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L’Erbolario heads to China
Italian beauty company L’Erbolario, the market leader in ther herbal cosmetics sector, is expanding its presence in Asia with a planned entry into the Chinese market next year. The brand will launch in some 15 department stores in the country in 2009, via a partnership with distributor from Shanghai. The company is enjoying a 36.5% market share. In its home market, the brand is distributed in some 5,000 herbalist doors, including 700 pharmacies with dedicated corners and 70 standalones.
(CosmeticNews Weekly # 365, October 27 – November 2, 2008)

China and Europe strive to align cosmetics standards
The 23nd annual EU-China Joint Economic and Trade Committee, held at end of September in Beijing with the objective of improving trade relations between the European Union and China, saw representatives reach an agreement to move toward streamlining cosmetics regulations, particularly as relates to suncare products.
The cosmetics regulations talks come as the EU is preparing to implement a ban on animal testing next March for products sold in European markets, as per the European Cosmetics Directive.
(CosmeticNews Weekly # 362, Oktober 6-12, 2008)

Johnson and Johnson invests in the Chinese market
Johnson and Johnson has bought a Beijing-based cosmetics company in an attempt to increase its presence in the booming Chinese market.
(www.cosmeticdesign.com, July 30, 2008)

China Sees Growth of Premium Skin Care Products
In China, sales of prestige premium products with a price point of approximately $113 and above grew from 28% of the dollar share in the first half of 2007 to 31% in the second half of the year.
There is also growth in the super premium skin care procdutcts in CHina, with price points starting at approximately $214. This segment made up 10% of all facial skin care sales in the first half of 2007 and grew to 15% of sales by the second half of the year.
Skin care is the biggest category in the prestige beauty industry in China. Nearly 70% of all dollars spent on beauty products in China are spent on skin care. Facial skin care products make up a large portion of the overall skin care category.
(www.gcimagazine.com/news, July 16, 2008)

Swallowfield seals Chinese joint venture deal
Contract manufacturer Swallowfield has sealed a joint venture with a Chinese toiletries supplier that is designed to expand its global presence.
The move will see the creation of the Joint Venture Company (JVC) which will incorporate intellectual property from both Swallowfield and Jahwa, a subsidiary of a Chinese toiletries player.
(www.cosmeticsdesign-europe.com, July 16, 2008)

Argentine brand to enter China
Argentine natural beauty manufacturer Tierrás del Volcan is planning to enter China next year.
(CosmeticNews Weekly # 355, July 7-13, 2008)

Symrise gets creative in China
Germany-based flavor and fragrance manufacturer Symrise will open a creative center in Shanghai, China on June 18. This is a first for the company in the Asia-Pacific region, which accounted for 19.5% of its turnover in 2007.
(www.cosmeticnews.com)

E-Mart accelerates in China
South Korea’s largest discount-store chain E-Mart, operated by department-store group Shinsegae, is to open nine more stores this year in China, following the opening of its 11th outlet in Shanghai on April 29. This will bring the total number of outlets there to 20. (CosmeticNews Weekly # 350, June 2, 2008)

Maesa’s China subsiduary to open as sales leap
France-based Maesa will open its Chinese subsidiary in the coming weeks after announcing an 80.5 per cent sales increase for the semester.
(http://www.cosmeticsdesign.com, May 16, 2008)

Shiseido trains in China
Japanese cosmetic giant Shiseido opened a 4,000m2 Shanghai-based Chinese training center last month. The company hopes to develop and strengthen human resources and thus support its business in China. A total of 8,000 employees currently work for Shiseido in China, a figure that is expected to increase in line with China’s cosmetics market growth. The company’s local subsidiaries carried out training individually in the past. Besides Shiseido employees, external instructors, including recognized experts, will be welcomed as lecturers.
(CosmeticNews Weekly # 347, May 12. 2008)

Bejing unveils Terminal 3
The world’s largest ever airport terminal, at almost one million square meters, opened earlier this month at China’s Beijing Capital airport, in time for this summer’s Olympic Games. The retail offer in the new terminal three (T3) is also large at 12,000m², of which beauty takes the biggest share at almost 24%: 1,200m2 in the domestic area and 1,600m² in international. T3 is designed to handle up to 50 million passengers a year from its 120 departure gates by 2020.
(CosmeticNews Weekly # 340, March 17, 2008)

Beijing greets The Face Shop
South Korean cosmetics company The Face Shop opened its largest overseas outlet in Beijing, China on March 10. The 100m² shop, located in Joy City, Beijing’s largest shopping mall, retails all the brand’s major cosmetics lines. The opening of the Beijing store coincides with the city’s hosting of the Olympic Games this summer. The Chinese and US markets are a major focus of the company’s overseas business plans this year. The Face Shop already has an outlet in Shanghai.
(CosmeticNews Weekly # 340, March 17, 2008)

