Sustainability initiatives from Beauty Insight n°201
A look at sustainability initiatives inside and outside beauty UK department-store operator Selfridges is to ban single-use...January 13, 2020
Trends from Beauty Insight n°201
Currently trending in beauty Space. The Pinterest 100 list of the platform’s biggest search terms shows that...January 13, 2020
Zoom in on: Beauty incubator trends
Most major beauty companies now have their own incubators to test new ideas, strategies and brands. BW...January 13, 2020
Zoom in on: Creating content for Instagram
An analysis of the type of content brands are focusing on for Instagram and how their use...December 16, 2019
Zoom in on: Subscription models for beauty
Two experts give their views on how they see subscription models for selling beauty evolving Blackhawk Networks...December 2, 2019
Zoom in on: Alibaba & 11.11
An analysis of what Alibaba’s 11.11 meant for beauty this year Beauty brands were among the top...November 18, 2019
Zoom in on: Fragrance in France
The Fragrance Foundation France unveiled the results of its most recent survey* on French consumers’ attitudes to...November 4, 2019
Zoom in on: YouTube/Fashion & Beauty
What YouTube’s new style and beauty hub, YouTube/Fashion, means for brands In September, YouTube captured the attention...October 21, 2019
The global market: Beauty by region
How the beauty market is performing by region Europe Western Europe’s beauty sales were flat in 2018,...October 8, 2019
The global market: Beauty by channel and category
How beauty is performing by channel and category Skincare Skincare is the star category in beauty at...October 8, 2019
The global market: Top prestige players
Estée Lauder Companies Estée Lauder Companies’ sales have more than doubled since 2009, reaching nearly $15bn in...October 8, 2019
How beauty is performing in Germany
The German market is seeing sluggish growth and changing consumption habits Growth is slowing in Germany, long...October 7, 2019
Chinese tourists boost Japan’s beauty market
The market is seeing slight growth, buoyed by more Chinese tourists Although Japan’s cosmetics market grew just...October 7, 2019
The state of the beauty market
The global beauty market continues to report healthy growth, with a 5.5% increase in sales in 2018—the...October 7, 2019
Travel retail has become a crucial channel for beauty brands
BW Confidential analyzes how travel retail has become a crucial channel for beauty brands and highlights what...October 7, 2019
How beauty is performing in Brazil
From a new government to Natura’s acquisition of Avon and the development of online sales, Brazil has...October 7, 2019
Beauty in China continues to grow
Despite slower economic data, China’s beauty sector continues to see impressive growth China continues to see strong...October 7, 2019
How the personalized fragrance trend is developing
How the trend for personalized fragrance is developing and what is set to come next in this...October 1, 2019
BW@10 – How the market has changed
A reflection on how the market has changed over the past 10 years The market has changed....September 30, 2019
How beauty is performing in travel retail
An analysis of the performance of beauty in the travel-retail channel The current economic and geo-political situation...September 30, 2019
The state of retail in Europe’s big five markets
Europe is set to see only slight growth this year, although retailers are making more efforts to...September 28, 2019
How the fragrance market is performing
There are many pockets of growth in the prestige fragrance market, although industry watchers maintain that the...September 28, 2019
Zoom in on: M&A
M&A in beauty continues apace. BW Confidential analyzes the deals made so far this year and what...September 23, 2019
Fragrance & Artificial Intelligence
How Artificial Intelligence is being used to create fragrance and how it is set to impact the...September 10, 2019
An update on the raw materials crisis
The raw materials crisis that hit the fragrance industry in 2018 has forced creation houses into a...September 10, 2019
Industry executives on the US beauty market
Three beauty executives give their views on the issues impacting the US prestige market What is your...September 10, 2019
US beauty brand landscape undergoing profound shift
Indies and new business models continue to disrupt beauty in the US, but legacy brands are still...September 10, 2019
Fragrance creation houses focus on new trends and developing markets
Fragrance creation houses continue to be hit by the raw materials crisis, while looking to adapt to...September 9, 2019
A look at assortment trends in travel retail
Although global beauty houses still dominate space in travel retail, the battle is on to find brands...September 9, 2019
Spotlight on the US beauty market
Growth has slowed in the US market this year due to a string of factors, from political...September 9, 2019