THE BEAUTY REPORT: TOP 5 SUPPLIERS Major acquisition to alter beauty landscape
Following Coty Inc’s huge acquisition of 41 Procter & Gamble beauty brands, the 2015 beauty supplier ranking – as featured below – is likely to look a little different by the end of this year, as Charlotte Turner reports.
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hilst many of travel retail’s most successful perfume & cosmetics
companies registered sales growth in 2016, many also admitted that it wasn’t easy. This was certainly the case for the No 1 beauty giant in travel retail, L’Oréal. Having said this, L’Oréal Travel
Retail reported that makeup was its ‘most dynamic category’ in 2016, in a year in which the global beauty powerhouse weathered challenges from volatile global markets. In an annual report, the company
praised the ‘remarkable success’ of its Yves Saint Laurent and Giorgio Armani brands in Asia, alongside high sales for Lancôme et Shu Uemura in the lip segment, as all L’Oréal Group brands contributed to growth. Makeup sales have also been
increasing for Estée Lauder Companies in recent months, primarily driven by the company’s fiscal 2017 second quarter acquisitions of Too Faced and BECCA; strong double-digit
increases
from Tom Ford in every region; double-digit gains from Smashbox and La Mer, and solid growth from Estée Lauder. In its 2017 fiscal Q3 results
statement, Fabrizio Freda, President and Chief Executive Officer, said that ‘virtually every brand’ contributed to travel retail sales growth for the company. “Our business in global travel retail and in China was exceptionally strong, driven by strong sales gains in virtually every brand.
“Our mid-sized and luxury brands, as well as online and specialty-multi retail channels, also led growth. Additionally, our recent acquisitions of Too Faced and BECCA performed above expectations.” Although clearly Coty and P&G’s [initially announced
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huge merger
in 2015] grabbed the headlines in 2015/2016, third-placed LVMH also had an announcement of its own this year.
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place in the beauty supplier ranking – thanks in large part to Parfums Christian Dior – Coty’s power play to acquire 41 P&G brands is certainly going to upset the table by the end of 2017. In 2015, news first broke of Coty
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Inc’s deal with Procter & Gamble to merge the latter’s fine fragrance, colour cosmetics, and hair colour businesses via a tax-free Reverse Morris Trust transaction, to build a company with pro forma combined annual revenue of more than $10bn. In a major exclusive interview with
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TRBusiness [which featured in the May issue of the magazine], Coty’s Senior Vice President of Global Travel Retail Philippe Margueritte said this merger is of the most – if not the most – important in beauty over the past decades. [Read more about the merger on p54]. Last, but not least, in fifth place
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Chanel continued to ramp up its travel retail presence in 2016 [at least in terms of its perfume and cosmetics portfolio] with several major high profile launches and activations
P&C category share of total DF&TR market2
Global P&C sales ($bn)2
Total market2 2 3
4 5
Estée Lauder Companies
LVMH
Procter & Gamble Chanel Group
31.9% 19.76 62.0
Source: Generation Research and TRBusiness figures from 2015. 1
Data provided by Generation Research. 2 Data taken from
TRBusiness Global Operators Report published in 2016 using 2015 figures.
TRBUSINESS 43 3
4 5
Beauty ranking in Global DF&TR1
1 L'Oréal Group
TALLINK’S MAGNUS SKJÖRSHAMMER | TFWA ASPAC REVIEW | SKYSERVICE FORUM | FTE & BARTA PREVIEW | ADVANTAGE INTERNATIONAL | L’ORÉAL | ESTÉE LAUDER | COTY | P&G | LVMH | CHANEL | M1ND-SET | PVM | MARS | RICOLA | HARIBO | FERRERO | NOW & THEN
“Our business in global travel retail and in China was exceptionally strong, driven by strong sales gains in virtually every brand.”
Fabrizio Freda, President and Chief Executive Officer, Estée Lauder Companies
N°5 L’Eau – the fifth interpretation of the all-time classic in 2016. For more on Chanel’s travel retail activity
TOP 5 SUPPLIERS IN BEAUTY (2015) Supplier
Beauty ranking in Global DF&TR1
1
Brand Chanel 2 Lancôme
Estée Lauder
Dior
Giorgio Armani
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