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Estée Lauder Companies (ELC) has spent decades building an extensive prestige-beauty portfolio: Estée Lauder, Clinique, M·A·C, Bobbi Brown, La Mer, Jo Malone London, Tom Ford Beauty, Le Labo, AERIN, Origins, Too Faced, Smashbox, KILIAN, Darphin, Aveda, Bumble and bumble, Dr. Jart+, GLAMGLOW, Lab Series, the DECIEM family (The Ordinary, NIOD) and a number of niche …
As global fragrance giants like Coty, L’Oréal, Estée Lauder, Symrise, and Givaudan ramp up efforts to capture the Chinese market, transparency about ingredients is becoming unavoidable. While proprietary formulas are a core part of the industry, the widespread use of phthalates and other synthetic chemicals—recognized endocrine disruptors—raises serious health questions. Consumers increasingly expect to know …
F amily-owned French company Gattefossé is in the news after opening its first full-scale production and manufacturing plant in North America, located in Lufkin, Texas. Gattefossé is considered one of the foundational names in the cosmetic industry. The company’s founder, René-Maurice Gattefossé, was a French chemist who coined the term aromatherapy in the early 20th …
Fragrance is one of the most powerful segments in the cosmetics industry. With Coty Inc. making headlines for doubling down on its fragrance business—particularly in China, where the market is reportedly experiencing significant growth—the company’s strategy offers a glimpse into the industry’s next chapter. Coty CEO Sue Nabi has noted that the China International Import …
Bloomage Biotech is one of China’s biotech titans and a global leader in industrialized hyaluronic-acid (HA) production. Bloomage has pushed HA into luxury formulas and helped make China an indispensable supplier of high-performing HA to brands worldwide. At the same time, Western firms investing in local Chinese ingredient innovators (for example L’Oréal’s backing of the …
When Coty’s CEO, Sue Y. Nabi, laid out the company’s vision three years ago, she sketched a bold transformation: mass-market brands like CoverGirl, Rimmel, and Max Factor would evolve toward “clean” and “skinified” makeup. Prestige fragrance would surge, and skincare brands designed for China’s pollution-sensitive consumers would become central. Today, many of those ambitions are …
China’s haircare market is entering a new growth phase (pun intended). With projections estimating a reach of 23.5 billion USD by 2030 and an annual growth rate of over 8 percent, the market is reportedly expanding more rapidly than the relatively mature U.S. haircare sector. As Jing Daily has noted, the market is evolving with …