With the UK market an exception, European sun care sales were somewhat sluggish in 2010, although increased consumer awareness regarding the damaging effects of sun exposure is a major positive market driver. The launch of value-added products combining cosmetic and protective ...

The Big 5 European beauty markets – France, Germany, the UK, Italy and Spain – saw their combined 2010 facial skincare sales hit €6.68 billion, representing a 1.4% increase over 2009. Sales are expected to rise across all five markets in 2011, with particularly dramatic growth ...

Facial skincare has weathered the stormy economic climate well, delivering growth – albeit modest – across the Big 5 European markets in 2010. Anti-ageing products are a major skincare work horse, accounting for the highest grossing segment in France, the UK, Italy and Spain, ...

The European Big 5 facial skincare markets weighed in at €6.6 billion in 2010, representing an increase of 2% year on year. Young European women are enthusiastic users of facial skincare products, spending €662 million on the category in 2010.

This report looks at young ...

Facial skincare was one of the strongest beauty categories of the last year in the ‘Big 5’, resisting recessionary pressures to reach a total of €6.07 billion in 2000 and set to hit a total of €6.2 billion by the end of 2010. It appears that while women may economise on many ...

It might have been expected that the European suncare market would be an early casualty of the economic downturn as consumers economised on holidays and thus on their suncare purchases.

That hasn’t turned out to be the case, however. While some age groups have remained ...