Consumer & Sustainability Perceptions 2024: LATAM
This report will outline how four key markets (Argentina, Brazil, Colombia and Mexico) across the LATAM region are responding to climate change in the face of economic uncertainty. An overview of consumers’ beauty buying behaviours and some of the leading sustainable brands will be analysed with a view to understanding
Sustainable Packaging Innovations: Brands - Part 1 Reuse / Refill
Beauty and wellness brands are rethinking and redesigning “greener” packaging solutions with refillable formats and using renewable or upcycled materials in new and interesting ways. This 4-part series of reports highlights all the most innovative and interesting packaging concepts launched in the last 12 months from mass to luxury brands,
The PPWR and its impact on packaging for the cosmetics industry
In a recent interview with Gilles Swyngedauw, VP CSR at Albéa Cosmetics & Fragrance, we uncovered the new Directive on Packaging and Packaging Waste and its impact on beauty products. The European Commission is setting new EU-wide rules on packaging (as first published its proposal on 30th November 2022) ,” to tackle
Textured hair, an untapped territory
The global haircare is estimated to reach over 100,000 million USD of retail value by 2026, which represents a 6.9% year-on-year growth when it is currently valued at 83,363 million USD - according to Euromonitor (figures 2022). In order of importance, shampoo, conditioners and treatments are the
A new era of beauty has finally landed back in Hong Kong
After a 4 year hiatus, Cosmoprof Asia was finally back in Hong Kong after a pre-edition held in Singapore in 2022. This year boasting 2400 visitors with more than 48 000 pre-registered visitors, the show was expecting a flamboyant return, and it did not disappoint. The show attracted 65,582
Seaweed is the future of Beauty?
Two innovations in seaweed have caught our eyes this week. We believe that research and innovation in this field will bring a new - and wide - avenue for cosmetics applications. Notpla, who received the Earth Shot prize in 2022, is now "plastic-free approved" in the Netherlands - the first
APR and RecyClass Work to Align Design for Recycling Guidance
Continued efforts to drive harmonization of plastic packaging recyclability The Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) recently announced updates to the APR Design® Guide for Plastic Recyclability to align with RecyClass, the European based non-profit initiative focused on advancing plastics circularity. The APR Design® Guide will now state that 6% of
Sustainable Packaging Innovations: Brands - part 4 Recover
Beauty and wellness brands are rethinking and redesigning “greener” packaging solutions with refillable formats and using renewable or upcycled materials in new and interesting ways. This 4-part series of reports highlights all the most innovative and interesting packaging concepts launched in the last 12 months from mass to luxury brands,
Sustainable Packaging Innovations: Brands - part 3 Recycle
Beauty and wellness brands are rethinking and redesigning “greener” packaging solutions with refillable formats and using renewable or upcycled materials in new and interesting ways. This 4-part series of reports highlights all the most innovative and interesting packaging concepts launched in the last 12 months from mass to luxury brands,
Sustainable Packaging Innovations: Brands - part 2 Reduce
Beauty and wellness brands are rethinking and redesigning “greener” packaging solutions with refillable formats and using renewable or upcycled materials in new and interesting ways. This 4-part series of reports highlights all the most innovative and interesting packaging concepts launched in the last 12 months from mass to luxury brands,
How do Asian markets perceive sustainability?
Sustainability has different aspects and is largely influenced by culture. You probably have already considered how local culture can influence consumption. It was a very trendy topic in the early 2000s largely expressed with the word glocalisation. A mix of globalisation and localisation. Brands offering localised versions of their products.
Refillable Beauty, just a faff or here to stay?
Refillables are already a market requirement in France, and need to be accounted for, as soon as 2024. Companies will need to report it to the government agency. It will also most certainly come into force into the next PPWR - Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation - that will be
Clean Tech at the heart of Paris in 2023
Today, in the face of the climate emergency and the resulting change in our habits, naturalness is no longer enough to make the cosmetics industry more virtuous. The general public often perceives natural cosmetics as more sustainable, but this is not always the case. For greater sustainability, we need to
Refillable Beauty 2023 - part 4 - Regulations
The report is released in several parts (for a digestible reading) * Introduction and Definitions - HERE * Market Figures - HERE * Consumer Expectations and Behaviours - HERE * Regulations - HERE * Brands Innovations in 2022/23 - HERE * Brands Case Studies - in progress * Conclusion & Key Takeaways - in progress European definition
