Eccentricity, Ethnicity, and Electricity Drive the U.K. Professional Beauty Market

Posted on May 22, 2013 by Kline Blogs

Despite the generally challenging economic climate, the U.K. professional beauty market remains among the fastest paced across all European countries. ToNails_UK_188-170day’s cautious, more enlightened, and empowered British consumer is demanding more affordable products and better in-store services to complement their beauty regimes and not tax their budgets.

Taking the biggest cut, the hair-care segment continues to keep ahead of the United Kingdom’s professional beauty market with a 65% total market share, generating £370 million (USD 560 million) in sales at the retail level in 2012. However, consumer visits to hair salons continue to decrease, particularly in the lower-end segment. (more…)

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Duane Reade: It’s Not Your Mother’s Drug Store

Posted on September 18, 2012 by Karen Doskow, Industry Manager, Consumer Products

On a glorious fall day, we set out to explore the latest and greatest in beauty retailing formats on Wall Street. We had heard that the iconic Duane Reade opened last year on 40 Wall Street, but never imagined what we would be in store for.

To begin, we entered a magnificently renovated building with an interior reminiscent of the art deco era. We were amazed at all the options right in front of our eyes. We were welcomed by a Tensator Virtual Assistant that greets customers and provides information on this 22,000 square foot store.

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The Changing Face of Beauty Retailing

Posted on August 13, 2012 by Karen Doskow, Industry Manager, Consumer Products

New types of shopping experiences and enhancements have altered the way consumers purchase beauty products. Both men and women are enthusiastic about trying different ways to buy their personal care products, giving way to an even greater number of new formats for retailing. This heightened interest has been responsible for the growth of beauty purchases electronically and in specialty stores. (more…)

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Webinar: The Changing Face of Beauty Retailing in BRIC Markets

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Kline Blogs

The direct sales channel in BRICs outpaced the worldwide beauty sales growth of 4.7% CAGR from 2006 through 2011 by more than double! In China alone beauty sales through the Internet have grown by nearly 200% over the last 5 years and are valued at $3.5 billion in retail sales.

Seize these opportunities!

Karen Doskow, Kline’s Industry Manager, Consumer Products Practice, will share key findings from our  recently published report: Beauty Retailing Through Direct Sales in Emerging Markets 2011: Channel Analysis and Opportunities in a webinar on Wednesday, March 28, 2012 9:00 am (U.S. Eastern Daylight Time). (more…)

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Make The World A More Beautiful Place, Let’s Meet at InnoCos USA in New York!

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Kline Blogs

Grab your calendar quick!

Clear July 11 and 12 for InnoCos USA in New York City – an essential Cosmetics and Personal Care Industry rendez-vous!

Kline is proud to be part of this must-attend event for innovation, new product development and marketing for executives in personal care and cosmetics. InnoCos USA is a compelling and valuable opportunity to meet and mold the future, maximize knowledge exchange and to generate actionable results. (more…)

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Acquiring Beauty – Future M&A Trends and Drivers Across the Personal Care Value Chain

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Kline Blogs

With over 25 years of industry experience, Kline’s Eric Vogelsberg, Senior Vice President of the M&A and Corporate Development Practice, brings an authoritative and qualified perspective.
While 2011 ended in uncertainty, Eric sees the M&A environment as remaining fundamentally strong and fecund.
On April 18, 2012 at in-cosmetics Barcelona Eric will discuss the current M&A environment and key underlying trends and drivers and share his views on the impact on the personal value chain. He will examine how the continued consolidation and evolution of players will alter the structure of the business and the competitive landscape, and he will help you understand why personal care remains one of the hottest spaces in M&A.
Hear Eric speak on Future M&A Trends and Drivers Across the Personal Care Value Chain at in-cosmetics Barcelona, April 18, 2012 at 12:30PM in the Marketing Trends Theatre.

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Skin Care: A Beauty Spot in Barcelona – Nikola Matic on the Specialty Actives Market

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Kline Blogs

Kline’s Nikola Matic, drawing upon many years of extensive and international market-research, will be at in-cosmetics Barcelona on April 17, 2012 where he’ll share timely specialty actives insights and trends gleaned from Kline’s recently published report Specialty Actives in Personal Care 2011: Multi-Regional Market Analysis and Opportunities.

Within the specialty actives market, consumers are often the trend-setters. A growing consumer understanding of active ingredients in personal care products driven by extensive media coverage is compelling active ingredients manufacturers to innovate. (more…)

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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.

Traffic? Change for a parking meter? Not issues when shopping’s effortlessly done from home or the office.

On January 31st at 1:00 PM US ET, catch a video recapitulation of a panel of leaders in the world of virtual beauty as they discuss beauty retail options outside the traditional bricks-and-mortar model in the Virtual Beauty Retail Webinar. Topics will include: what virtual retailers are looking for, different models for success, and how to capture the short attention span of the digital-age consumer.

Karen Doslow, Kline’s Consumer Products Practice Industry Manager will participate and discuss trends and insights gleaned from Kline & Company’s recently published report Beauty Marketing 2011: U.S. Promotional Activities and Strategies Assessment. She will also be available during the live questions-and-answers session after the webinar.

Virtual Beauty Retail: Video Recap from HBA, Tuesday, January 31st 1:00 PM US ET.

To register for this timely event, click here.

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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.

Sales of cosmetic and toiletry products through alternate channels have exploded over the last five years, fueling a 5.2% growth in direct sales that is outpacing the total market more than three-fold. While conventional person-to-person sales are declining gradually since 2005, multi-media driven channels have snapped up sales, with e-commerce growing by more than 26%, home shopping networks up nearly 20%, and infomercials posting just over 17% growth. This upward trend is expected to continue as mobile technologies, social media, and online deal-hunting converge to help bricks-and-mortar and direct sales-only retailers reach a wider, more diverse, and engaged audience. (more…)

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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 of the personal care market from (more…)

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