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Challenger-Brand Innovation in Grooming, featuring Fler CEO and Co-Founder Allegra Violante
Courageous beauty startups are finding opportunity in mature markets, developing premium brands that compete with commodity goods. This week on CosmoFactory, we hear f...
AI and B2B Brand Experience, featuring PDT Cosmetici Export Manager Chiara Arborea
Beauty tech takes many forms. One of which is the digital teammate, an AI tool or platform that helps both customers and companies find time for the work that matters ...
Manufacturing with Market Intent, featuring The Soap Factory General Manger Ian Moore
Every personal care product format requires specialized manufacturing expertise—even those that might feel commonplace, like bar soap. And it’s these types of producti...
Ingredient Science for Beauty Consumers, featuring Lubrizol Global Strategic Marketing Manager Paola Pérez
Today’s consumer is seeking an increasingly complex understanding of skin biology and active ingredient mechanisms of action. This new reality is changing how brands, ...
Fulfillment Experience, featuring International Logistics Group Business Develop Manager Emily Di Fante
Often today, the tangible brand experience happens post-purchase and, at least initially, relies largely on operational excellence. As a result, the 3PL teams that sup...
Social Responsibility and Cosmetics Manufacturing, featuring Le Antiche Mura Junior Project Manager Francesco Faraoni
Companies in the B2B sector have tremendous potential to reach beyond transactional activities and economic metrics—to contribute meaningfully to the wellbeing and suc...
Digital Consumer Data on Longevity, featuring SPATE Beauty Insights Manager Mathilde Riba
Online consumer behavior signals can provide the cosmetics industry with actionable information about trend diffusion and buying intent. Right now, brands, agencies, a...
Fragrance and Consumer Identity, featuring Punk Champagne Chief Creative Marketing Officer Miranda Gordon
In the US market, consumer preferences correlate to a craving for self-expression and social belonging. This may be especially true in the fragrance category. On this...
Beauty’s Dupe Era, featuring STATISTA Beauty & Personal Care Industry Expert Dominique Petruzzi
Lower-priced alternative cosmetic and fragrance products appeal to consumers like never before. The beauty dupe movement is thriving, thanks to social media, new consu...
The Business of Product Development, featuring Erno Laszlo Chief Product Officer Patricia Schuffenhauer
There is more to cosmetic product development than in-the-lab innovation. Teams that create and reformulate are responsible for not only the efficacy, experience, and ...
Brand Endurance Strategy, featuring Olaplex CEO Amanda Baldwin
Bringing novel ingredient science to the consumer market is an opportunity, a challenge, and a risk. Turning that innovation into a brand that changes beauty consumer ...
Ingredient Suppliers & Formulation Creation, featuring Symrise Innovation Marketing Manager Catherine Slish
Cosmetic ingredient companies commonly develop starter formulas as inspiration for brand leaders and contract manufacturers. Some suppliers are taking product developm...
From Brand Strategy to Consumer Demand, featuring EO Products Co-CEO Susan Griffin-Black
Successful niche beauty brands have a passionate consumer base with strong repurchase behavior. This is true because the business structure behind a cosmetics or perso...
Strategic R&D Partnerships, featuring Proya Cosmetics Chief Scientific Advisor and Vice President Lieve Declercq
An international network of scientific experts, academic and corporate partners, and cosmetic industry connectors are valuable assets for any brand with global aspirat...
Donkey Milk as a Signature Ingredient, featuring Woo & Joo Inc. Global Sales Manager Yoon Tak Ok
In the age of cosmetic industry transparency, ingredient sourcing and traceability are at least ascompelling as brand story. This is true for leading-edge biotech inno...
Preservation Ingredients of Today and Tomorrow, featuring Sharon Personal Care General Manager Americas Pascal Yvon
Cosmetic preservative systems are continually advancing. To help cosmetic scientists ensure the safety and integrity of the products they create, ingredient makers tod...
Biotech Beauty Knowledge Capture, featuring Geltor Co-Founder and CEO Alex Lorestani
Sourcing and designing cosmetic ingredients with biotechnology presents a tremendous opportunity to realize next-level efficacy, traceability, originality, etc. We are...
Creating Better Makeup, featuring Intercos Group Chief Innovation Officer Arabella Ferrari
This episode is a popular selection from the archive, and a good conversation to revisit while the CosmoFactory team is on Winter Break. (original air date October 01,...
Cosmetic Brush Design and Manufacturing, featuring Anisa International Founder and CEO Anisa Telwar Kaicker
This episode is a favorite from the archive, and a good conversation to revisit while the CosmoFactory team is on Winter Break. (original air date July 23, 2024) We wi...
Smart Follower and Market Entry Strategy, featuring Beesline International Director of Business Development Omar Touma
As companies around the world compete for consumer dollars, business strategists are combining new capabilities with traditional tactics to innovate product, create br...