BW Confidential: The inside view on the international beauty industry

June 15, 2018
Five key trends from CosmeticBusiness
June 15, 2018
BW Confidential spotlights five key trends that emerged from the CosmeticBusiness trade show, which took place in
June 15, 2018
Amazon said to be looking to enter Brazil’s beauty market ...
June 15, 2018
Amazon is reportedly in talks with Brazilian cosmetics companies including Grupo Boticário and Natura Cosméticos, to sell
June 15, 2018
Watch This Week in Beauty Video
June 15, 2018
Catch up with the week’s essential news with BW Confidential’s This Week in Beauty Video. See the
June 15, 2018
Microsoft said to be working on check-out free retail tech
June 15, 2018
Microsoft Corp is said to be working on technology focused on cashier-less stores, similar to that used
June 15, 2018
L’Oréal Paris to launch capsule make-up collection with Isabel...
June 15, 2018
L’Oréal Paris is to launch a make-up collection in collaboration with French fashion designer Isabel Marant. The
June 15, 2018
Luxe Brands signs fragrance deal with Nicki Minaj
June 15, 2018
Beauty company Luxe Brands has inked a fragrance partnership with American hip-hop star Nicki Minaj.
Minaj’s previous
June 15, 2018
ELC opens multi-brand pop-up at Hamad Intl
June 15, 2018
Estée Lauder Companies (ELC) has opened what it calls its first mega multi-brand pop-up store in travel

BW Confidential's latest electronic publication n°170 June 14-27, 2018

Interview with L’Oréal Travel Retail Asia Pacific managing director Emmanuel Goulin
L’Oréal Travel Retail Asia Pacific managing director Emmanuel Goulin tells BW Confidential about key trends and challenges
Unilever & prestige beauty
An analysis of Unilever’s strategy to boost its prestige beauty business
Seen & heard at Beautyworld Middle East
BW Confidential reports on what was seen and heard at Beautyworld Middle East, which took place in Dubai, UAE from May 8-10
A visit to Juliette has a gun's first brick-and-mortar store
Juliette has a gun focuses on new ways of finding out about scent at its first brick-and-mortar store
Amazon looks to go deeper in beauty
The launch of Amazon's Indie Beauty Shop, set for this month, has some analysts drawing parallels with beauty retailer Sephora's early days in the US

BW Confidential's latest magazine n°34 May-June 2018

Interview with Kao Corp executive officer & Kanebo Cosmetics president Yoshihiro Murakami
Kao is looking to boost its beauty business through a focus on prestige, skincare and expanding its international reach
How the skincare category is performing
Skincare has made a recovery, as new brands drive interest in the category, Asia fuels growth and the sector gets better at social media
Challenges and opportunities in China's beauty market
China is not only back to growth, but the development of digital there is ushering in new business models and retail formats
The travel-retail market in Asia continues to grow
Despite the powerhouse status of travel retail in Asia, beauty players must continue to address conversion issues and use digital on a greater scale
Make-up's strong growth is pushing packagers to up their game
The growth of the make-up sector and emergence of new indie players in the market is changing how packagers do business

Make-up and the e-commerce boom