this issue we are starting a series on the cosmetics of Greater China including China, Hongkong and Taiwan. In part 1, the focus is on China.

2019’s Marketing Trends Presentations provide an all-encompassing global view of our industry and also challenge our current assumptions about beauty.

What consumer trends are currently driving the colour cosmetics market? And how can you provide innovative solutions with short lead times? Find out from Stephan Schatz from Geka.

Events | January’s Cosmetagora in Paris with its numerous product launches gives a preview of what trends are to be expected in 2019 – more natural solutions, production processes and plenty of creative new approaches.

Ingredients | Unfortunately, compliance of consumers in terms of using adequate amounts of sunscreen is still poor. What can be done to improve compliance? And what are the issues of sustainable sunscreens? 

Interview | A new generation of advanced mineral particles offers versatile benefits and meets special consumer needs for tailor-made applications. Tanja Budde from Omya Consumer Goods explores current trends for state-of-the-art oral care formulations.

German beauty and detergents market | While in 2018, the sales of beauty products went up by 1.8% in comparison to 2017, the sales of household detergents went up by 2.1%*.