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The Beauty Economy 2014
The British beauty industry is worth £17 billion and is forecast to grow 16 per cent by 2016, yet it is often viewed as the sidelined sister of the flamboyant fashion industry. This report showcases the significant contribution home-grown beauty brands make to the UK economy, highlighting top female beauty entrepreneurs, new science behind high-tech skincare, and key innovations in cosmetics online. It also takes a look at changing industry perceptions around anti-aging, celebrity endorsement and the politics of ‘pretty.’
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In this report
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Business face of UK Beauty
The UK beauty industry big business, employing over a million people and contributing billions to the economy, so isn’t it time to take its impact more seriously? Beatrice Aidin poses the question
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With beauty in mind
Radical changes have taken place in the decade since Dove first launched its “real women” campaign, but in many ways it is business as usual in the beauty industry, as Catherine Turner reports
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Beauty and the business woman
Creativity in the beauty business is back and being led by enterprising women, says Caroline Neville, president of Cosmetic Executive Women (CEW)
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Top female entrepreneurs in beauty industry
Female entrepreneurs are successfully going it alone while women are increasingly breaking through the glass ceiling to take charge of major cosmetics companies, as Beatrice Aidin discovers
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Look like a star: celebrity cosmetic brands
Celebrities who lend their name and fame to a beauty brand are increasingly also investing in the product, as Beatrice Aidin reports
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Retail industry makeover
Exciting innovations are changing the way companies sell and consumers buy, as Evie Leatham reports
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