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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).

Thursday, September 19, 2013

Cosmetics for men: a step to parity?

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Previously narrow, the offer of cosmetics for men is now growing at a strong pace, thanks to Asia. New brands, programmes and types of products, which...

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Eco-Emballages: a view on the Green Dot and the new declaration

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In 2012, Eco-Emballages has modified its contributions calculus, introducing a bonus-penalty system with a tougher eco-modulation. How to declare and ...

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

China: adapt your products for export

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Formulae, textures, functions, claims … and price: the cosmetics that are successful in China are not necessarily similar to those marketed in the Wes...

Monday, July 8, 2013

Your next innovation: what about Design-Thinking it?

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Forget the Philippe Starck’s chair, or any of your other design conceptions: the Design Thinking that is the topic here is more a method to create a b...

Tuesday, July 2, 2013

China: the right strategy for export

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China is vast; Chinese enjoy French cosmetics, and the market is expanding exponentially. Exporting to China is nowadays like an inescapable El Dorado...

Monday, July 1, 2013

Triman: a new logo on French packaging

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Mandatory as of 2015, the Triman logo will be applicable to cosmetics products packaging, too. It will show the consumers recyclable packaging subject...

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Packaging, in the Cosmetics Regulation

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The Cosmetics Regulation, implemented in its entirety since 11 July 2013, makes it mandatory to the manufacturers to take into account and declare man...

Monday, June 24, 2013

The Chinese market: key figures and trends

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To export to China: this is a dream for more than one cosmetics producer! A dream not that easy to make as real, as the Chinese market is known to be ...

Tuesday, June 18, 2013

France: the nano-declaration, in practice

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It is a purely French special feature, mandatory since 1 January 2013. The yearly declaration of the substances as nanoparticles shall be submitted no...

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

UEBT Biodiversity Barometer 2013

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During the 5th"The Beauty of Sourcing with Respect" edition, held in Paris on April, The Union for Ethical Biotrade-UEBT has released its 2013 Biodive...

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Cosmetics: when standards are enforced

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ISO 24442, 24443 and 24444 to measure sunscreen factors, ISO 22716 for the GMP … standards are more and more present in the cosmetic world, and, somet...

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

The weak anti-cellulite weapons of the cosmetic world

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Spring has come; the beach of the coming summer is thought about … and the image sent back by the mirror at the end of this winter is not clearly in f...