Trade Magazine & Scholarly Articles

For trade magazine regarding the cosmetic industry try searching the:
United States Food & Drug Administration - Cosmetic Trade Publications

Nagel, A. (2008). Natural Personal Care to Get Standards.
Women’s Wear Daily, March 14, 2008. Retrieved from http://www.wwd.com/search/article/123425?page=0&query=organic.

The organic cosmetics industry has grown into a $9 billion market. This article announced the plans of three major companies’ plans to define the differences between “natural” and “organic” to make shopping simpler for consumers. Whole Foods, Organic and Sustainable Industry Standards [OASIS], and Burt’s Bees all have slightly different definitions but agreed that there is a need to regulate and establish what is certified “organic” by a third party so that the real organic companies can deliver products to consumers. The new regulations would ban roughly 250 different ingredients and would require products to be 85% all natural or organic in order to receive the seal of approval. This article serves as a vital source to demonstrate how the companies are continuing to care about consumer safety and requiring the highest quality of products in the industry.

Newman, K. (2006). Sustaining Natural Growth. Global Cosmetics Industry, April, 2006. Retrieved from
http://www.gcimagazine.com/articles/5528366.html.

Karen Newman is Editor in Chief for Global Cosmetics Industry and author of GCI’s blog, Beauty Union. Newman’s article uses consumer’s attitudes from statistical databases to show the growing trend to natural and organic cosmetics. In 2004 alone there was an estimated 2,900 new natural cosmetics and personal care products launched including baby care products. The article additionally noted that Aubrey Organics created a line of products that include SPF components. Newman points out the fact that consumer’s awareness is growing about brand quality, safety and effectiveness. The only challenge facing the organic industry is the lack of parabens for preservation makes product stability a test. This source is an interesting way to examine how the organics industry has steadily increased over the past few years.

Kline & Company, Inc. (2007). Natural Personal Care 2007: Competitive Brand Assessment and Ingredient Analysis. Kline Market Research, Report #Y632, 4^th Quarter, 1^st Edition.

Kline & Company focuses on the chemicals and materials, consumer products, energy, and life science industries worldwide. Kline offers marketing research reports and company consultation. The Competitive Brand Assessment and Ingredient Analysis report analyzes the U.S. and Western European markets for key trends, challenges, business opportunities, and ingredient analysis in the field of natural personal care products. The report focuses on issues such as:

• What is the definition of “natural”?
• Who are the market leaders and how do their brand profiles differ?
• Which brands are truly “natural” in terns of the ingredients used?
• What has been the effect of various distribution outlets for natural care products
• What regulations are affecting the market, if any?
• Where are the opportunities for marketers of natural care products?

This source would be extremely valuable in comparing the industries between the U.S. and Europe as well as examining trends and focusing on the differences in legislation that governs the companies.