How travel retail is performing in the Americas
Travel-retail players are upgrading stores with a stronger focus on niche fragrances. While promotions remain strong, experience-driven
The potential of retail festivals beyond stores
More retailers are launching beauty festivals beyond their stores, and the events are proving a hit among today’s cosmetics enthusiasts
How TikTok Shop is driving beauty
How TikTok Shop has become a major channel for beauty sales, despite uncertainty over its future in the US
The state of US retail
More beauty distribution options have meant increased competition for retail players in the US, while online players thrive
Analysis of the US beauty market
Growth in the US beauty category is expected to slow again this year. But overall, the market is healthy, while fragrance sales continue to surge
Top players on the fragrance industry’s key issues
BW Confidential talks to executives at the leading fragrance creation houses about the 10 key issues impacting the market
The state of the fragrance creation sector 2025
BW Confidential analyzes the key opportunities and challenges for fragrance houses and delves into the major players’ strategies
Trends in fragrance creation
BW Confidential highlights some of the key trends hitting the fragrance market
Cosmetic Valley highlights impact of geopolitics on French industry
In light of an increasingly volatile geopolitical situation, the decline of the Chinese beauty market and potential US tariffs
The beauty market in figures 2024
THE BEAUTY WORLD
Beauty World Guide 2024-2025: Travel Retail
Passenger numbers are back, but conversion is not, while the channel continues to grapple with ongoing difficulties in Asia
Snapshot of the state of the global beauty market 2024
The state of the market
Beauty World Guide 2024-2025: Saudi Arabia
Consumer demand for fragrance and cosmetics in Saudi Arabia continues to grow, but the country’s lack of stores risks holding back the market’s development
Beauty World Guide 2024-2025: UAE
The UAE continues to see good growth, although the market is seeing major shifts
Beauty World Guide 2024-2025: India
More companies are looking to get a bigger slice of India’s growing beauty market, thanks to increasing disposable income
Beauty World Guide 2024-2025: Europe
Beauty in Western Europe is performing well, even though there are some signs of post-Covid growth rates normalizing
Beauty World Guide 2024-2025: Brazil
Brazil’s prestige beauty category has seen strong growth so far in 2024, while the beauty market as a whole has recovered its top three
Beauty World Guide 2024-2025: South Korea
Fewer Chinese, a crackdown on daigou, the continued dominance of CJ Olive Young and the emergence of new edgy brands
Beauty World Guide 2024-2025: Japan
Japan’s beauty market is benefiting from a return of tourists, while Korean brands are making gains in the sector
Beauty World Guide 2024-2025: China
The beauty sector in China continued to see steep declines this year. Industry players need to adapt their approach to changes in the market
The Beauty World Guide 2024-2025: The US Market
The US beauty market continues to grow, albeit at a slower pace than last year, while the fragrance category remains robust
Beauty World Guide 2024-2025: Regional perspectives in travel retail
BW Confidential analyzes the state of the beauty category in travel retail by region, scoping movements in Asia, the Americas
Read the Beauty World Guide 2024-2025
The Beauty World Guide is a unique and comprehensive guide on major beauty
Interview with L’Occitane Travel Retail’s Evelyne LY-Wainer & Mona L’Hostis
L’Occitane Group continues to bring more of its brands to the travel-retail channel and has launched large-scale pop-ups and animations
Travel retail industry data – 2024
BW Confidential highlights key data and travel trends
Seen at the TFWA World Exhibition Cannes iLab 2024
This year’s i.lab, the area of the TFWA World Exhibition devoted to innovation, tech, digital and data solutions
TFWA World Exhibition 2024: Marking a milestone
This year’s TFWA World Exhibition & Conference in Cannes celebrated the association’s 40th anniversary
News from the TFWA World Exhhibition Cannes 2024
A snapshot of key news and launches from the show’s beauty exhibitors
How packagers are looking to make supply chains more transparent
BW Confidential examines how the industry is looking to make its complex and multi-tiered supply chains more transparent
Packaging executives share their views on the state of the market
Four packaging executives give their views on how they see critical issues such as the supply chain, managing demand, pricing and China