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US prestige lipsticks on the rise, NPD reports
Industry buzz
According to a market research conducted by The NPD Group, the total prestige lip segment (which includes lip colour, lip liner, lip...
Topline and Cosworld-Primapack, to reach an agreement
Companies & industry
Topline, one of the world leaders in primary packaging, has entered in exclusive negotiation to acquire Cosworld-Primapack, a fully own...
USA: cosmetics brands sued over alleged misleading organic claims
Industry buzz
The Center for Environmental Health (CEH), a public advocacy group headquartered in Oakland, California, has filed a lawsuit against 26...
Full service: The irresistible rise of bomo-trendline
Companies & industry
The progression of this German company, in just thirteen "small" years remains a model of its kind. Starting from scratch in 1998, its...
CEW: “Beauty is not trivial”
Companies & industry
The Cosmetics Executive Women (CEW) France, the association that acts to make beauty more useful than trivial, by funding beauty centres...
Brenntag: New guide formulations
Ingredients & formulation
Brenntag Spécialités, a French subsidiary of the Brenntag group, a distributor of specialty and industrial chemicals, has opened an...
P&G beauty brands join forces to launch mobile application
Industry buzz
US maker of consumer goods, Procter & Gamble (P&G), is launching "My Beauty Adviser" a multi-branded application designed to...
bareMinerals: success through recommendation
Markets & trends
Without fanfare, the Californian brand founded in 1976, has managed to make a name for itself the world over without any excessive...
Kao opens new research facility to focus on eco-innovation
Industry buzz
Japanese cosmetics maker Kao Corporation recently opened its new Eco-Technology Research Centre (ETRC) within the compound of the...
Faber-Castell: A colourful anniversary!
Companies & industry
The Faber-Castell group will be celebrating this year, the 250th anniversary of its creation. An opportunity for Stefano Castelletti,...
