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1 Market overview
1.1 Definition and scope of study
The organic cosmetics market represents a sub segment of the larger market for cosmetics. A cosmetic includes any substance used to clean, moisture or alter a person’s skin, hair, nails or teeth.
Cosmetics can be distinguished in two categories:
- Beauty products: e.g. make-up, perfume, skin cream
- Care products: e.g. shampoo, soap, deodorant
Organic personal care and cosmetic products are expected to not contain chemicals such as parabens, phthalates, aluminum salts and petrochemicals, which are potentially harmful to an individual’s health. However, there are several gray areas regarding the distinction between the terms ‘organic’ and ‘natural’ as it will be discussed further on.
Nevertheless, for a cosmetic to be considered organic, it has to contain, in principle, at least 95% of the ingredients certified as organic. [Soil Association]. The public opinion tends to identify them as those products containing ingredients derived from nature and not processed.
Despite macroeconomic circumstances in the last decade and recent turbulences regarding the pandemic, the Portuguese market for beauty and personal care remains rising. With an intense competition new brands are emerging rather quickly, and new products are being launched every year.
This growth is a result of several factors, such as the growing distress of Portuguese consumers regarding environmental issues and the rising concern towards their current physical appearance. In addition, the rising population's standard of living allowing Portuguese to travel abroad and have greater exposure to other cultures, where makeup is part of the daily female routine, are also factors to take into account.
Unlike other European countries such as Italy, UK and Germany, the organic sector is not yet consolidated, showing a considerable potential for investments. In fact, the country represents less than 4% of the total value of organic products in the EU. Nevertheless, the market is expending both from the demand side, with consumers leaning towards natural and biological, and from the supply side, with companies offering each time more possibility of natural products, expanding from alimentation to personal care.
1.2 The cosmetics market as a whole
The total retail sales value of beauty and personal care amounted to US$ ***.* billion in ****. The market is expected to grow in next decade, reaching US$ ***.* billion in ****, already accounting for the impact of the pandemic in the sales. The graphic below underlines a *.**% CAGR from **** to ****.
Market value of beauty ...
1.3 The Portuguese green beauty market
In Portugal, the retail value of cosmetics and personal care as a whole amounted to € *.*** billion in ****. [***] Nevertheless, organic labelled products are witnessing rising interest beyond groceries, with an incredible interest increase in apparel, tissue, hygiene and beauty segments. However, cosmetics remain as the largest consumption level after food and ...
1.4 International trade
UN Comtrade provides data on production outcomes. For the category “cosmetics, beauty, make up, skin care preparation, manicure or pedicure preparation ****” in **** exports in Portugal amounted to approximately US$ **.*** million while imports to US$ ***.*** million.
Trade of cosmetics Portugal, ****-****, in US$ million Source: ****
We can notice that, throughout the last ...
1.5 Covid-19 expected impact
The measures of social distancing and lockdowns imposed in Portugal and in other countries have severely impact the cosmetics market. Besides the shock in supply, the virus has also caused an impact in the potential demand. This is because shopping for cosmetics may not be considered first priority as consumers respond ...
2 Demand Analysis
2.1 Demand analysis and segmentation
The Portuguese Association of Distribution Companies indicates that **.*% of Portuguese consider to be important to buy organic products. In fact, * million people in the country actually do it every year. This type of consumption is predominant especially among women, individuals over ** years of age, residents in the southern region and in ...
2.2 Drivers of demand
Natural and cruelty-free awareness have rised on social media
In recent times, there is this a clear movement among the beauty blogs and social media accounts in favor of natural and cruelty-free products. Those channels that started as niche committed to the benefits of going chemical-free, are becoming more popular, and, ...
3 Market structure
3.1 Production breakdown and dynamics
The global organic sector has been developing at a fast pace. In fact, in ****, the world had *.* million organic producers, a growth of *,***% since ****. In the same year, certified Portuguese producers and processors of organics amounted to over *.* thousand. [***]
Although the country’s organic sales have only increase in the past ...
3.2 Market analysis and dynamics
Regarding cosmetics as a whole, we undoubtedly have a highly competitive market. More than *.*** companies operate in the Portuguese beauty and personal care market, with more ** thousand establishments that operate in the sector of hairdressing salons and beauty institutes that also commercialize this kind of products. There are several well-established players, ...
3.3 A transformation of the distribution channels
Portuguese cosmetics market, evaluated through the turnover has an equal distribution between retail cosmetic and beauty institutes/saloons: **.*% and **.*%, respectively. In addition, in ****, Portugal had over **,*** locations that offer beauty services **% of them were hair salons and **% beauty salons. The total turnover from these establishments amount to more than €*** million. [***]
At ...
