Africa / Middle East
L’Oréal confirms its interest in Africa with a production and distribution partnership for Ivory Coast
L’Oréal, the worldwide leader in cosmetics, has signed a protocol agreement with the CFAO group, which specialises in the distribution of...
Eurofragance invests to boost its Turkish and Middle-Eastern businesses
Barcelona-headquartered fragrance designer and producer Eurofragance is investing to strengthen its international development. The...
Focus on the first cosmetics meetings of West Africa
The first “Cosmetics and sustainable development in West Africa” congress, which took place in Dakar, Senegal, last November 5-7, 2013,...
Luxury in the Middle East: kill off received ideas
A regional environment favourable to the luxury market, but a heterogeneous approach to luxury and a large variety of consumer attitudes:...
L’Oréal acquires beauty firm Interconsumer Products in Kenya
L’Oréal just acquired the Health & Beauty business of Interconsumer Products Limited (ICP) in Kenya from its founding shareholder....
Sales of colour cosmetics expected to boom in Middle East and Africa
The beauty and personal care market is likely to carry on growing in most product categories in Middle East and Africa over the next...
L’Oréal expands in Africa
After the opening in September of subsidiary in Nigeria, L’Oréal opened this week its new Kenyan subsidiary, which will be the hub for...
Arabic Gulf countries set to become major hair care market
According to a recent market research from Euromonitor International, conducted in partnership with Beautyworld Middle East, the largest...
Colour cosmetics to drive growth of the UAE beauty market
According to Euromonitor International, the consumption of facial and eye make-up, lip care and nail care products will continue to grow...
West Africa: WAEMU to regulate cosmetics approval
At its last meeting in early October, the Council of Ministers of theWest African Economic and Monetary Union (or UEMOA from its name in...
