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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).

Monday, November 12, 2012

A trip to the core of moisturization

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If there is only one key factor for our skins’ health and beauty, it is its moisturization. Any imbalance in this characteristic is a systematic sourc...

Friday, November 9, 2012

Cosmetics and marketing in these digital times

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How can the Internet resources be used in order to support the development, then, the launch of a new cosmetic product, active ingredient or service? ...

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

In coming times: hydration, the Asian way?

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Their skin moisturization is a major cosmetic concern for the consumers, the world over. For the industry, it is not only an important source of reven...

Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Promotions, packs or value bundles: which legal status?

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There are several ways to promote and sell products during a promotional campaign (which may comprise the sets designed for Christmas, Mother’s Day or...

Monday, October 8, 2012

Box sets: do them with the regulation on your side

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You do want to display box sets for Christmas (or Mother’s Day, Father’s Day…)? What a good idea, it sells well! However, beware: putting two cosmetic...

Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Cosmetic efficiency, emotionally ups and downs speaking

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Clinical assessments, instrumental measures, tests with consumers, sensory analyses: all these methods are used to evaluate the efficiency of a cosmet...

Monday, September 17, 2012

Distributors of cosmetics: a focus on your obligations

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Pharmacists, owners of a perfume shop, of a beauty parlour, of a spa, hair-dressers, retailers of cosmetic products … do you know that you are conside...

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Which safety assessment for natural substances?

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As part of the obligations set out in Annex I to Cosmetics Regulation 1223/2009, safety assessment concerns all substances, including natural substanc...

Thursday, July 5, 2012

GMP inspections

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What to do to be prepared for a GMP inspection? Obviously, by implementing in the company the relevant procedures to guarantee the Good Manufacturing ...

Thursday, June 28, 2012

GMP: the points to address

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From 2010 to 2011, the number of GMP inspections has almost doubled in France. The point, for the authorities, is to check how companies comply with t...

Thursday, May 31, 2012

Interactions between packaging, contents and regulation

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The interactions between packaging and formulations are still, and again, a major topic! Which exchanges between these intertwined components can be l...

Friday, May 11, 2012

Cosmetic labelling: the mandatory information

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There are on the label of a cosmetic product certain information which is required by regulation and mandatory. Neglecting them can lead to at least r...