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2025 in Review: Retail Results – Beauty Outperforms Amid Uneven Consumer Confidence
If 2025 underscored one clear reality for global retail, it was that beauty continued to outperform, even as consumer confidence remained uneven and discretionary spending came under pressure. Across markets, retailers grappled with rising costs, shifting tourism flows and cautious shoppers, yet beauty and personal care consistently emerged as a stabilising force—supporting margins, driving…
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2025 in Review: Manufacturers Results – Resilience Amid Uneven Global Demand
With consumer demand fragmenting across regions and price sensitivity rising in developed markets, 2025 proved to be a year of recalibration for beauty and personal care manufacturers. While growth slowed in parts of North America and Europe, resilience in fragrances, dermocosmetics, aesthetics and select emerging markets helped offset pressure in mass beauty and professional…
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2025 in Review: Investing in India – Global Beauty Doubles Down on Long-Term Growth
India’s beauty market entered 2025 with a new sense of certainty. No longer treated as a promising frontier or test-and-learn destination, the country has become a core pillar in global beauty strategies—one demanding sustained capital, local partnerships and long-term commitment. With premiumisation accelerating, digital commerce maturing and organised retail scaling rapidly, India has moved…
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2025 in Review: M&A Activity – Scale and Strategic Focus Drive Dealmaking
As consumer confidence remained uneven and organic growth proved harder to sustain, mergers and acquisitions once again took centre stage in 2025, reshaping the global beauty and personal care landscape. From blockbuster transactions and founder exits to private equity-backed roll-ups and strategic divestments, the year underscored a clear reality: scale, speed and portfolio relevance…
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2025 in Review: Dollars in Dubai – Beauty Investment Defies Global Uncertainty
As growth slowed across parts of Europe, the US and China, and capital became more selective, all eyes once again turned to the Middle East—and Dubai in particular—as beauty’s most dynamic convergence point for investment, expansion and ambition. In 2025, the emirate cemented its position not just as a regional hub, but as a…
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I Tried a “Fiberglass Facial,” and It Made My Skin Look So Good
Despite working in beauty for years and having a love affair with an excessive skin-care routine, I’ve always been one to opt for base makeup over a fresh face. Years of hormonal acne have left me with subtle scarring and pigmentation that my topical products could never quite erase. Factor in seasonal melasma flare-ups,…
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Marian Puig steps down as Isdin chairman following 25-year tenure
THE WHAT? Isdin has confirmed that Marian Puig has stepped down as chairman of its board after a decade in the role and 25 years with the Spanish dermatology and photoprotection specialist. THE DETAILS A member of the Puig family, Puig joined Isdin in 2002 as CEO, leading its international expansion before progressively stepping…
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AnyMind Group enters offline beauty retail with Sun Smile acquisition
THE WHAT? AnyMind Group has agreed to acquire Japan-based beauty and personal care distributor and brand owner Sun Smile, marking its entry into offline retail. THE DETAILS Founded in 1997, Sun Smile operates across brand development, manufacturing and nationwide retail distribution. The acquisition is AnyMind Group’s 13th overall and seventh in Japan, adding physical…
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The Best Snail Mucin Products, According to Experts
The cult K-beauty ingredient everyone’s talking about.
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Amazon’s Super Saturday Sale Is a Gift to Procrastinators
What to know about the first-ever event and the deals already catching our eye.