Impressions from International Salon and Spa Expo (ISSE)

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Carrie Mellage, Director - Consumer Products

Long Beach, CA, January 28-30, 2012 The vibe at ISSE is decidedly sex, candy, and rock-and-roll. At least half of the exhibitors boast a hot pink and black palette. Sugar-inspired concoctions are everywhere—as are bare-chested men, hair and feather extensions, and bling.  The floor is teeming with stylists that don apparel, accessories, and hair reminiscent [...]

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Personal Care Shopping: Beauty is Increasingly in the Eye of the Beholder of a Computer Mouse

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Kline Blogs

The savvy shopper of today often doesn’t bother making a trip to a drug or department store when the products they want to buy are just a few clicks away.

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Traditional Beauty Retailers: Take a lesson from alternate channels.

Posted on November 3, 2011 by Karen Doskow, Industry Manager, Consumer Products

Alternate retail channels are white hot in the beauty business, having grown sales nearly $1 billion since 2005. Instead of trying to figure out how to compete, traditional bricks-and-mortar brands should take a page from the alternate channel playbook and leverage these new opportunities to reach customers at their new favorite place to shop: at home. (Read more…)

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Kline Presents at Beyond Beauty Paris

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Kline Blogs

KLINE INVITES YOU TO EUROPEAN SPA EXHIBITION & SUMMIT & NATURAL BEAUTY SUMMIT EUROPE by BEYOND BEAUTY PARIS Kline’s industry experts in association with Beyond Beauty’s European Spa and the Natural Beauty Summit have the pleasure to invite you to the following conferences:

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My visit to Cosmoprof North America 2011

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Carrie Mellage, Director - Consumer Products

Cosmoprof North America started out with a bang. My colleague Kristy Altenburg and I first hit TIGI’s “Candy Fixations” party where we enjoyed some yummy candy-inspired cocktails and left with goodie bags filled with TIGI’s latest sugarlicious launches (thanks TIGI!). We then headed over to the Professional Beauty Association (PBA)’s Get Together Party where everyone [...]

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Live Summer Educational Series focusing on Personal Care, Home Care, and Healthcare

Posted on July 12, 2011 by Kline Blogs

Join us for a series of LIVE EDUCATIONAL WEBINARS taking place in July! As we are nearing the completion of our most popular reports, we felt it would be a good time for us to share some of our findings with you. Therefore, we have scheduled a series of webinars for you to choose from. [...]

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Technology boom drives skin care device market growth

Posted on July 7, 2011 by Kline Blogs

CosmeticsDesign.com USA caught up with Kline’s Karen Doskow recently in New York to discuss the skin care devices market and how it is projected to grow in the coming years. Kline is publishing a report on the current market with findings showing that the market has grown by over 50 percent. Industry expert Doskow explained [...]

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Kline’s HBA session “A Close Look at the Personal Care Market”.

Posted on July 7, 2011 by Carrie Mellage, Director - Consumer Products

Last Thursday I had the privilege of speaking at a session at the HBA called “A Close Look at the Personal Care Market”. I kicked off the session by sharing some highlights and data from our recently-published market research studies. I focused on the latest trends and developments which have helped the industry to recently [...]

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Kline at HBA 2011: A Close Look at the Personal Care Market

Posted on May 24, 2011 by Carrie Mellage, Director - Consumer Products

A presentation by Kline’s Director Carrie Mellage. The plain truth is that everyone needs personal care products – and if you want yours to stand out on the shelf, it’s important to stay on top of the market trends and keep designing products that pop. This session will feature a detailed trends and data overview [...]

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Kline at HBA 2011: A Focus on Hair Care

Posted on May 24, 2011 by Kline Blogs

A presentation by Kline’s Kline’s Senior Associate Donna Barson. This session will take you through the world of hair care and provide valuable tips on marketing  at every level. Included will be an overview of the hair care market, for all classes of trade, insights  for both launching and expanding brands, and a close look  [...]

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