Trends

Boosting product personality: Bemad launches eco-designed champagne pack
Design agency Bemad has launched a novel champagne paper packaging solution. A collaboration with La Paper Factory, the origami-inspired patented design is conceived to be adapted to a variety of premium products. Alfred & Joe is the latest[…]

Positive Luxury: how to ensure a sustainable future for luxury drinks?
Positive Luxury’s The Future of Premium Drinks report highlights the need for “true sustainability” in the sector. In addition to transport and packaging, financial sustainability is an issue of key importance. When it comes to sustainability in[…]

Paper airless packs, refills & wooden packaging: Cosmoprof roundup part two
In part two of our packaging innovations round up from Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna 2022, we spotlight innovations in paper and wood-based packaging, refills and the latest in airless technology. HCP is making a big push into skincare, especially[…]

Edition Spéciale by LUXE PACK gears up for May sustainable packaging event
New materials, roundtables, success stories and start-up pitches are on the agenda at Edition Spéciale by LUXE PACK, which is taking place on May 31st-June 1st at Paris’ Carreau du Temple. Speakers lined up for the conference program include[…]

Positive Luxury: “Greening the supply chain is a profitable pursuit”
In Positive Luxury’s The Future of Sustainable Sourcing, Luxury’s Guide to Collaboration, Innovation & Best Practice, the London-based consultancy outlines the steps for luxury brands and their suppliers to operate a more ethical social and[…]

Inside Dries Van Noten's refillable fragrances & lipsticks
Dries Van Noten’s first beauty collection embodies the Belgian fashion designer’s penchant for unlikely combinations. Created with majority shareholder Puig, the refillable fragrance packaging juxtaposes glass with wood, ceramic, plastic or[…]

EcoBeautyScore Consortium aims to boost beauty product transparency
An industry initiative geared at environmentally assessing and scoring beauty products, first announced last September, is taking form. The newly minted EcoBeautyScore Consortium, founded by L’Oréal, LVMH, Natura &Co, Unilever and Henkel, now[…]

Chanel lightweights packaging for new N°1 range
Chanel has launched N°1 de Chanel, a new beauty line that includes anti-aging skincare, make-up and a fragrance mist. The packaging is eco-designed, with a focus on lightweighting, using recycled or recyclable materials and limiting the use of[…]

Covid-19 ushers in a new digital & innovation age for luxury
The 2021 edition of Deloitte’s Global Powers of Luxury Goods report takes stock of the impact of Covid-19 on the world’s luxury market. While sales were hard hit across the board – the top 100 luxury players saw their revenue fall from $281bn in[…]

How Wondervision turns trash into treasure
Founded in 2018, Wondervision transforms waste generated by luxury brands and gives it new life. The France-based creative collective captivates with its sustainable mission and offbeat creativity. Its founders—Marie-France de Crécy, Stanislas[…]