JOIN OUR TEAM
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
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
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.
Data for the U.S. cosmetics and toiletries market in 2011 has been tallied, unquestionably confirming a rewarding year. The slump is over for many in the industry, and the market records the best year in more than a decade, with sales growing strong in several categories. The winning product classes are makeup and fragrances.
Kline’s Nikola Matic, drawing upon many years of extensive and international market-research, will be at in-cosmetics Barcelona on April 17, 2012 where he’ll share timely specialty actives insights and trends gleaned from Kline’s recently published report Specialty Actives in Personal Care 2011: Multi-Regional Market Analysis and Opportunities.
The recent news of L’Oréal’s acquisition of Pacific Bioscience Laboratories, Inc., the marketer of Clarisonic, comes as no surprise to us at Kline. L’Oréal has a long and solid history of growing its business by acquiring and developing dynamic brands… Matrix, Kiehl’s, Skinceuticals, and Essie, just to name a few. L’Oréal is a leader in
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…)
Excipients are the unsung heroes of the oral solid-dosage-form (OSDF) pharmaceutical industry. Most consumers are completely unaware of the critical role excipients play in delivering the beneficial medicines millions rely on to fight diseases and stay healthy. Yet it is the fillers, binders, disintegrants, lubricants, and coatings that ensure the accurate, timed delivery of drugs required to safely maintain optimum active ingredient levels in our system.
With average growth forecast to exceed 4% through 2015, the excipients market for OSDF is expected to keep pace with the 6% growth on the pharmaceutical horizon… (Read more…)
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
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
