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Beauty Beat: Cosmetics Trade Show: Science Versus Nature
Science and nature were the hot topics at In-Cosmetics, the ingredients trade show held here April 17 to 19.
Brave New (Virtual) Worlds
Beauty brands are trying out new marketing techniques in alternative online communities.
Package Mentality
Beauty companies lessen their environmental impact with recycled and renewable packaging.
Raised Organic
Today’s design students see an eco-conscience and an eye for fashion as a natural pair.
Cool to Care
Increased consumer concern and celeb interest help drive the surge in eco-friendly fashion.
On-the-Go Beauty
To assure their products can take off, beauty marketers are downsizing packaging.
Courtin-Clarins Death Fuels Talks of a Sale
The death of Jacques Courtin-Clarins on March 22 has sparked speculation that the company he founded, Groupe…
BHV’s French Male Call
Parisian men have a new place to be pampered.
Beauty Beat: Cosmoprof Fetes 40 With Early Opening in Bologna… Remembering Jacques Courtin-Clarins
Cosmoprof will celebrate its 40th birthday with an early opening to the beauty fair's key pavilions in…
Bags, Baubles on Upswing at Premiere Classe
Retailers confirmed a bubbling accessories market at the recent edition of Premiere Classe.
Europe’s Long Arm of REACH
REACH, Europe's landmark chemical safety legislation, is living up to its name.
Clarins Earnings Leap in 2006
Groupe Clarins announced a net profit increase of 130.8 percent to 223.3 million euros, or $279 million at…
Making Up with Men
Beauty marketers are increasingly peddling color cosmetics to men. The trick, they say, is not to call it…
Hot Topics: Today & Tomorrow
Which trends most impacted the beauty industry in 2006, and which are expected to make waves in 2007? WWD…
Nuxe to Relaunch Tonific, Planning Global Growth
It is shaping up to be a busy year for Laboratoires Nuxe.