Join Us at InnoCos USA – A Must Attend Event for Innovation, New Product Development and Marketing Professionals in Cosmetics and Personal Care Industries
This InnoCos USA summit will bring together senior executives from the cosmetics and personal care industry to discuss key issues on front-end innovation, new product development and high-growth markets. To truly stay ahead in this marketplace, companies need to respond quickly and decisively to global trends, transforming traditional customer-facing functions into activities with a competitive edge.Continue reading
Channeling Growth – Distribution Ever More Critical in Today’s Professional Skin Care Market
The modernization of professional facilities, wider offerings of treatments appealing to consumers of different ages and genders, and increased marketing efforts contributed to the healthy growth of the professional skin care market in both the United States and Europe in 2011.
There are many changes happening in the professional arena, with the retailing landscape standing out.
Sustainable Beauty – Not Only Better Natural Products but Also Materials
The Natural Beauty Summit America, held on May 14 and 15, 2012, in Manhattan, NY, brought a convergence of many people from around the world, connected by an interest in natural beauty products made in a sustainable manner.
The focus at this summit was not about making a better product or one that sells, but about sourcing with sustainable materials so that Mother Earth is not drained of her resources just because green is the new black.
Different Preferences for Personal Care Products Among Asian Americans
As the Asian American community passes the average American population in spending power and becomes the fastest-growing ethnic group in the United States it has gained the attention of the media and businesses as an attractive market segment.
The Asian community grew 43.3% from 2000 to 2010, to 14.7 million. This rate of growth is higher than Hispanics and all other groups.
New Devices, New Markets – This Season’s Skin Care Tools
Following the success of our premier edition of At-home Skin Care Devices 2011: U.S. Market Analysis and Opportunities, which pegged the device market at close to $1 billion at the retail level, this year we are offering Beauty Devices: Global Market Analysis and Opportunities for 2012. This market continues to be met by a very receptive and growing audience of savvy consumers looking to save time and money. In 2012, the market is expected to post exceptional growth not only in the United States, but in other regions around the world.Continue reading
State of the Market – Lifting the lid on Skin Care Trends Worldwide
Skin care is the most technologically advanced and fastest evolving category within the beauty industry. Building on an estimated market of $88 billion in 2010 and expected to reach over $102 billion over the next five years, this segment is being fueled by relentless growth in emerging markets, coupled with continuing demand for natural and anti-aging products in developed markets. Innovation and efficacy remain the keys to capturing and maintaining market share in this vibrant sector.
To this end, Kline is proud to be part of Skincare Ingredients 2012 Virtual Conference & Expo.Continue reading
Market Trends: Nikola Matic at in-cosmetics Barcelona
Recently at in-cosmetics Barcelona, Nikola Matic, Kline’s Chemicals and Materials Project Manager, delivered the presentation Opportunities in Skin Care: Exploring Specialty Actives where he shared insights gleaned from Kline’s latest findings: Specialty Actives in Personal Care: Multi-Regional Market Analysis and Opportunities. These included the significant drivers and trends behind the growing ubiquity of specialty actives and how multifarious consumer demands are shaping the market and affording formulators ever greater opportunities.
Shortly afterwards, Matic was interviewed by Michelle Yeomans on behalf of William Reed Business Media. Watch this short, but informative interview here.
Read Matic’s incisive article Does the Consumer Drive Actives Development? here.
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Beauty’s Social Sales – New Media Cosmetics Marketing
At Kline, when addressing frequent inquiries concerning social commerce statistics in the beauty industry, we defer to our usual source, our recently published Beauty Marketing report, which offers an in-depth analysis of social marketing efforts for selected beauty brands. Given the infancy of Facebook commerce, otherwise known as “f-commerce”, typical comparative statistics can offer a mere idea of this channel’s emerging power, but beauty marketers should know that there is something up with this market and that this “something up” has already been gauged and assessed in our research.Continue reading
Making $26.3 Billion the Natural Way – The Natural Personal Care Segment is Thriving
The natural care segment within the personal care market has seen a compound annual growth rate of 13.8% over the last five years, culminating in an estimated global $26.3 billion in 2011. That’s serious business and while its momentum is expected to slow a little, the natural personal care market is still projected to maintain far above average industry growth.Continue reading
Innovation Putting Luster Back into Hair and the Market – Heads Up on U.S. Professional Hair Care
Sales in the U.S. salon hair care arena were sluggish for most of 2011, down 0.4% to $2.4 billion and still below pre-recession levels of $2.5 billion; however, not all is dull, with hair color being the largest and most vibrant category, shining with a near 3% growth in 2011.Continue reading
