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- Actors & Partnerships
TSG Consumer Acquires Majority Stake in Saltair
A private equity firm betting on a body-care brand built around accessible pricing and community, the kind of consumer-side deal worth tracking alongside the raw-material investments we usually cover.
BeautyMatter ·
- Market & Pricing
LVMH rebounds in the first half, with perfumes and cosmetics holding steady
A signal that fragrance and beauty are holding up better than the wider luxury slowdown, worth watching for what it means for raw material demand upstream.
Premium Beauty News ·
- Market & Pricing
Relance de la filière: premiers achats de vanille verte pour l'AVM
Madagascar's vanilla alliance starting direct green-vanilla purchases from growers in Diana and Sofia is a concrete early signal in the effort to stabilize a market that collapsed under oversupply, worth watching alongside the price story we've tracked all year.
Newsmada ·
- Market & Pricing
China beauty's record June sales masks a wider shakeout
Record online sales alongside struggling offline retail is the kind of structural read on China's beauty market that matters for anyone sourcing into or selling through it.
Jing Daily ·
- Raw Materials & Origins
Silab: an agronomic research center to better harness plant-based materials
Upstream investment in plant science, the kind of move that quietly decides which naturals become mainstream a few years out.
Premium Beauty News ·
- Actors & Partnerships
Symrise set to acquire Floral Concept to strengthen its fragrance division
Symrise folding Grasse naturals house Floral Concept (jasmine, rose, orange blossom, ambrette) into a dedicated sourcing cluster is another case of a major group consolidating direct control over premium botanical supply chains.
Premium Beauty News ·
- Events
Vietbeauty, Cosmobeauté Vietnam and Beautycare Plus 2026 Officially Kicks Off
Vietnam's largest beauty trade show drawing 750-plus exhibitors from 25 countries, with a dedicated ingredients and OEM/ODM supply chain zone, is a reminder that Southeast Asia's sourcing and manufacturing ecosystem keeps expanding beyond the usual China and Korea axis.
VCCI News ·
- Regulation & Compliance
Islamic law meets K-beauty: Korea deploys task force to shield its cosmetics industry from new rules
Indonesia's incoming mandatory halal certification for cosmetics, raw materials included, is forcing Korean exporters to organize a joint industry response, a preview of the compliance hurdles any brand sourcing into or selling across Southeast Asia's Muslim-majority markets will face.
The Korea Times ·
- Raw Materials & Origins
Vanilla's expanding value and versatility in modern F&B formulation
Vanilla's food and beverage demand pulls on the same Madagascar harvest behind the price swings we've covered on the fragrance side.
FoodIngredientsFirst ·
- Actors & Partnerships
Nexira expands carob footprint with acquisition of Moroccan producer Keragum
A French ingredients group buying into Moroccan carob production, a small but telling example of the direct-investment-in-origin playbook we track across raw materials.
FoodIngredientsFirst ·
- Raw Materials & Origins
L'encens, trajectoires d'une matière ancestrale
Frankincense gets the same origin-to-bottle treatment we like: oakmoss and vanilla aren't the only naturals with a complicated supply story.
Nez : le mouvement culturel olfactif ·
- Emerging Brands & Small Players
Smell Talks: Gowé, un parfum d'Afrique
An independent African fragrance project, the kind of story that belongs right next to the Kenya and Comoros pieces already on the site.
Nez : le mouvement culturel olfactif ·
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