‘Not healthy for the industry’: Sephora’s withdrawal from Korea leaves market less diverse than ever By Amanda Lim 07-May-2024 - Last updated on 07-May-2024 at 02:40 GMT Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email to a friend Sephora’s exit from South Korea leaves a vacuum highlighting need for a diversity of brands and retail channels in the market, says experts. Top beauty stories of April 2024 ‘Localisation failure’: Sephora crumbles under pressure of Korea’s competitive local market Kolmar Korea to develop sun care products using newly discovered skin microbiome-derived Lactobacillus probiotic ‘Not healthy for the industry’: Sephora’s withdrawal from Korea leaves market less diverse than ever Show and tell: Beauty TikTok content by ‘real users’ more powerful than branded content Dr.Ci:Labo: Phenylethyl resorcinol outperforms Vitamin C, niacinamide in treating hyperpigmentation ‘Promising opportunities’: Shiseido targets India, Thailand, Vietnam to drive growth K-beauty orders to Vietnam increase more than five-fold in the last three years – Shopee First encounter: K-beauty brand Then I Met You makes first retail expansion with Asia debut Multipurpose queen: Ultra Violette set to relaunch cult favourite sunscreen with more ‘robust’ skin beneficial formula Clear distinction: Indonesia calls attention to non-halal product information labelling regulation Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 … 11 Next
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