K-Beauty Dealmaking Hits Record as Investor Interest Grows
Rising exports and stronger global demand are drawing more capital into South Korea’s beauty sector, with deal activity spreading from brands into packaging, manufacturing and distribution.
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John Lewis Expands K-Beauty Offer Through Skin Cupid Partnership
The partnership gives K-beauty broader access to UK department store retail through a specialist-led model spanning online and physical points of sale.
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Eternal Beauty Launches Rinse-Free Beauty Packaging Recycling in Hong Kong
The program lowers a common barrier to cosmetics recycling by allowing consumers to return used fragrance and skincare packaging without washing or disassembling it.
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THOME Taps Kazuha for Gen Z Beauty Device Campaign
The move gives THOME a high-visibility ambassador as the brand pushes a compact skincare device aimed at consumers in their twenties.
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Lafang Jiahua Posts First Annual Loss Since IPO
The 2025 results point to mounting pressure on older mass-market Chinese beauty groups as offline weakness and higher selling costs outweigh e-commerce growth.
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CJ Olive Young Takes Flagship Beauty Festival to Japan
The move marks the retailer’s first large-scale international showcase and positions Japan as the first stop in a broader effort to export Olive Young’s retail model alongside K-beauty brands.
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Luna Uses Tokyo Pop-Up to Deepen Japan Retail Position
The activation supports Luna’s Japan push as the Aekyung Industrial brand says its local offline distribution has already expanded to more than 10,000 points of sale.
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Proya Passes $1.45 Billion in 2025 Revenue
The 2025 results show how heavily China’s largest domestic beauty groups still rely on online sales, even as growth shifts across brand and category lines.
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Skincare in Vietnam: A Local’s Guide to What’s Actually Worth Buying
Most guides to buying skincare in Vietnam are written by people who have never been here. They list Watsons and Guardian as if they’re interchangeable, recommend products that aren’t available in every city, and miss the fundamental thing that shapes this market: Vietnamese consumers have largely chosen Korean skincare over their own local brands, and…
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Recession Glam Is Reshaping Asian Beauty. V-Beauty Is Positioned to Win It
Recession glam beauty is reshaping Asia Pacific – a market worth $183 billion that grew just 1.4% in 2024, while Vietnam fragrance sales jumped 31% and value-tier brands captured double-digit share from established players. The divergence is not a contradiction. It is the clearest expression of what Euromonitor International has named the defining consumer trend…
