Looking to the Future: Two-wheeler Lubricants Market Growing Both in Volume and Value
With an estimated global population of 490 million units, accounting for little under 3% of the global lubricant demand, the near 1,080 kilotonnes two-wheeler lubricants market’s potential reveals itself as overlooked and underestimated. However, ever greater mobility and disposable income promise significant growth opportunities for this means of transport according to the Lubricants for Motorcycles, Scooters, and Mopeds: Global Market Analysis and Opportunities report by global consulting and research firm Kline & Company.
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Ripe for Acquisitions – Smaller Players in Personal Care Companies Post Above-average Growth
Thousands of deals were announced globally through 2012, and this level of confidence and activity in M&A continues apace into 2013 as exemplified by Valeant’s acquisition of Ambi Skincare Products from Johnson & Johnson and Acne Free from University Medical. Similarly, Valeant has recently announced it is acquiring outstanding Obagi stock for $360 million. Other noteworthy activity includes Markwins International acquiring Physicians Formula for $75 million and Dr. Fresh acquiring the Reach brand of toothbrushes from Johnson & Johnson. Yellow Wood Partners private equity firm acquired Parfums de Coeur, a previously privately-held company, for an undisclosed sum. Furthermore, L’Oréal’s CEO Jean-Paul Agon announced early this year that he is willing to make an important acquisition in 2013 to maintain growth.
Out of the Mouths of Nail Technicians
At least 30% of women visiting nail salons bring in their own polish, according to Kline’s preliminary research conducted in New York/New Jersey area nail salons in preparation for Kline’s new report, Nail Technician Insights.
There are three main reasons for this: polish touch-ups at home save time and money, the customers often like their color better than what the salon carries, and some women have hygiene concerns about the same brush and product being used on other women’s nails.Continue reading
Nutritional products create buzz with several M&A deals in the OTC market
The overall OTC market has not shown much excitement as of late, especially with low to no growth, manufacturing plant shut downs and brand recalls. However, in the nutritional products segment of the market, there is rapid growth and excitement and there have been several high profile acquisitions in this space recently showing that many companies are moving into this area in order to bolster their traditional OTC businesses. In late 2012, Reckitt Benckiser and Bayer dueled for Schiff with Reckitt Benckiser the victor after bidding over $1 billion for the maker of MoveFree.Continue reading
Integrated Pricing Strategy: Achieving a Sustainable Advantage
Achieving a sustainable pricing advantage is becoming progressively difficult, yet increasingly more important as global economic pressures, depleting resources and raw materials, energy price volatility, and regional anomalies cause major shifts in the value chain economics across all industries.
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Nut Oils, Vitamin C, and More at Top European Professional Beauty Trade Shows
March was a busy period for the professional beauty industry, with two of the largest professional beauty trade shows happening this month: Cosmoprof Bologna and Beauty/Top Hair International Dusseldorf.
Cosmoprof Bologna continues to be a major industry crossroad. Among the trends that caught our attention were product lines with vitamin C, such as Skeyndor’s Power C skin care line, as well as several new launches of BB creams from Algotherm, Levissime, and SKIN79.Continue reading
It’s Not Lonely at the Top: P&G’s Category-leading Brands Hit the Hardest in 2012
The latest market data just released by Kline on the U.S. beauty industry illustrates that although the market grew by 3.4% in 2012, there were varying levels of success where some of the key players fared better than others.
Procter & Gamble (P&G) remains the clear leader in the U.S. personal care market, which Kline defines to include fragrances, hair care products, makeup, oral care products, skin care products, and other toiletries, such as deodorants and soaps. Via both acquisition and organic growth, this leadership has solidified over the last decade. However, 2012 has proven to be one of the most challenging years to date, as P&G’s category-leading brands have lost footing in several categories including shampoos, toothpastes, and color cosmetics.Continue reading
Crop Protection Sales Remain Strong in 2012
According to Kline & Company’s Crop Protection Manufacturers Report, U.S. crop protection sales rose 9.5% over the previous year, totaling $8.0 billion in net manufacturers’ level sales in 2012. Many macro-economic factors, essential for a strong market remained in place, as above-average commodity prices, along with positive global demographic changes, economic growth, and rising standards of living, drove optimism within agricultural markets prior and into 2012.Continue reading
Changes in Personal Care Ingredients Trends
Kline’s recently published Global Personal Care Ingredients Database, featuring the dynamic performance of the personal care ingredients market in 2012, found that among several new ingredients such as conditioning polymers, anti-microbials, and emulsifiers, all witnessing significant growth over the last five years, the more traditional surfactants were able to maintain the primacy as the largest product category.
Getting Comfortable: [ comfort zone ] Spa Debuts in Prague
Industry experts from Kline’s European team, Ewa Grigar and Pierrick Dutton, recently attended the launch of [ comfort zone ]’s new spa,located in the five-star Boscolo hotel in Prague, where its latest skin care line, SKIN REGIMEN, was introduced. [ comfort zone ] is the cosmetics division of Davines S.p.a, an Italian firm founded in 1982 by the Bolatti family.Continue reading
