K-Beauty Tops Multiple Beauty Categories on Qoo10 Japan
The rankings point to continued strength for Korean beauty brands in Japan’s online channel, with compact formats, multi-use products and entry-level pricing helping drive demand.
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Vietnam Orders Recall of 107 Cosmetics Batches Over Banned Steroid
The enforcement action targets a whitening and anti-acne cream found to contain dexamethasone, a corticosteroid that is not permitted in cosmetics in Vietnam.
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Why No One Covers Vietnamese Skincare in English
Cocoon Vietnam is the best-selling beauty brand at Guardian Vietnam, certified by PETA, Leaping Bunny, and The Vegan Society, distributed in the United States, Canada, Australia, and – since April 2026 – France. It has never appeared in Allure, Byrdie, or Vogue Beauty. Neither has Herbario. Neither has Thorakao, a Vietnamese heritage brand that has…
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Shiseido Brings Creative Unit Back Into Parent Company
The internal merger will move Shiseido Creative’s branding and communication functions directly under the group’s main corporate structure from June.
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Addiction to Exit Taiwan After Closing Last Physical Counter
The planned withdrawal points to mounting pressure on smaller prestige makeup brands in Taiwan as compliance costs rise and offline scale becomes harder to sustain.
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Sa Sa International Reports 30.9% Fourth-Quarter Sales Growth
The quarter points to a stronger rebound in Asian beauty retail, with Hong Kong and Macau again driving most of Sa Sa’s growth.
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Superdrug Expands K-Beauty to 400 Stores in the UK
The rollout shows K-beauty moving deeper into mainstream UK retail, with ingredient-led demand helping support the category’s expansion.
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Vietnam’s Clean Beauty Paradox: Traditional Ingredients, Unregulated Claims
Vietnam’s beauty brands market themselves on naturalness. The words “thiên nhiên” (natural), “thuần chay” (vegan), and “organic” appear across product lines from Cocoon to Herbario to dozens of smaller independent brands – and in the Vietnamese market, none of these terms carries a legal definition, a certification requirement, or an enforcement mechanism. That regulatory gap…
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What Happens to a Vietnamese Beauty Brand After a Conglomerate Buys It
In February 2026, Marico announced the acquisition of a 75% stake in Skinetiq – the Vietnamese D2C company behind skincare brand Candid – at a valuation of approximately $40 million, its second Vietnamese beauty deal in three years. The acquisition is worth examining not for what it tells us about Marico’s ambitions, which are now…
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Ruoyuchen Acquires Erno Laszlo in $43.8 Million Deal
The acquisition gives Ruoyuchen full control of a heritage prestige skincare brand as Chinese beauty groups continue to use overseas deals to move further into premium skincare.
