China Cosmetics Industry Report, 2013-2016

Impacted by global economic recovery as well as China's economic growth slowdown, the growth of China cosmetics industry hit a downturn, with the gross retail sales of industrial players above designated scale increasing by 21.5% year-on-year to RMB134.01 billion. At present, foreign brands are still the mainstream in China cosmetics market, with the top three ones coming to LOREAL PARIS, OLAY and Mary Kay which collectively occupy 12.45% of retail sales.  Skin care product is the largest category in China cosmetics market, with the market scale in 2012 hitting RMB 80.48 billion, up 9.9% year-on-year; among skin care products, cream and anti-aging products occupy a lion's share, with the sales standing at above 60% collectively in China skin care product market. As to China's makeup market, it started late but has developed rapidly, with the sales in 2012 grossing RMB23.4 billion, a year-on-year rise of around 20%. By contrast, the sales of emerging marke

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