Skin care heads China prestige
The prestige sector in China is dominated by skin care products, says the NPD Group, with anti-ageing driving growth in the sector. Skin care products make up the majority of prestige beauty sales in China with 71% of the total prestige market value, followed by colour cosmetics with a 17% share and fragrance with 12%. “Women are willing to pay a premium for anti-ageing skin care products. We are watching this category as we see it as the driver of the prestige beauty industry here,* said Edward Wang, manager of China beauty at the NPD Group.
(ECM, February 2008)

Coty teams up with Kosé to launch Rimmel in China
US beauty group Coty Inc has signed an agreement with Japanses cosmetics manufacturer Kosé to launch makeup brand Rimmel in China. The contract allows Kosé to distribute and manufacture the iconic British mass-market brand in China…
(CosmeticNews Weekly #337, February 25-March 2, 2008)

HCP building in China
Taiwanese packaging group HCP is investing $45m over three years to buid its third factory in China.
(CosmeticNews Weekly #331, January 14-20, 2008)

NuSkin expands its direct selling in China
...The Provo-based company is now able to operate its direct selling business in 12 districts of Shanghai and 18 in Beijing.
The decision taken by the Chinese Ministry of Commerce will allow the company access to an estimated 37 million people living in the two cities.
(www.cosmeticsdesign.com, 1/10/2008)

Ulric de Varens to double Chinese doors
French fragrance brand Ulric de Varens could double the number of its Chinese doors during the first quarter of 2008…
(CosmeticNews Weekly #329, December 10-16, 2007)

Total Retail Sales of Consumer Goods Shot up from January to September
From January to September, the total retail sales of consumer goods reached 6,382.7 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 15.9 percent.
(October 2007 statistics – www.stats.gov.cn/english)

Coreana’s Mipl enters China
South Korean cosmetics manufacturer Coreana opened the first outlet for its Mipl brand, specializing in skincare and beauty treatments, in Shanghai, China this month.
(CosmeticNews Weekly #323)

Swiss Perfumery Shop plans Chinese distribution
China-based The Swiss Perfumery Shop is planning to become a niche-cosmetics distributor in China and possibly the rest of Asia, company owner and ceo Marcel Greenberg tells CosmeticNews.
(CosmeticNews Weekly #322)

Tsubaki goes to China
Japanese beauty company Shiseido will begin exporting its Tsubaki haircare line to China at the end of September. It will sell the line in a total of 1,900 doors…
(CosmeticNews Weekly #319)

China takes third place in world beauty ranks
China has overtaken France and Germany to become the world’s third-largest cosmetics market, according to a study from Kline & Company. China saw cosmetics and toiletries sales grow 13% last year to $10bn (manufacturers’ prices).
(CosmeticNews Weekly #318)

Expansion into China hots up
Cosmetics manufacturers Shiseido and Kanebo Cosmetics are leading C&T expansion in China. Shiseido is set to increase its footfall by 800 stores this year… Meanwhile Kanebo Cosmetics is… due to set up distribution with 200 additional pharmacies this year…
(ECM July 2007)

Modern Beauty Salon is planning business expansion into China
with the first Be Sanctuary Spa in the Mayflower Plaza in Guanzhou. Described as a six star spa, the recently opened salon is the first in the company’s proposal to open 20 salons in the region in the next two years.
(ECM July 2007)

Total Retail Sales of Consumer Goods Shot up in the First Half Year
In the first half year, the total retail sales of consumer goods reached 4,204.4 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 15.4 percent.
(July 2007 statistics – www.stats.gov.cn/english)

Nuxe to launch in China
French beauty brand Nuxe plans to launch its products in China by the beginning of 2008. The brand will be positioned in the pharmacies and parapharmacies channel through a distributor.
(CosmeticNews Weekly #313)

Dessange enters China
French hair-salon brand Dessange will make its first entry into China with the opening of a flagship salon in Beijing this October.
(CosmeticNews Weekly #312)

NIVEA Increasingly Popular in China
...NIVEA VISAGE was able to increase its annual sales by more than 50 %, including a steady expansion of its market share. In an exceedingly dynamic market, NIVEA FOR MEN has been able to achieve a sustainable growth of 80 % per year, working its way up to become the undisputed No. 1…
(13 June 2007 – http://www.beiersdorf.com/Area-Press/Latest-News.aspx?l=2&id=1379)

