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What can we expect from the new Ecocert Sourcing platform?

On October 15, 2026, CosmeticOBS attended Ecocert’s press conference for the launch of its new Ecocert Sourcing platform. Sara Mayor (Director of the Cosmetics Business Unit at the Ecocert Group) introduced us to this new tool.

Organic cosmetics: sales are rising only in pharmacies

Sales of organic cosmetics are rising in chemists, but falling in organic shops and health and beauty shops. In organic shops, however, the decline is slowing. This is shown by the figures presented by Antonin Le Masle, Business Analyst at OpenHealth, during a webinar organised by Cosmébio and Synadiet on 15 October 2026.

A French FEBEA white paper on digital risks

Digital fraud has ceased to be a marginal phenomenon and has become a systemic threat to businesses, including those in the cosmetics sector. This white paper, which FEBEA has just published, aims to document the scale of the phenomenon and identify the conditions necessary to strengthen protection against it.

Joint call to action against counterfeiting

On September 30, 2026, nine organizations representing European industries, including Cosmetics Europe, released a document calling on the European Union to strengthen liability rules for online platforms and intermediaries in order to better prevent the sale of dangerous, illegal, or counterfeit products to European consumers.

Manifesto for the Digital Transition

In late September 2026, a coalition of organizations published a manifesto outlining recommendations for a digital transition. It advocates for a “one product, one EU Data Carrier” approach and calls for the implementation of a harmonized, flexible, and technology-neutral digital labeling system that would allow certain physical information to be replaced with information accessible online.

Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Cosmetics Europe announces the recovery of cosmetics market

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Figures released at the Cosmetics Europe General Assembly show that the European cosmetics and personal care market has remained resilient in 2014 in ...

Thursday, June 18, 2015

Cosmebio 2015 general meeting: growth, search for meaning, emotion

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Growth, search for meaning, and emotion were the three main keywords at the press conference held last June 9 in Paris by Cosmebio, the Professional A...

Monday, June 15, 2015

OECD releases new data on nanomaterials

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On June 9, 2015, the OECD marked the end of a seven year experimental testing programme, investigating 11 commercially viable nanomaterials across ove...

Wednesday, June 10, 2015

China Beauty Expo Cements its Position in the Beauty Industry

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China Beauty Expo (CBE), Asia’s leading beauty trade, recently concluded its 20th edition on a high note, reinforcing its status as the definitive exh...

Tuesday, June 9, 2015

Triman: a FEBEA guide

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Since January 1, 2015, the new Triman logo must be affixed to recyclable products that fall under a sorting instruction. A provision that also concern...

Tuesday, June 2, 2015

The true face of NaTrue

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We tend to consider it simply as a natural cosmetics label, or yet another one, one among others, or even as a label for German cosmetics… But NaTrue ...

Monday, May 18, 2015

MI: a 'problematic" exposition for consumers (Danish survey)

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Carried out for the Danish Environmental Protection Agency, this survey aimed to determine the concentration of Methylisothiazolinone (MI, a high alle...

Tuesday, April 21, 2015

William G. Koeberlé will represent selective perfumery in Paris and Brussels

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The General Assembly of the European Federation of Perfume Retailers (Fédération Européenne des Parfumeurs Détaillants or FEPD) has appointed its bure...

Thursday, April 2, 2015

The cosmetics industry was the 2nd biggest exporting sector in 2014

In a press release published on 31 March 2014, the FEBEA (French Federation of Beauty Companies) reveals the results of the cosmetic sector. In 2014, ...

Monday, March 30, 2015

The shark, an endangered species, still used in cosmetics

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At the end of 2012, the Bloom association, which works for marine conservation, denounced the massive use by the cosmetic sector of deep shark liver o...

Tuesday, March 17, 2015

U'Cosmetics competition: the new wave takes off

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The 6th edition of the U'Cosmetics competition of the UCO (Université Catholique de l'Ouest) of Guingamp had as its theme marine cosmetics. A subject ...

Monday, March 2, 2015

L’Oréal called to order by the American FDA

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Following an inspection of the La Roche-Posay website in the United States, the FDA (Food and Drugs Administration) sent a warning letter to the group...