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Three of Kline’s industry experts and beauty mavens—Carrie Mellage, Karen Doskow, and Donna Barson—attended the Cosmetic Executive Women’s Beauty Awards Product Demonstration held March 7, 2012 at New York’s Metropolitan Pavilion. This much anticipated event showcases the latest and greatest product offerings from hundreds of beauty brands, while attendees leave with the mother lode of
Within the well-established natural personal care markets of Western Europe and North America, consumer demand for natural and organic products remains strong, maintaining double-digit growth rates.
It was another tremendous year for nail polishes, with category sales up as much as 60% in select channels in 2011. Nail polish proved yet again to be the fastest growing category in the U.S. beauty industry for the third year in a row, and was the only category to register overall sales gains in the high double-digit range.
Long Beach, CA, January 28-30, 2012 The vibe at ISSE was decidedly sex, candy, and rock-and-roll. At least half of the exhibitors boasted a hot pink and black palette. Sugar-inspired concoctions were everywhere—as were bare-chested men, hair and feather extensions, and bling. The floor teemed with stylists that donned apparel, accessories, and hair reminiscent of
While 2011 ended in uncertainty, Kline’s Eric Vogelsberg sees the M&A environment as remaining fundamentally strong and fecund, with the personal care sector being particularly robust.
Alternate retail channels are white hot in the beauty business, having grown sales nearly $1 billion since 2005. Instead of trying to figure out how to compete, traditional bricks-and-mortar brands should take a page from the alternate channel playbook and leverage these new opportunities to reach customers at their new favorite place to shop: at home. (Read more…)
KLINE INVITES YOU TO EUROPEAN SPA EXHIBITION & SUMMIT & NATURAL BEAUTY SUMMIT EUROPE by BEYOND BEAUTY PARIS Kline’s industry experts in association with Beyond Beauty’s European Spa and the Natural Beauty Summit have the pleasure to invite you to the following conferences:
Cosmoprof North America started out with a bang. My colleague Kristy Altenburg and I first hit TIGI’s “Candy Fixations” party where we enjoyed some yummy candy-inspired cocktails and left with goodie bags filled with TIGI’s latest sugarlicious launches (thanks TIGI!). We then headed over to the Professional Beauty Association (PBA)’s Get Together Party where everyone
CosmeticsDesign.com USA caught up with Kline’s Karen Doskow recently in New York to discuss the skin care devices market and how it is projected to grow in the coming years. Kline is publishing a report on the current market with findings showing that the market has grown by over 50 percent. Industry expert Doskow explained
Last Thursday I had the privilege of speaking at a session at the HBA called “A Close Look at the Personal Care Market”. I kicked off the session by sharing some highlights and data from our recently-published market research studies. I focused on the latest trends and developments which have helped the industry to recently