Scrambling to Bring Crest to the Masses
P&G sets its sights on 700 million rural consumers
(BusinessWeek June 2007 – for entire article see http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/jun2007/gb20070614_484146.htm?link_position=link1)

China leads professional growth
China’s professional beauty market has been named the fastest growing sector in the global professional beauty market in a new report. The China Professional Beauty Market 2007 reports estimates that the sector recorded RMB220bn in 2006, a rise in sales of 15%.
(SPC ASIA MAY/JUNE 2007)

Total Retail Sales of Consumer Goods Shot up in the First Quarter
In the first quarter, the total retail sales of consumer goods reached 2,118.8 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 14.9 percent.
(April 2007 statistics – www.stats.gov.cn/english)

Sephora to have 40 stores in China in 2007
Sephore is accelerating its deployment in China and plans to expand from 12 stores in 2006 to 40 by the end of 2007.
(see CosmeticNews Weekly #295 for complete interview with Thierry Jaugeas, Sephora China, president and Asia managing director)

Vera Wang fragrances to enter China
Vera Wang will introduce its first perfumes in mainland China at the beginning of March … in Beijing and/or Shanghai.
(CosmeticNews Weekly #295)

Beiersdorf AG and C-BONS, Hong Kong, sign letter of intent
...This initiative is part of the implementation of Beiersdorf’s Consumer Business Strategy to accelerate regional growth in China, which is one of Beiersdorf’s four priority countries.
(http://www.beiersdorf.com/Area-IR/Ad-hoc/Ad_hoc_3.aspx?l=2)

Avon 2006 revenue in China on the increase
Revenue in China grew 28% (24% in local currency), reflecting further expansion of the company’s direct-selling business. (http://www.avoncompany.com/investor/businessnews/index.html 6th February 2007)

Artdeco launch in China
German brand Artdeco is planning to launch in China in 2nd quarter of 2007 and is planning to have its first opening in a department store in Shanghai.
(BMC AG February 2007)

Alliance Boots to enter Chinese pharmaceutical market through joint venture
Alliance Boots plc, a leading pharmacy-led health and beauty group, today announces that it has reached an agreement to form a 50:50 joint venture in Guangzhou Pharmaceuticals Corporation (“GP Corp”), the third largest pharmaceutical wholesaler in China.
(http://www.allianceboots.com/main.asp?pid=1494&nid=400 29th January 2007)

Parfum d’Image develops brands in China
French contract manufacturer Parfum d’Image has developed two makeup brands for Chinese direct-sales company Tiens Group, which specializes in dietary supplements. One of the brands, Frenchic, targets mature women and has a premium positioning while the other, Aprotie is aimed at younger women and the middle market.
(CosmeticNews Weekly #289)

DHC targets Chinese cities
Japanese direct-mail brand DHC has big development plans for mainland China. The company, which entered the country in January 2005, currently markets its products in about 50 cities, with an aim to expand its reach to 1,000 cities.
(CosmeticNews Weekly #289)

COSi Speeds up in China
COSi is planning to build a factory at Kuanshan Economic and Technological Development Zone. The initial phase of about 8800 square metres will focus on Colour Cosmetics and Skin Care. The plant is due to commence operations within the next 18 months. The second phase of 8000 square metres will be added as customer demand develops.

COSi’s Executive Chairman Bobby Talon says, “Our next step is to move forward with plans to establish operations around the world in regions where our customers most need our services. I have no doubt that COSi will be successful in our quest to become the best in our industry.’’
(BMC AG December 2006)

Eurocosmesi distributing Caneli fragrance in mainland China
Canali fragrance to hit counters in Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu and Guangzhou by the end of 2006.
(CosmeticNews Weekly #285)

Acca Kappa keen to expand
Italian brand Acca Kappa expects to open standalone stores in India, China and the Middle East in 2007.
(CosmeticNews Weekly # 283)

Parkson adds Lancaster
Coty-owned skincare brand Lancaster opened its first two corners in Shanghai, China in the Parkson department-store chain on October 25 and November 3.
(CosmeticNews Weekly # 283)

Givenchy moves into China
Givenchy announces it will open up a subsidiary in Shanghai in 2007. At present Givenchy products can be bought at more than 12 department stores in mainland China.
(CosmeticNews Weekly # 282)

Oriflame licensed for China direct
Oriflame has been granted a direct sales licence in China … The company says it plans to begin sales activities in November 2006.
(SOAP, PERFUMERY & COSMETICS October 2006)

Partnership: Evian Spa and Clarins
Evian Spa by Three announces exclusive partnership with luxury French skincare brand, CLARINS Hong Kong
(http://www.spafinder.com/NewsReleases/October23/Evian.pdf)

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