China’s post-2000s, “Generation Z” consumers are fast approaching college age. iResearch’s recently released report, Insights on College Students’ Consumption provides a close up look at what students are buying and why. According to this report, this generation of digital natives has more than RMB 100 billion in disposable spending power.... Continue reading

China’s medical cosmetology market topped RMB 136.7 billion in 2017 and is on track to reach RMB 224.5 billion in 2018. By 2020, China’s demand for medical cosmetology products and services could easily exceed RMB 250 billion. This growth reflects the breakneck pace of China’s medical cosmetology market growth during... Continue reading

On November 10th, China’s new regulations covering... Continue reading

Cosmetics stood out as an important product category at the recent China International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai. Shanghai remains the gateway for 30% of China’s imported products – and at more than 53% of its cosmetics imports. In 2017, the volume of imports flowing through Shanghai’s port jumped by... Continue reading

Hair salons are becoming an increasingly effective entry point to China’s fast-growing personal care market. La Biosthetique, a premium French brand and leading skincare brand in Europe has used premium packaging and product quality to build awareness and strong sales volume through salons in Hong Kong and mainland China. On... Continue reading

China Beauty Expo’s Business Alliance Conference brought more than a thousand beauty professionals from Southwestern China together on October 24th in Chengdu. China Beauty Expo’s Business Alliance organized the conference in collaboration with the alliance’s Sichuan, Chongqing, Yunnan, Tibet, and Guizhou branches. Glamourflage chaired the event. Under an important theme... Continue reading

A recent report by Askci Consulting Co. Ltd, estimated the global market for beauty facial masks was worth US$12 billion in 2017. The US suppliers captured the leading share of these sales with firms such as Procter & Gamble, Johnson & Johnson, and Estee Lauder controlling more than 70% of... Continue reading

Medical cosmetology consumers represent only China’s market today. But soaring demand for a medical cosmetology products and services is expected to drive the market to $36 billion by 2020. To meet this rising demand, the 2019 China Beauty Expo is creating a showcase specifically for top medical cosmetology brands within... Continue reading

Cross-border e-commerce platforms are becoming an important new channel for buying beauty products in China. Beauty and personal care have become one of China’s largest cross-border e-commerce categories. Westwin’s recently released “2018 Report on Cross-border Consumption by Chinese Consumers,” identified women with young children as the largest cross-border e-commerce shoppers.... Continue reading

The Tmall Innovation Center has partnered with the Tmall Super Category Day team to launch its facial essence promotional campaign. The center has also released a white paper entitled, Trends in the Facial Essence Category Report, that taps Alibaba’s vast consumer data to deliver insights into China’s essence usage and... Continue reading

China Beauty Expo is partnering with the world’s largest personal care product brands to showcase the latest personal care innovations as it launches the W7 High-end Personal Care Boutique Gallery at China Beauty Expo 2019 from 20-22 May 2019. Latest Make-up and Personal Care Product Trends In late August, the... Continue reading

In early August, Estee Lauder relaunched a promotional video on Wechat Moments. The tagline: “Are you over-exposed to ultraviolet light because of cellphone use?” This has become one of the brands core tactics in its Wechat campaigns. In 2017, Estee Lauder ran more than 18 ad campaigns on Wechat Moments.... Continue reading

Oral care has been a relatively low priority for Chinese consumers. Now, that may be about to change. According to a 2017 Forbes survey, the average Chinese consumer spent only $2.70 on oral care – sharply less than other major markets. But, Forbes also found that oral care education in... Continue reading

Animal rights organization, Cruelty Free International (CFI) is working with Chinese authorities to remove animal testing requirements for some imported beauty product categories. These policy changes will open the China market to international beauty brands that prohibit animal testing for their products. This announcement comes after the China Food and... Continue reading

The 23rd China Beauty Expo (CBE) set new records in May. Spanning more than 260,000 square meters, CBE brought together more than 3,500 brands from 40 countries and regions. The show connected its exhibitors with more than 481,900 professional visitors from 80 countries and regions. CBE’s 23rd edition marked a... Continue reading

“After we’ve tried all of the various marketing strategies, what else can we do to grow our market and attract new customers?” Sang Jingmin, President of China Beauty Expo (CBE) posed this question at the 2016 Greater China Brand and Industry Summit. Since 2015, CBE has held the Chinese Cosmetics... Continue reading

On May 23, 2018, China Beauty Expo’s International... Continue reading

Since its start in London in 1992, HCT Group has expanded beyond its leadership in packaging into areas like cosmetics formulation, brushes, displays, and design. In China the group has invested to stay one step ahead in China’s fast-growing market. In the run-up to China Beauty Expo 2018, we can... Continue reading

China’s e-commerce revolution has launched it to the forefront of new retail strategies in the cosmetics industry. As China Beauty Expo’s China Cosmetics Retail Industry Summit enters its seventh year, this year’s upcoming event promises to bring together the thought leaders who are reshaping the way cosmetics are purchased. Focus... Continue reading

Zhou Bingfeng, General Manager of Shanghai LanMei Cosmetics Co. Ltd reflects on the history of the China Beauty Expo’s China International Nail and Eyelash Cultural Festival, and why it matters even more today. “Actually, our original purpose for holding the China Beauty Expo (CBE) China International Nail and Eyelash Cultural... Continue reading

Adding New Meaning to Businesses, Consumers, and the Industry On March 30th, the China Beauty China (Shanghai) Leader’s Forum brought together more than 800 cosmetics industry executives at the Jumeirah Himalaya Hotel in Shanghai. The forum filled the house with representatives from brands across the cosmetics supply chain, China’s top... Continue reading

Fiabila continues to stand out as a leader in the nail polish market. The company is the market leader by sales volume. Fiabila also received the COSMETECH Innovation and Research Award for the raw materials industry in China Beauty Expo’s COSMETECH Awards in November, 2017. The company also ranked among... Continue reading

Recent data from the report, Market Perspectives and Investment Strategy for the Global Perfume Industry, put the global market for perfumes at US$26 billion per year. The report indicate that brands are launching over 300 new products a year, but growth has slowed or even declined in European and US... Continue reading

R&D strength continues to propel Italy’s Intercos to the forefront of China’s make-up industry. Since entering China in 2005, Intercos has built a strong reputation in the make-up category. Still, Ms. Wang Yihua, General Manager of Intercos Technology (Suzhou SIP) Co. Ltd, believes that Intercos biggest strength lies in its... Continue reading

Registration and Filing Begins to Replace Review and Approval for Beauty Imports China’s Food and Drug Administration (CFDA) recently announced a new pilot program that would replace the review and approval process with a more streamlined registration and filing process in selected trade zones. The pilot is being launched in... Continue reading