China Beauty Industry Insights

From the Olympics to the World Expo, How We Serve 100 Top Global Brands: Mingfeng Packaging

Since 1989, Dongguan-based Ming Feng Packaging has used its continuous investment in technical innovation and its “green-first” strategy to vault itself to the designated packaging supplier for the Olympics, World Expo, Guangzhou Asian Games and nearly 100 global brands. Ming Feng’s growth story and record of success that has won... Read more →

Japan’s “Artisan Spirit” Drives Cosmo Beauty OEM/ODM Success

Only a small pool of European companies can boast of their 200-year histories. Germany has nearly 850 and France barely 200. None can compete with Japan’s 3,146 businesses that have crossed the two-century mark. Many attribute this business longevity to Japan’s pervasive “artisan spirit”. Although still short of its first... Read more →

Cosmax Completes its Shanghai Make-up Plant

In mid-January, Cosmax officially opened its major new make-up facility in Shanghai’s Fengxian District. The launch of this new plant allows Cosmax to separate its skincare-based production facility and its new, make-up OEM plant. Cosmax’s Cui Jing called the new plant a “specialized make-up factory”, noting, “although it’s a new... Read more →

Cracking China’s Cosmetics Packaging Market: Learning from Baralan

The design of cosmetics packaging is the product’s first face and is important than ever in today’s battle for brand leadership in China. But China’s massive market opportunity has also attracted equally strong levels of competition – both from domestic players as well as international packaging peers. So, are global... Read more →

Intercos: Can Local Cosmetic Brand’s “Inner Strength” Create Product Strength In China’s “New Normal” Slow Growth Economy

As China’s double-digital growth gives way to a “new normal” slower growth environment, China’s cosmetic brands face the need – and opportunity to cultivate “inner strength”, or increased productivity that allow them to make big gains in product strength. Product strength means “product power”. “In the current Chinese market, the... Read more →