China Beauty Industry Insights

With 98% of Formulations Developed locally, Intercos Sets Aggressive China Growth Goals for 2017

2016 changes in import tax policy have given many international brands a new competitive edge in China. In the ODM business, these policy changes also favor Intercos. For many customers, Intercos is synonymous with “expensive”. Today, in the wake of these policy adjustments, Intercos previously “expensive” value is now more... Read more →

Diversity Strategies Re-shape Beauty and Fashion Products

As observed by Mintel’s Trend Serving the Underserved, modern consumers live in more ethnically and culturally diverse societies with minority groups no longer sidelined, disenfranchised or overlooked. While the fashion sector has been slow to take this on board, a shift is gradually occurring. Several fashion campaigns actively challenge the... Read more →

Behind the Lip Colour Boom - What's Driving China's Hottest Color Cosmetics Category

Mintel's Shanghai-based team dissects the forces driving one of the hottest segments of China's colour cosmetics market ---lip colour. Fueled by pop culture and celebrity influences, lip colour remains the fastest-growing colour cosmetics subcategory in China. It has also contributed a substantial share to the total retail value of the... Read more →

Halal Beauty - One of Asia's Fastest Growing Market Segments: Mintel

Today’s young Muslims are interested in fashion, grooming and beauty, and are poised to become an economic force to be reckoned with. As the Muslim population continues to grow, so does the development of the Halal beauty industry, but it’s not only these consumers that Halal products can appeal to.... Read more →

Continuous Innovation Drives World Leadership in Composite Tubing: The Essel Story

Since it was founded in 1997, Essel (Guangzhou) Packaging has grown to become the world’s leading supplier of composite tubing. The company’s 20-year growth story has been fueled by a tireless commitment to innovation – innovation that has pushed its tubing and composite packaging products into a broad range of... Read more →