Artist Cushion Blush (Courtesy of Jungsaemmool Beauty) Hong Kong-based private equity firm CLSA Capital Partners Ltd. has been picked as a preferred bidder to invest 50 billion won ($36.6 million) in Jungsaemmool Beauty, a South Korean cosmetics brand founded by one of the country’s
Sulwhasoo is AmorePacific's premium cosmetics brand South Korea’s beauty industry has been reaping decent gains from traditionally strong markets such as China and the US – the world’s two largest – since early this year.Beyond traditional markets, Korean beauty brands a
Korean cosmetics on display at a Galeries Lafayette department store in Paris, France The global appetite for Korean beauty products shows no sign of slowing, with their exports in April surging 20% year on year to a record high, even during the industry’s quietest season. Accordi
Jetema, Korean beauty maker, operates a booth at MEVOS, China’s largest medical aesthetics gathering, in May 2025, to showcase its dermal filler, Epitique, or e.p.t.q. HANGZHOU – The capital of China’s Zhejiang province, Hangzhou, is the southern terminus of the ancient Grand
Round Lab's Dokdo line (Courtesy of Round Lab) As Korean beauty products continue to captivate global consumers, five Seoul-based cosmetics and wellness companies are gearing up to penetrate deeper into the worldwide market with the backing of South Korea’s capital city government. In a s
Samhwa's cosmetics product containers As South Korea’s independent beauty brands continue to take the global stage by storm, investors are now looking beyond the creams and serums – to the very containers they come in.Shares in cosmetics packaging companies are surging, buoyed by th
Oh Youngju (center), minister of South Korea's SMEs and startups, announces the launch of a K-beauty fund (Courtesy of Yonhap) South Korea’s Ministry of SMEs and Startups on Thursday announced the launch of a 40 billion won ($27 million) fund to invest in Korean beauty startups to support
Employees at Youngil Glass' factory in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province Daol Private Equity has acquired Youngil Glass Industry Co., a South Korean manufacturer of glass containers, in a 65 billion won ($44.5 million) deal, to ride on the global rise of independent Korean skincare brands.The Seoul-b
A CJ Olive Young outlet in Seoul South Korea’s beauty industry is undergoing a major reshuffle, with new players rising to prominence while established giants face growing competition.For years, Amorepacific Corp., LG H&H Co. and Aekyung Industrial Co. have dominated the K-beauty sect
Show hosts on Korean home shopping channel GS Shop selling Manyo Factory cosmetics KL & Partners, a South Korean private equity firm, has agreed to buy Kosdaq-listed cosmetics company Manyo Factory Co., which has been building its presence in Japan and the US, according to investment bankin
Korean cosmetics counter (Courtesy of Yonhap) South Korea’s cosmetics products, also known as K-beauty, have gained global renown, overtaking French brands such as Chanel and Lancôme to emerge as the No. 1 imported beauty goods in the US and Japan.According to industry and governmen
Dalton Investments Inc., a US-based activist fund, has secured a 5.02% stake in South Korea’s Kolmar Holdings Co., stoking speculation the world’s No. 3 original development manufacturer (ODM) for cosmetic products would become a new shareholder activism target.Dalton, with $4.3 bi
Adidas Bukchon Heritage Store in Seoul. Pond is an ODM of Adidas Pond Group, a South Korean original design manufacturing (ODM) clothing company, said on Monday it has acquired Most Inc., a domestic beauty products distributor, to make its foray into the cosmetics market and bolster its global
Jang Won-young, a K-pop singer of the girl group IVE, is an ambassador of Amuse South Korea's Shinsegae International Inc. announced on Friday that it will acquire 100% of Amuse Corp., a cosmetics brand, for 71.3 billion won ($52.6 million) to expand its cosmetics business beyond luxury product
Korean cosmetics (Courtesy of Yonhap) US e-commerce juggernaut Amazon.com Inc. will offer South Korean cosmetics producers one-stop support to enable them to reach millions of customers around the world amid the growing global popularity of K-beauty products. Amazon Global Selling Korea, the Ko
Missha's skincare products (Courtesy of Able C&C) Able C&C, the parent of South Korea’s first-generation low-priced cosmetics brand Missha, has swung to the black after years of net losses as the company’s overseas sales have increased. Seoul-based IMM Private Equity, which
Lee Sa-bae, who goes by Risabae on YouTube and Instagram, is a top social media influencer AmorePacific Corp.'s new brand launch in February with top South Korean social media influencer Lee Sa-bae created a sensation in the domestic cosmetics market.It marked the first time the leading beauty
Missha opened its first offline store in Iraq in 2019 IMM Private Equity is trying to sell off the management rights of Able C&C, the parent of Korea’s first-generation low-priced cosmetics brand Missha, at half its purchase price, according to people familiar with the situation on Th