cosmetics industry

Olive Young, the health-and-beauty retail chain that dominates Korea’s cosmetics shelves, has released its annual trend forecast for 2026, and the report reads less like a marketing deck and more …

Walk down the sun-care aisle of an Olive Young store in 2026 and the marketing language has shifted. UV protection numbers barely register anymore — instead, the words plastered across …

Korea’s beauty industry closed out 2025 with a record most in the sector had been chasing for years: the country’s cosmetics exports hit 11.431 billion dollars for the year, up …