Africa / Middle East
Dubai Mall reopens with stringent rules to protect visitors against Covid-19
Clutching bags from designer boutiques in their gloved hands, customers are back at Dubai Mall, one of the world’s largest shopping...
Symrise brings the treasures of Madagascar to perfumers
Established in the Indian Ocean island since 2006, where 80% of the world’s vanilla is grown, Symrise opened an extraction facility in...
Covid-19: IMF forecasts the global economy to fall -3%
The “Great Lockdown”, as the International Monetary Fund names it, will trigger the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression in...
Beautyworld Middle East postponed for August
Messe Frankfurt Middle East has announced the postponement of Beautyworld Middle East 2020. The 25th edition, which was scheduled to...
The coronavirus pandemic pushes the world economy into uncertainty
In just a few weeks, the economic shock created by the outbreak of Covid-19 had changed in dimension. The global cosmetics industry,...
A 100 percent natural ingredient for the beauty of African skins
BASF Care Chemicals has unveiled new data regarding the efficacy of Bix’Activ, a 100 percent natural active ingredient, for the control...
Chalhoub Group unveils its new beauty concept, Faces, in Dubai and Riyadh
The Chalhoub Group’s Wojooh beauty retail chain has changed its name to Faces. The beauty retail thus takes back its original name, when...
Beautyworld Middle East to hold largest ever edition from 15-17 April 2019 in Dubai
Beautyworld Middle East 2019 is set to welcome more than 1,750 exhibitors from 62 countries when doors open from 15-17 April at the...
O Boticário opens second store in Dubai
Brazilian beauty giant O Boticário consolidates its presence in the United Arab Emirates with a second store in Dubai, less than six...
BASF opens a laboratory in Nigeria to better address the skin and hair care needs of African...
With its new Application Technology Laboratory for personal care in Nigeria, BASF aims to develop a local competence centre in...
