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At the end of 2012, tendencies in the overall beauty industry suggest a continued recovery of the market following the recession. While the robust numbers on the global level are driven by the emerging markets, the mature markets post steady growth in almost all industry segments.
Health and wellness devices are largely untapped and can be a burgeoning opportunity for healthcare, beauty, and technology manufacturers, finds Kline & Company’s new Health and Wellness Devices report. One of the trends driving the strong growth in this market is that consumers are looking to build healthier lifestyles in order to improve their quality
Nearly 200 of the fragrance industry’s elite were in attendance at The Fragrance Foundation’s annual members-only State of the Industry event, held on November 15, 2012, at the Harvard Club in New York City. Carrie Mellage, Kline’s Director of Consumer Products practice, attended the event where she presented, among other data, the findings from Kline’s
Two of Kline & Company’s team members from the Shanghai office, Rob Field-Marsham and Emma Yam, visited Cosmoprof Asia 2012, the most prestigious and trend-setting beauty event in the Asia- Pacific region, held in Hong Kong from November 14 to 16. This marks Kline’s first trip to the trade show’s Asian outpost. Held at the
A shocking 52% of Americans are struggling to afford the necessities, and for many even that is a stretch, according to the WSL/Strategic Retail’s report How America Shops®: Megatrends 2012 However, American shoppers are moving on and coming back to shopping. After years of economic slowdown, retail sales are slowly rising although the defining word for
Today’s beauty retail environment carries a unique set of challenges which we define and analyze in our Beauty Retailing USA: Channel Analysis and Opportunitiesreport. We have been busy searching for the latest market trends, retail approaches, marketing strategies, and shopper insights. To get a pulse on what’s relevant, we personally talk to hundreds of industry
The second weekend of October in England was all about the latest, most advanced, and most exciting trends igniting the beauty industry for professional hair, skin care, and nails. The cachet of exhibitors at both Salon International 2012 in London and Professional Beauty North 2012 in Manchester, including Kerastraight, Kevin Murphy, Goldwell, Keune, Macadamia Natural
in-cosmetics Asia is an industry-leading event, providing personal care ingredients suppliers with the ideal platform from which to showcase the very latest products and innovations available from within the market. The conference is taking place in Bangkok, November 6-8. Kline’s Nikola Matic will be presenting Global Personal Care Ingredients and Asian Salon and Spa Skincare
Global sales of nail care products have outpaced other beauty care segments for the past few years. Contrary to the performance of professional care segments such as skin and hair care, salon nail care brands are estimated to post double-digit growth in 2012 according to Kline’s preliminary findings and are forecast to grow further in
Anti-aging is the single largest product type in the global personal care market and a key growth engine for the entire industry. It has been outpacing the total beauty growth; higher priced luxury brands, which include many anti-aging products, showed the largest gain last year.
