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Author: Alexis Amann
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LVMH’s 2025 full-year revenue reached €80.8bn, a reported decline of 5% and a 1% decline at constant rate. Organic revenue growth was a modest 1% in the second half, persisting into the fourth quarter. While profit from recurring operations fell by 9% to €17.8bn, operating free cash flow showed resilience, increasing 8% to €11.3bn. Douglas,…
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According to the Fédération des Entreprises de la Beauté, French cosmetics exports fell by 1.16% in the first ten months of 2025. This decline marks the first contraction in at least two decades, excluding the anomalous period of the Covid pandemic, the sector having been accustomed to consistent annual growth of approximately 6%.
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Interparfums has reported full-year 2025 revenue of €918 million at constant exchange rates, representing organic growth of 4.3%. On a reported basis, revenue reached €899 million, a 2.1% increase, weighed down by significant dollar weakness.
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The United Arab Emirates are emerging not only as a robust consumer market for fragrance but as a major global exporter.
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New data from rAIviews, the leading AI customer reviews analytic solution for the beauty industry, analyzing the most reviewed brands on Sephora’s U.S. website in 2025, provides a proxy for market momentum and consumer engagement. While not a direct measure of sales, review volume offer valuable insights into brand popularity.
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The Playbook of Beauty Podcast is back with a story where love, resilience, and French elegance meet Latin warmth. In this episode, I sit down with Glorimar Primera, founder of Onérique, who turned a Franco-Latin love story into a sensorial French beauty brand.
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According to data from PwC, Japan’s cosmetics market, long the world’s third-largest, was overtaken by Brazil in 2023. Between 2019 and 2025, it stagnated posting a compound annual growth rate of 0.3% from 2019 to 2025 against a global growth rate of 5.3%. This is not a temporary slump but a reflection of deep-seated demographic…
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China’s beauty market, only second to the US at an estimated $77.3 billion in 2025 according to PwC, is undergoing a fundamental rebalancing. Its growth now trails the global average (4% CAGR 19-25), signaling not stagnation but a structural internal realignment. The long-standing dynamic where China was a net importer of prestige brands and an…
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As of January 2026, Sephora remains the world’s dominant selective beauty retailer, operating just under 3,450 stores globally, with its largest footprints in the United States (over 1,780 stores), China (320+), and France (290+). Europe represents around 25% of Sephora stores at around 870 stores.