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The Estée Lauder Companies joins Pulpex paper bottle consortium
The Pulpex paper bottle consortium has a new member. Beauty group The Estée Lauder Companies will look to scale the Pulpex technology across its brand portfolio. The Estée Lauder Companies (ELC) has become the first prestige beauty company to[…]
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E-commerce packaging & Design: “It’s all about the experience”
How are luxury brands, designers and suppliers approaching the fast-changing e-commerce packaging market? Guillem Riba (Agence Bemad), Maxime Garcia-Janin (Sillages Paris) and Vincent Desfosses (Cosfibel Premium) sat down with Luxe Packaging[…]
French luxury study taps consumer perception
France’s hold on the luxury consumer’s mindset is assured for the foreseeable future, says a new report by Ifop-sociovision for French luxury association Comité Colbert. But there are also challenges to address, including changing consumption[…]
LUXE PACK in Green 2021 – The New York winners
A record-breaking number of submissions were received for the LUXE PACK in Green awards at LUXE PACK New York last week. More than 50 entries were competing in the awards, which recognize sustainable product innovations and CSR initiatives. We[…]
Make a Mark's wine & spirits concepts take center stage
In part two of our series on Make a Mark, we explore nine wine and spirits packaging projects created by leading international design agencies. With their unbridled creativity and the support of Kurz, Estal and Avery Dennison — foil specialist,[…]
Podcast
Podcast: The Designer’s View with Partisan du Sens’ Gérald Galdini
Luxe Packaging Insight’s new podcast brings you interviews with top decision-makers across the luxury packaging industry. Our podcast is kicking off with a mini-series centered on design. In The Designer’s View: Trends & Packaging Design,[…]
Slide show
Make a Mark: a visual journey
Kurz, Estal and Avery Dennison were the brains behind Make a Mark*, an ambitious packaging design project revealed at last month’s LUXE PACK Monaco show. The project’s three sponsors — foil specialist, glassmaker and label manufacturer — asked[…]
Has Covid revolutionized consumers’ relation to beauty?
The health pandemic has operated a sea change on the make-up and skincare markets. From individualism and inclusiveness to unbridled creativity, the color cosmetics playing field for brands is wide open. These are just a few of the learnings[…]
“Full recovery for the fragrance market will be a marathon, not a sprint”
Market analyst Fragrances of the World’s latest data shows global fragrance launches down by 21% in the first nine months of 2021 versus 2020. The prestige segment has seen the biggest downturn, while luxury scents are accelerating their launch[…]
Itochu Corp. invests in Paptic
Paptic announced a new investor this week. Japan’s Itochu Corporation has entered the Finnish material’s specialist’s capital with an initial investment of €2m. Finnish company Paptic, supplier of the eponymous fiber-based material for flexible[…]
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Key Figures
40%
The percentage of annual fragrance sales done in the fourth quarter. Fragrance sales in December, especially during Christmas week, can be 25% to 100% higher than any other time of the year. (source: The NPD Group)