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Horizon 2045: four scenarios to prepare for the future

To mark CEW France’s “Journé de la Beauté 2026”, an innovative session broke with the usual round-table format. Olivier Parent (Director of Prospective Studies at Comptoir Prospectiviste), Frédérique Lenglen (Strategic Communications Advisor) and Karine Cottin (Senior Advisor, Inspire Positive Change) presented the Biotech 2045 Forecasting Capsule, a project initiated by Jean-Yves Berthon, Chairman of Greentech, in partnership with Burson and Comptoir Prospectiviste. The task: to imagine four po...

Retail in the age of the experience

To mark CEW France’s Beauty Day 2026, a round-table discussion brought together Catherine Spindler (President of Sephora for Europe and the Middle East) and Hubert de Malherbe (Director of the design agency Malherbe Paris) to address a single question: what will the shop of the future look like in ten years’ time? Their answers both centre on experience and emotion.

Impact, comparison, brand and stocks in Directive (EU) 2024/825

During a webinar held on 12 June 2026, Ambroise Pascal, the DGCCRF’s Ecological Transition Officer, and his team addressed the key issues raised by the entry into force of Directive (EU) 2024/825, which aims to combat commercial practices amounting to greenwashing. The final section of their presentation covered claims of carbon neutrality, comparison services, brands and product names, and the is...

Claims in Directive (EU) 2024/825

During a webinar held on June 12, 2026, Ambroise Pascal, the DGCCRF’s Delegate for Ecological Transition, and his team addressed the main issues raised by the implementation of Directive (EU) 2024/825, which aims to combat commercial practices that amount to greenwashing. The second part of their presentation focused on generic environmental claims and future environmental claims.

Sustainability labels in Directive (EU) 2024/825

During a webinar held on 12 June 2026, Ambroise Pascal, the DGCCRF’s Ecological Transition Officer, and his team addressed the key issues raised by the entry into force of Directive (EU) 2024/825, which aims to combat commercial practices amounting to greenwashing. The first major section of their presentation focused on sustainability labels (and the subsequent question-and-answer session).

Wednesday, April 28, 2021

Bulk: a new distribution method that will soon be essential

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It allows to limit packaging and waste, is in line with the environmental regulations being developed, and is even becoming an “encouraged commercial ...

Wednesday, April 21, 2021

The European Ecolabel is more relevant than ever!

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It has existed for nearly 30 years, but current trends and regulatory developments could well give it a new lease of life. During the Regulatory Meeti...

Wednesday, April 14, 2021

The new regulatory framework for environmental claims

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The French AGEC law, the European Green Deal… the environmental regulations that are being put in place are drawing new contours for the use of claims...

Wednesday, April 14, 2021

Solid cosmetics: consumers' new favorite?

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Solid formats are not new in cosmetics, but they were not necessarily in vogue. But now they are making a remarkable comeback and everyone is clamorin...

Wednesday, April 7, 2021

The EPR, a legal obligation... that can be valorised!

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The principles of EPR (Extended Producer Responsibility) are not new, but they are back in the spotlight since the publication of the French law on An...

Tuesday, April 6, 2021

Covid-19: what are the international impacts?

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For the past year, the whole world has been affected by the Covid-19 crisis. What has been the impact of the pandemic on the cosmetics industry? How h...

Tuesday, April 6, 2021

How to analyze the consumer of 2021?

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Who is the buyer of tomorrow? How to identify their expectations? These questions are central for cosmetic brands. Markus Gerlach, director of KOS Res...

Wednesday, March 31, 2021

Solid cosmetics: regulatory points of vigilance

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The concept is not strictly speaking new: one of the “oldest” cosmetic products, soap, has been in solid form since the dawn of time. But this trendy ...

Wednesday, March 24, 2021

Covid-19: what impact on the future of the fragrance industry?

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For more than a year, the Covid-19 pandemic has severely affected the perfume sector, and in particular fine fragrances. Beyond the necessary battle t...

Monday, March 22, 2021

Introduction to solid cosmetics

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Shampoo, shower gel, toothpaste… everything goes in solid format. This trend, which has been very fashionable for the past few years, is becoming more...

Wednesday, March 10, 2021

Cosmetic trends seen through the prism of claims

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Very often, the claims made by a cosmetic product are decisive in the act of purchase. They are therefore crucial… but they are also regulated! During...

Wednesday, March 3, 2021

British post-Brexit cosmetics regulations

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Since 1 January 2021, following the agreement concluded in extremis between the United Kingdom and the European Union, all the effects of Brexit have ...