Millennials Expect Their Grocers To Carry Natural And Organic Personal Care Products

With demand growing for natural and organic personal care products, consumers, especially Millennials, expect these products to be available at their favorite grocery stores. While Millennials do not like going to specialty stores to buy personal care products, many would go to the nearest health food store if their favorite retailer did not sell the natural products they seek, according to Wally's Natural. Despite the growing demand, retailers sometimes cannot distinguish between products labeled as natural and those classified as organic.

"More Than Skin Deep", Grocery Headquarters, October 07, 2016

L'Oreal Paris Opens First Boutique In France

L’Oreal Paris opened its first boutique in France during the 2016 Paris Fashion Week. Located under a trompe l’oeil Eiffel Tower, the L’Oreal Makeup Designer/Paris boutique features more than 600 products, 150 of which are store exclusives. Also, every month, the store will highlight a limited-edition makeup collection from makeup designer Karim Rahman. Consumers can test the products and virtually try them using the Makeup Genius augmented reality app.

"L'Oreal Paris introduces its First Boutique", L'Oreal , October 20, 2016

The Body Shop Opens First Pop-Up Store In Canada

Beauty retailer The Body Shop opened a pop-up store in Toronto’s Yorkville neighborhood, the company’s first in Canada. Designed for testing new installations and activations and promote holiday gifts, the store features iPad tablets that display videos highlighting the retailer’s Bio Bridges rainforest awareness program. Also, the store includes an installation for Body Butter products that tells stories about the company’s partnerships with community-based suppliers of shea nuts and other materials.

"The Body Shop pops up in Yorkville", Marketingmag, October 20, 2016

Shiseido Works With Microsoft To Create Virtual Makeup App

Shiseido partnered with Microsoft to create Telebeauty, a software designed to apply virtual makeup to a user's video image while taking part in a teleconference. Women using the app can choose from four palettes, natural, trend, cool, and pretty, before joining the teleconference call. Designed to distinguish between the user's face and the background, Telebeauty scans the user's face and adjusts the skin tone, and covers pores, dark spots, and pimples with a “digital beauty balm.”

"Shiseido partnered with Microsoft to create a make-up filter for women who telecommute", Quartz, October 20, 2016

Men Outspend Women On Facial Skincare Products In India

In India, men spend almost 10 percent more on body washes and 7 percent more on face washes and scrubs than women do every month, according to the report, “Target Group Index,” by IMRB International. Men from the 18‒24 age group spend around 15 percent more on moisturizers and 6 percent more on conditioners, compared with women from the same age group. Data from Euromonitor International revealed men's grooming accounts for only 10 percent of the overall beauty market in the country; however, it is growing faster at 20‒25 percent. From the current $600 million, the market is forecast to grow to more than $1 billion by 2020, according to Argus CMPO CEO Hema Aushat.

"Guess who’s driving the face wash market in India?", Livemint, October 21, 2016