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“Luxury in Brazil is at a standstill”
Luxe Packaging Insight spoke with André D'Angelo, a luxury-goods consultant in Brazil and author of Need, Don’t Need: Brazilian Marketing & Behavior in the Luxury Market, on the state of luxury in the country. How has Brazil’s luxury market been[…]
spiritsEUROPE joins Close the Glass Loop platform
European spirits federation spiritsEUROPE has joined Close the Glass Loop, a new industry-wide platform created to boost the quantity and quality of recycled glass in Europe led by glass association FEVE. The platform’s official launch will take[…]
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 Green[…]
Italy’s makeup industry faces up to coronavirus
The northern part of Italy, which accounts for around 65% of the world's makeup production, is facing an unprecedented challenge in light of the coronavirus crisis. For most of the major international brands, as well as many indie players,[…]
IWSR launches coronavirus risk assessment tool
In a bid to help wine and spirits brands navigate the impact of the coronavirus on their business, market analyst IWSR is launching its Coronavirus Risk Assessment Model (CRAM), a tool designed to leverage data and local market knowledge to[…]
Beauty groups count the cost of coronavirus
The number of cases of Covid-19 outside mainland China continue to climb. Last week—for the first time—there were more cases confirmed outside of the country than since the crisis began, which has seen beauty groups reassess their forecasts. As[…]
Prestige beauty paints a mixed picture
The prestige beauty market is contrasted, with a scissors effect between makeup and skincare, highlighted market-research firm The NPD Group at CEW’s Beauty Business event in Paris last week. Prestige beauty sales in North America were flat In[…]
Alibaba's Double Eleven event reaches sales of €35bn
An online spend of €34.7 billion for more than a billion orders in just 24 hours: the figures for the 11th edition of Chinese Singles Festival Double Eleven, the world's largest commercial event organized on November 11 by Chinese retail giant[…]
Italy's beauty cluster focuses Innovation Day on sustainability
Sustainable cosmetics will be the theme of the fourth edition of Italian business cluster Polo Technologico della Cosmesi’s Innovation Day, which will be held on October 29 in Crema, Italy. "This issue will be with us in the years to come and[…]
Japan: a pioneer in the world of refills
Asian beauty expert and founder of consultancy Information & Inspiration, Florence Bernardin talks Japanese consumer habits when it comes to refills in the beauty space. The Japanese market is reputed to have a wide offering in terms of refills,[…]
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Key Figures
18%
The drop in value in the French premium fragrance market, which stood at €1.21bn year-to-date end October 2020. However, the selective beauty market as a whole declined 22%. Source: The NPD Group