Beiersdorf Revises 2025 Outlook, L’Oréal Taps Rodrigo Pizarro As President Of Business In Korea, Why Businesses Need Working Mothers, Dove Drops Menopause Skin Care, Byoma Launches First Blemish Product, APR Takes The K-Beauty No 1 Spot, Femtech in Ireland Calls On Government To Prioritize Women In Tech, Italian Fragrance Manufacturing Icon Turns 50, Investing in Women Code Calls For More Female Funding.
Global Cosmetics News. Following a slower global skin care market growth in Q2 and July, the company now forecasts a lower growth of organic sales of 3% to 4% in its Consumer Business Segment.In executive news, L’Oréal has tapped Rodrigo Pizarro as President of its business in Korea. Most recently, Pizarro served as Chief Transformation Officer across L’Oréal’s South Asia Pacific, Middle East, and North Africa business. Meanwhile, global beauty company APR now holds the number one spot in K-beauty market capitalization, overtaking LG Household & Health Care in June. APR saw a 32% year-on-year growth in its beauty device division, reporting sales of over 90 billion won in Q2.
According to a report at World Of Software, more investment in women-led businesses and ethnic minorities could boost the U.K. equity market by 13%. Investing in Women Code, a government-led initiative, found that “though its signatories are making progress when it comes to funding female founders, research from The Gender Index shows the number of active female-led companies in the U.K. dropped in 2024, and while diversity is increasing in the startup ecosystem, more needs to be done to support women in the space.” Meanwhile, a new report, Femtech in Ireland: The Case for Prioritising Women’s Health Research and Innovation, has called on the government to make the development of femtech a priority in Ireland, through the provision of greater support for femtech research and start-ups.
In working motherhood updates, an article at Biz Community makes the case for companies to bring more mothers on board — for the benefit of their businesses. “Working mothers represent a new breed of leaders,” writes Anja van Beek. “The women juggling diapers, deadlines, schoolwork and dinner duties have a secret weapon: a unique mix of talents that make them untapped powerhouses in the boardroom. Today’s rapidly evolving work requires a new era of thinking. We often underestimate how real-life experience can be applied in the working world. Transferable skills can be carried over from one role or experience to many other work-related scenarios.”
On the fragrance front, WWD sat down with Roberto Martone, founder and President of the Italian scent manufacturer ICR Industrie Cosmetiche Riunites, which he runs alongside his daughter, Ambra Martone. The company generated total sales of 16.5 billion euros in 2024 and works with companies including LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton with Bulgari; Interparfums with Ferragamo, Roberto Cavalli, DNKY and Kering Beauty, among others. The company is celebrating its fiftieth anniversary with a recent investment of 26 million euros.
In skin care, Dove has unveiled its new Dove Women’s Wellness range, which specifically targets the symptoms of menopause and is available exclusively in the Amazon U.S. store. Meanwhile, Byoma has dropped its first acne care formulation, with the launch of Byoma Blemish. And, with drugstore beauty in mind, Beauty Independent talks to Michelle LeBlanc, VP of Beauty and Personal Care at CVS, about why the company is in no rush to be the first to launch hot new beauty brands.Read more about these news stories at the links below.Beiersdorf Revises 2025 Outlook. “The revised outlook highlights ongoing pressure in the global skin care market, but Beiersdorf is betting on new product innovations in the second half of 2025 to improve performance and support long-term growth,” reports Global Cosmetics News. (GLOBAL COSMETICS NEWS)L’Oréal Taps Rodrigo Pizarro As President Of Business In Korea. Pizarro began his career with L’Oréal in Portugal in 1993. (COSMETICS BUSINESS)
APR Takes The K-Beauty No 1 Spot. “APR did not miss this opportunity and implemented a bold expansion strategy to simultaneously jump into the Japanese, Chinese, and European markets as well as the U.S,” an industry expert is quoted as saying. (MAEIL BUSINESS NEWSPAPER)Investing in Women Code Calls For More Female Funding. “While the figures featured in the report do not relate to technology companies specifically, a large proportion of the startup ecosystem in the UK is tech-related, and a number of Investing in Women Code’s signatories are technology or digitally focused,” reports World Of Software. (WORLD OF SOFTWARE)Femtech in Ireland Calls On Government To Prioritize Women In Tech. “We need to invest in women’s health – not just for equality, but because it’s smart research, healthcare, and smart economics,“, commented Dr Tanya Mulcahy, Director of HIHI and founder of FemTech Ireland. (EUROPE SAYS)
Why Businesses Need Working Mothers. According to the 2025 State of Motherhood survey by Motherly, 66% of mothers reported thathe cost and stress of childcare led them to consider leaving the workforce or reducing their hours. Younger mothers, especially Gen Z, report further challenges. (BIZ COMMUNITY)Italian Fragrance Manufacturing Icon Turns 50. Moving with the times, and with sustainability in mind, ICR Industrie Cosmetiche Riunite moved from using cosmetic-grade alcohol derived from Hungarian corn to the one derived from German sugar beet, for a lower environmental impact. (WWD)Dove Drops Menopause Skin Care. “By leveraging our expertise in surfactant science, odor and sweat management and the microbiome, we’re turning women’s needs into advanced, personalized care,” said Ellen Shepard, Senior Research & Development Director at Unilever. (BEAUTY PACKAGING)Byoma Blemish Launches. Research from Byoma shows that while acne mainly affects adolescents, adult acne rates have risen globally by 10% over the last 10 years. (BEAUTY NEWS DAILY)
Why CVS Isn’t Racing To Launch Beauty Brands. “When our consumers and our merchants are listening to the pulse of culture and social media, and we start to see that those brands and those consumers are searching for more access points, we raise our hand, and we are happy to be there to bring them into our locations,” said Michelle LeBlanc, VP of beauty and personal care at CVS. (BEAUTY INDEPENDENT)
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