Guest column with WGSN
In our guest column, trending forecasting company WGSN Head of Beauty Clare Varga highlights the directions beauty...April 19, 2022
Travel retail Americas: Views from top retailers
Five travel retail executives discuss how they plan to drive beauty spend and change their assortments in...April 19, 2022
Market Watch : US Country Overview
Beauty in the US has seen strong growth over the past year, and the trend is set...April 19, 2022
Packaging: Dealing with sustainability and supply chain
How the current supply-chain challenges are impacting the accessibility, cost and use of sustainable materials Supply-chain tensions,...April 19, 2022
How war in Ukraine is impacting the market
BW Confidential assesses how the war in Ukraine will impact five key areas for beauty players 1....April 19, 2022
Market Watch US: How retail is evolving in the market
There has been much change in US beauty retail over the past year, most of it for...April 19, 2022
Market Watch US: The state of online sales
E-commerce continues to grow, but is also becoming an ever-fiercer battleground among key retail players After strong...April 19, 2022
How beauty will evolve in the metaverse
A round-up of the key features in the metaverse—NFTs, virtual stores, digital goods, avatars and digital influencers—as...April 6, 2022
Fragrance creation & sustainability
How fragrance houses’ efforts to convince brands to adopt more sustainable practices are progressing. While almost all...April 4, 2022
Perfumers’ views on the fragrance market
BW Confidential asks five perfumers about how they see the market and its evolution, especially in light of...April 4, 2022
Fragrance creation: The state of the market 2022
An analysis of what is driving growth in the fragrance market, how fragrance houses are dealing with...April 4, 2022
Analyzing the growth of fragrance in China
How fragrance houses are mobilizing to tap into the emerging market of fragrance in China. With perfume...April 4, 2022
BW Confidential Beauty Market Round-up
BW Confidential scanned data and commentary of major beauty companies’ latest financial results with the aim of...March 24, 2022
Defining sustainability for beauty packaging
What the industry is doing to define the environmental impact of beauty packaging
March 1, 2022
Travel retail Americas regional analysis
Despite a backdrop dominated by Omicron, the travel-retail market in the Americas
March 1, 2022
Beauty trends from March 2022
Beauty trends from March 2022
March 1, 2022
Latest launches January-March 2022
Latest launches in fragrance, skincare and color January-March 2022
March 1, 2022
Key takeaways from L’Oréal’s 2021 annual financial meeting
L’Oréal CEO Nicolas Hieronimus copyright Jean-Baptiste Huynh L’Oréal has bounced back from the pandemic, with the group...February 11, 2022
Analysis: The other side of Hainan
Sanya Bay in Hainan Hainan may be pegged for astronomical duty-free growth, but the market still presents...December 2, 2021
Analysis: The rise of Amazon roll-ups
Amazon roll-ups: Boosted Commerce, Perch and Thrasio BW Confidential explores the rise of Amazon roll-up players,...November 22, 2021
How make-up is faring and what’s next for the category
Hermès has seen a strong response to its make-up, while L’Oréal launched the category for Valentino ...November 17, 2021
How brands are bucking the make-up decline
Coty has seen success with both Gucci and Burberry, while E.l.f. Beauty’s sales have grown strongly during...November 17, 2021
The latest top-10 make-up trends
P&G’s Opté Wand device and Nyx’s Shine Loud lipstick BW Confidential highlights 10 key trends hitting the...November 17, 2021
Boosting make-up sales online
Virtual try-on tools, such as those from Perfect Corp (above) have been seen as a key to...November 17, 2021
Analysis: Travel retail’s beauty assortment & COVID-19
COVID-19 has forced the hand of many travel retailers to re-think their beauty assortment Since COVID-19 struck,...November 10, 2021
How Thailand’s beauty market is faring
Without tourists and having been hit harder this year by COVID-19 than in 2020, the situation in...November 8, 2021
The state of Malaysia’s beauty market
Lockdowns have resulted in steep declines in beauty sales and taken their toll on the country’s department...November 8, 2021
COVID-19 & Indonesia’s beauty market
Indonesia has been hit hard by a surge in COVID-19 infections this year and the strict lockdowns...November 8, 2021
How packagers are looking to modernize the supply chain
An analysis of how packaging companies are dealing with changes in the market, from the ‘TikTok effect’...November 3, 2021
Industry views: Packaging executives on the state of the market & supply-chain issues
Four executives give their views on the performance of the market and how they are continuing to...November 3, 2021