K-Beauty brands’ fierce battle in the Indonesian Market

K-Beauty brands’ fierce battle in the Indonesian Market

South Korean cosmetics brands are striving to gain ground in the Indonesian market, despite the fierce competition from Western and Japanese cosmetics brands. Statistics Indonesia (BPS) reports that the cosmetics industry grew 9.61 percent since last year. As beauty is a social standard in Indonesia, females, as well as their male counterparts, are more focused … Read more

After Starbucks and McDonald’s, Asia’s anti-Israel boycotts find a new target: Western beauty products

While the initial focus of the boycotts was specific food and drink brands such as McDonald’s, it is now extending to other areas, including beauty products. Southeast Asia’s Muslim-majority nations are leading the region’s rebuttal to Israel’s assault on Gaza, which was launched in response to Hamas’ October 7 attack on Israel. That initial raid … Read more

Beauty brands bowled over by Women’s Premier League

Sugar Cosmetics’ co-founder Vineeta Singh’s LinkedIn post with actor Kareena Kapoor Khan and designer-entrepreneur Masaba Gupta and others watching a Women’s Premier League (WPL) match between Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bangalore last week, went viral. So did photographs of actor Katrina Kaif watching a WPL match to support the UP Warriorz team wearing Kay … Read more

Indonesian beauty platform Sociolla gets US$12M from EV Growth, istyle, others

Left to right: Sociolla Co-Founders John Marco Rasjid, Chrisanti Indiana, Christopher Madiam Indonesian beauty e-commerce and social platform Sociolla today announced that it has raised a US$12 million funding round led by venture capital (VC) firm East Ventures’ late-stage new fund EV Growth. Indonesian VC Sinar Mas Digital Ventures and Yahoo! Japan’s corporate VC arm … Read more