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THE WHAT? L’Oréal has announced its results for the third quarter of fiscal 2021. In the three months ended September 30, 2021, the French beauty giant reported sales growth of 13.1 percent versus 2020 figures (+14.9 percent LFL versus the same period in 2019) bringing its growth for the first nine months of the year …

THE WHAT? Interbrand has published its Best Global Brands ranking for 2021. This year, the top 10 was dominated by tech brands once more; Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Google and Samsung placed first to fifth respectively, all having gained around 20 percent in value, with the top three accounting for 62.3 percent of the total value …

THE WHAT? South Korea’s entertainment and cosmetics industries are seeking new markets after a raft of regulatory barriers, nationalist headwinds and rising competition from local brands are hampering sales in China, according to a report published by the Financial Times. THE DETAILS Chinese authorities have branded the typical Korean male look as ‘effeminate’ and the …

THE WHAT? Companhia Brasileira de Aluminio (CBA) has announced that it will create a specific business unit to manage its energy self-generation assets. THE DETAILS The company’s 21 hydroelectric plants are currently managed by Votorantim Energia in a service provision contract, which comes to an end early next year. The transfer of the management of …

THE WHAT? Beauty companies Kao and Kosé have joined forces to launch a collaborative comprehensive sustainability program.  THE DETAILS The two companies will collaborate on fields such as people, society and environment in a bid to identify solutions in the cosmetics industry that can contribute to the realization of a sustainable society. Kao and Kosé will launch …