Post-coronavirus: Bain outlines luxury consumption trends to come
Bain & Company identifies six emerging consumption trends as the luxury industry looks to make sense of the current coronavirus crisis. As of March 25, the consulting firm is forecasting a 25% to 35% contraction in the global luxury market[…]
EC’s Circular Economy plan sets ambitious measures for packaging
The European Commission’s new Circular Economy Action Plan, unveiled earlier this month, sets out a range of measures that will have implications on the design and use of packaging and plastics. The plan was adopted as part of the European[…]
Luxury e-commerce hard hit by covid-19
A. de Fussigny: where cognac meets jewelry
Cosmetic Valley highlights packaging supply tensions as industry converts to hand sanitizer production
SIMP’s Le Rendez-Vous fast tracks mascara brush development
French company SIMP (HCP Packaging), a developer and manufacturer of microinjected plastic and rubber components for cosmetics applicators, has launched a mascara service aimed at reducing time-to-market. Called Le Rendez-Vous, SIMP explains[…]
Production in China picks up, but worries remain
“Zero new local cases of coronavirus” were announced by the Chinese Ministry of Health on Thursday, March 19—a first since the beginning of the official count in January and a major step in the battle that the country has been[…]
Martell’s Cordon Bleu takes an olfactory approach
Cognac house Martell has transposed the flavors of its XO into olfactory creations to be sampled exclusively through scent. In Martell’s new limited-edition Cordon Bleu XO coffret geared to bartenders and sommeliers and made in only 200[…]
Coronavirus: Ricard donates pure alcohol for hand sanitizer
In response to the coronavirus health crisis, spirits brand Ricard (Pernod Ricard) is donating 70,000 liters of pure alcohol to French pharmaceutical company Cooper, one of France’s main suppliers of hand sanitizer. The donation, the[…]
