International Magazine for Cosmetics and Fragrances
Kenneth Cole Productions Inc. Have entered into a new licensing agreement with Parlux. With over 20 years experience in marketing and developing fragrance brands, the collaboration marks the beginning of a new direction for the Kenneth Cole fragrance business. “Kenneth Cole, the iconic New York brand, provides its consumers with a combination of intelligence, irreverence … Read more
Inter Parfums has entered into a ten-year exclusive worldwide fragrance license to create, produce and distribute perfumes and fragrance-related products under the Alfred Dunhill Limited ("dunhill") brand. The agreement commences on April 3, 2013 and replaces a previous license agreement with Procter & Gamble that terminates on April 3, 2013. Inter Parfums will take over … Read more
Cosfibel Group’s activities fall into two major branches: plastic secondary packaging, which through Cosfibel Industry represents one-fourth of the group’s activities, and luxury set up boxes and promotional items, made by Cosfibel Premium and representing three-fourth of the total business. Last August, Cosfibel acquired Solvpack, dedicated to luxury set up boxes for Wine & Spirit … Read more
This holiday season there will be an array of colors and textures in both nail and lip color, according to The global information company NPD Group. The prestige nail and lip segments posted healthy growth in U.S. department store sales in the first 11 months of the year. “Makeup was not always the ‘go to’ … Read more
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Brenntag GmbH is the German national subsidiary of Brenntag AG. As a world leader in the distribution of chemicals Brenntag AG, based in the company headquarters at Mülheim an der Ruhr, operates a global network with more than 400 locations in almost 70 countries. Brenntag is able to look back on almost 140 years of … Read more
A new Science and Technology Sensory Centre of Excellence, that brings together expertise in the evaluation and measurement of perfume benefits, has opened at Givaudan’s Ashford, UK site. “Odour evaluation is at the heart of our business,” said Michael Carlos, Head of the Fragrance Division. “This investment gives our scientists state-of-the-art facilities in which to … Read more
Univar Inc., a global chemical distributor, has added Germany, Spain, and Portugal to the scope of its agreement to distribute Dow’s specialty personal care ingredients in Europe. Univar has already started marketing and selling the full range of Dow’s legacy Rohm and Haas personal care specialty ingredients in the new territories. These include Acudyne hair … Read more
Ashland Specialty Ingredients dedicated a new Care Specialties Technical Center in Mumbai, India, to better support producers of personal and home care products in India and Southeast Asia. The facility at Jaswanti Landmark, located in the heart of Mumbai, will serve as a focal point for the research and development (R&D) work Ashland conducts on … Read more
Germany based Dr. Straetmans GmbH decided to shift the distribution for the United Kingdom and Ireland to Rahn (UK) Ltd. By doing so, they extend their distribution activities with Rahn that already exists for two decades in other regions. Dr. Straetmans and Rahn are now teaming up with an organization that is already sharing a … Read more
Sales generated by the Douglas perfumeries rose by 2.4 percent to above EUR 1.9 billion (like-for-like: +1.3 percent). The trend in Germany has been particularly gratifying. Here, sales rose by 5.1 percent (like-for-like: +3.9 percent) to just over EUR 1 billion. Douglas perfumeries in foreign markets achieved sales revenue totaling EUR 883 million. This corresponds … Read more
Separate Panels – Facets of Sustainability – Focus on Customers and Retail – Cosmetics are going greener This years´ Natural Cosmetics Conference on September 25 & 26 will once again present a multi-faceted program. For the second time, the Conference at the Ellington Hotel Berlin offers the entire beauty trade an international platform for intensive … Read more
The IBF programme has been developed to support the clients of the international Health and Beauty Group to establish new business contacts from various countries. The IBF offers exhibitors of BEAUTY FORUM MUNICH the ideal platform to be present, at a favourable cost, at foreign BEAUTY FORUM trade fairs to build up business contacts in … Read more
The complexity of distribution in Asia is leading many natural personal care brands to take the direct route and open concept stores.New research by Organic Monitor shows the number of concept stores for natural & organic personal care products is mushrooming. In the last 12 months, over 25 new concept stores have opened in Asia. … Read more
At the same time and in recognition of the continued development within the region, DKSH Performance Materials has opened a fourth China sales office in Beijing and strengthened the Management Team in China with the appointment of Kevin Bee as new Head Business Line Personal Care Industry. DKSH’s Business Unit Performance Materials, a specialty chemicals … Read more
Elfriede Dambacher, publisher of the "Natural Cosmetics Yearbook" (Naturkosmetik Jahrbuch 2012), outlines the challenges that the natural cosmetics market faces in Germany. With total sales of 815 million Euros in 2011 natural cosmetics in Germany enjoyed a market share of 6.5 percent. This makes the sector once again the biggest in Europe, and after the … Read more
The total revenue of $2.6 billion decreased 2%, up 1% in constant dollars. Total units declined by 1% and price/mix increased 2% during the quarter. Active Representatives were down 2%. On a category basis, Beauty sales declined 1%, up 2% in constant dollars. On a reported basis, color was flat, fragrance and skincare declined 1%, … Read more
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If you want to expand into Asia, talk to someone who covers the entire region: DKSH. 64 business locations mean that we are at home across the whole of Asia. With almost 150 years of experience in all areas of chemical distribution, we are the No. 1 provider of Market Expansion Services – form product … Read more
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Omya will distribute KCC Silicones in Switzerland and Austria, opening up a whole range of new business opportunities for both companies. KCC will leverage Omya’s leading excellence in specialty chemicals, whilst Omya gains the support of one of the world’s fastest growing primary silicone manufacturers, with great ambitions for expansion over the coming years. “With … Read more
Merck and Azelis have entered into a distribution agreement for cosmetic raw materials from Merck. According to the agreement, Merck will grant the marketing rights for its cosmetic raw materials in Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Norway to Azelis, a leading European distributor of specialty chemicals. Apart from logistics, Azelis will be responsible for local customer … Read more