The Virality of Makeup Keeps Cosmetics and Toiletries Sales Optimistic

The Virality of Makeup Keeps Cosmetics and Toiletries Sales Optimistic

The makeup industry is still booming despite inflation, and collective retail sales of eye, face, and lip products are on track to surpass $16.8 billion this year. While the last decade has been characterized by fluctuating performance for color cosmetics, consumers returning to the category and new channels of discovery have allowed makeup marketers to hit their stride once again. In 2022, retail sales for these products rose 13% according to Kline’s Cosmetics & Toiletries USA, and unlike other categories in beauty where consumer demand was relatively unchanged, makeup’s momentous year was driven by more than price hikes.

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From Boom to Sale Hand Care Leader GOJO Is Seeking New Ownership

From Boom to Sale: Hand Care Leader GOJO Seeks New Ownership

Making news in the hand care segment, GOJO, the maker of Purell hand sanitizers and hand soaps, has recently announced that its business is up for sale. The independent company, founded by Jerry and Goldie Lippman in 1946 in Akron, Ohio, has emerged as a dominant force in the market, thanks to the soaring popularity of its flagship brand Purell. “GOJO sells its products to consumers, but the B2B side represents a larger opportunity,” comments Laura Mahecha, Kline’s Director of I&I Cleaning Products.

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Five Facts About the Global Medical Dispensing Skin Care Market

Five Facts About the Global Medical Dispensing Skin Care Market

The global medical dispensing skin care market remains buoyant, increasing by a double-digit rate of 11% in 2022, according to our recently published Medical-Dispensing Skin Care: Global Screening Assessment report. Despite challenges such as supply chain and staffing shortages, the market has returned to healthy pre-pandemic growth levels and is inching toward the $3 billion mark. Sai Swaroop, Industry Manager in our Beauty and Wellbeing sector, is answering five key questions regarding the state of the market:

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Kline Celebrates Earth Day With Volunteerism, Special Tributes

Kline Celebrates Earth Day With Volunteerism, Special Tributes

The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it.”  

 — Robert Swan, environmentalist and explorer 

Kline & Co. took those words to heart on this year’s Earth Day, with teammates across the globe coming together to celebrate and, following the event’s official 2023 theme, “invest in our planet.”  Here’s a recap of our endeavors: 

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Expo Beauty Barcelona 2023

Exploring Sustainable and Innovative Beauty Products at Expo Beauty Barcelona

Expo Beauty Barcelona was a vibrant event that brought together some of the most talented hairstylists, barbers, makeup and nail artists, as well as renowned brands and beauty professionals from around the world. More than 1000 local and international players revealed their latest product introductions for 2023, while popular stylists in the industry showcased new techniques through live demonstrations, featuring creative hairstyles, makeups, and nail designs. 

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Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna Key Highlights in Hair Care, Skin Care, and Nail Care

Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna: Key Highlights in Hair Care, Skin Care, and Nail Care

The 54th edition of Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna once again proved to be a success, offering beauty professionals a vast networking platform, numerous educational opportunities, and a giant exhibition area that featured around 3,000 players from over 60 countries. Sustainability remained the predominant theme of the event, highlighted by its importance in the beauty and wellbeing industry, as well as how brands are undertaking initiatives to help protect the environment.

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Inside AAD New Orleans 2023’s Biggest Aesthetic Skin Care Trends

AAD Unveils the Biggest Moves of Top Brands in Aesthetic Skin Care

Last week, team Kline joined hundreds of industry professionals and enthusiasts in New Orleans at the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) Annual Meeting to explore the future of aesthetic skin care. “The exhibit hall was vibrant,” says Dana Kreutzer, Project Lead in our Beauty and Wellbeing sector. “It featured the latest products, services, and clinical studies from over 350 exhibitors, including those offering aesthetic skin care products, devices, pharmaceuticals, practice management, and more.”

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