SEOUL, May 1 (Korea Bizwire) — A new method for testing possible eye irritation due to cosmetics ingredients that does not involve animal testing has been developed by the National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation (NIFDS), according to a statement from the institute on April 30. The NIFDS is preparing for the new [...]
SEOUL, May 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean cosmetics brand Nature Republic’s Myeongdong store, famous for being located on the most expensive land in Korea, has been remodeled into a forest-like total beauty shop. The outside of the five-story building looks like a small forest, decorated with more than 50,000 pots of plants. Benches in front [...]
SEJONG, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s online shopping sales surged 20.1 percent on-year during the fourth quarter of 2014 with stellar growth in purchases through mobile gadgets, a government report showed Thursday. Total transactions during the three month period reached 12.74 trillion won (US$11.73 billion), up from 10.6 trillion won a year earlier [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – LG Household and Healthcare is expected to boost its sales volume by acquiring CNP Cosmetics, a local “cosmeceuticals” firm, even though it failed to win a bid for U.S. cosmetics company Elizabeth Arden. The Korea’s leading cosmetics company announced on October 22 that it signed a 54.2-billion-won agreement to [...]
SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) – According to the Korean Intellectual Property Office, there has been a recent hike in the number of patent applications for brand names that include words that are related to colors. Customers will now be able to see diverse color brands on the cosmetics stand as applications for trademarks that [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Feb 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Donation seems something noble for ordinary people and they think about sending money to somewhere when it comes to donation. However, the donation trend is now changing drastically. Buying a bottle of moistener nearby a cosmetic shop can help starving children in Africa. Recently, a small cosmetics maker Sweet [...]
Seoul, Korea, July 07 (Korea Bizwire) – If one looks at the woman in “Musette,” a masterpiece by Eugene de Blaas, an early 20th century Italian painter, one comes away with a strong impression that she is like a warrior with piercing eyes and thick eyebrows. A strong-willed woman playing the musette shows a perfect [...]