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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.