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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).

Friday, September 7, 2018

Generation Y is dead. Long live to generation Z!

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While the beauty planet had eyes only for them, the Millenials’ reign is over. For whose benefit? From their youngest children! Generation X, which re...

Tuesday, September 4, 2018

Why do some people look younger than their age?

Who would not like to know the secret to looking younger? At the 6th Anti-Ageing Skin Care Conference held in London on June 5-6, 2018, Dr David Gunn,...

Tuesday, September 4, 2018

Beauty & e-commerce: marketplaces are reinventing themselves

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It is not easy to become a marketplace that sells beauty products. You need to stand out from your competitors and offer a different experience from w...

Monday, September 3, 2018

The cosmetics industry under pressure

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Manufacturing and placing cosmetic products on the market is not a bed of roses… At the Journée de la Beauté organized by CEW on July 4, 2018 in Paris...

Tuesday, August 28, 2018

E-commerce: prestige beauty is lagging behind!

It is well-known that e-commerce revolutionized consumption patterns in many ways. What about the beauty industry? How are prestige cosmetics sales do...

Monday, August 27, 2018

Cosmetics inspired by new forms of awareness

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Largely modelled by science revolutions, our awareness of the world surrounding us is constantly changing. New knowledge and information are relayed a...

Monday, July 23, 2018

The list of ingredients and its digital future

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Technology is revolutionizing means of communication, playing an increasingly more intimate part in consumers’ lives. Can this new digital situation s...

Friday, July 6, 2018

The role of vitamin D in skin protection

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At the 6th Anti-Ageing Skin Care Conference held in London on June 5-6, 2018, Dr Bianca McCarthy, of the University of Sydney, Australia, presented he...

Monday, July 2, 2018

Loïc Armand: judge us according to what we do, not what you fear we might do!

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Loïc Armand, President of Cosmetics Europe, gave CosmeticOBS an interview at the Cosmetics Europe Annual Conference held in Brussels on June 13-14, 20...

Tuesday, June 26, 2018

European regulatory cases: an update

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As has become a habit, Salvatore d’Acunto, Head of Unit of the Health Technology and Cosmetics DG Grow, came to the Cosmetics Europe Annual Conference...

Monday, June 25, 2018

Millennials and cleanliness do not hit it off with each other!

The consumption habits of the under-35-year-olds are often investigated. And for good reason: it seems Generation Y have freed themselves from a few c...

Tuesday, June 19, 2018

Nanomaterials: what concrete approach for manufacturers?

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Sophie Thirion is the R&D Director of Laboratoires Odysud, who market organic cosmetics brand Acorelle, in particular its sun care range. At the N...