4 Analysis of the offer
4.1 Product analysis
According to COSMOS - the international non-profit bio standards organization - organic cosmetics contain five categories of ingredients:
- Water
- Mineral ingredients
- Agro-ingredients physically transformed
- Agro-ingredients chemically transformed
- Other ingredients
Agro-ingredient: “any substance of plant, animal or microbial origin derived from agriculture, aquaculture or harvesting”. [***]
Every category ...
4.2 Supply structure
The market for cosmetics and toiletries is fairly fragmented in Portugal, although extremely competitive, being subject to continuous new launches and product innovation, in order to maintain loyalty of consumers.
If we divide the analysis of the whole cosmetics market by products, we see that the distribution of value in terms ...
4.3 Supply trends
Anti-aging
There is indeed an increasing demand for multi-functional cosmetic products such as anti-wrinkle creams. Mature women represent the greatest portion of this trend, as they are waiting for the encounter between technological advances and natural remedies to give its favorable outcomes. [***]
Mono-portions
A unique packaging that enables the product to ...
5 Regulations
5.1 Regulation
Organic cosmetic products commercialized in Portugal are subjected to the European regulation regarding cosmetics (***) and regarding organic products CE ***/**** and CE ***/****. The former relates to the organic production and the labelling of organics, and the second on the implementation of the rules of EC ***/**** with regard to production, labelling and ...
5.2 Portuguese and private certification processes
Organic certification is the ultimate standard for beauty products. In Portugal, the certification of organic is carried out by ** private control bodies accredited by the Portuguese Institute of Accreditation and Certification (***). The certification is a control system, with the specific European regulation and a Portuguese standard, which guides the practices of ...
6 Positioning of the players
6.1 Segmentation
- Estée Lauder
- Unilever Groupe
- Coty (JAB Holdind)
- L’Erbolario
- Aveda (Groupe Estée Lauder)
- Lush
List of charts presented in this market study
- Valeur de marché de l'industrie de la beauté et de l'hygiène personnelle
- Market value of the organic cosmetics industry
- Répartition des terres agricoles biologiques dans l'UE
- Echanges de produits cosmétiques
- Principales destinations des exportations de produits cosmétiques portugais
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Latest news
Unilever in talks with funds to sell Ben & Jerry's and Magnum for 18 billion euros - 22/07/2024
- overall, ice cream will account for just 13% of sales in 2023 (59.6 billion euros)
Unilever to cut 3,200 jobs by the end of 2025 - 16/07/2024
- Total number of job cuts announced: 7,500 people
- - Number of job cuts in Europe: 3,200 people
- - Percentage of European employees affected: one-third
- - Main locations affected: London and Rotterdam
- - Disposal of ice cream division planned by end 2025: current value around 8 billion euros
- - Offer received for Knorr-branded liquid soups business in France: from the Sill Entreprises group
- - Announced sale of Elida Beauty subsidiary: completion scheduled for 2024
- - Sale of Dollar Shave Club brand: to Nexus Capital Management
Beauty: Estée Lauder cautious about 2024 - 02/05/2024
- - Acquisition of Tom Ford for $2.3 billion
- - Double-digit growth in Clinique sales, across all geographic regions
Coty withstands the shock of inflation - 25/08/2023
- Coty annual sales growth for 2022-2023: 12%
- Coty sales for 2022-2023: 5.55 billion euros
- Percentage of Coty sales generated outside the United States: over 50%.
- Duration of Coty's partnership with Marc Jacobs Beauty: fifteen years.
Estée Lauder unable to keep pace with L'Oréal - 20/08/2023
- Estée Lauder saw sales fall by 10% to $15.9 billion in its offbeat 2022/2023 full year
- Estée Lauder acquired the Tom Ford brand for $2.3 billion.
Cosmetics: Coty announces its comeback - 06/07/2023
- Coty is valued at over 10 billion euros.
- It is Europe's number two perfume company.
- Coty raises its sales growth forecast for 2023 to between +10% and +11%.
- In 2022, the group generated sales of 5.3 billion euros in 125 countries.
- The beauty market generated nearly 430 billion in revenues in 2022, with the high-end category expected to grow by 8% between now and 2027.
- Coty holds a portfolio of fragrance brands, including licenses for several Kering Group fragrances, including Gucci; as well as Chloé, Marc Jacobs, Calvin Klein, Burberry, Hugo Boss...
- It also includes skincare (Lancaster) and make-up (Bourjois) brands.
- The "Prestige" category dominates at Coty, and is expected to account for 63% of sales (perfumes and cosmetics).
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