Imogen
Matthews
Lifting the lid on beauty trends
Imogen
Matthews
Lifting the lid on beauty trends
Imogen Matthews is a skilled beauty industry commentator, with a long career working in the beauty industry. Her skill of making sense of market research through in-depth analysis, articles, reports and podcasts has led her to become the person brands go to for help in understanding beauty trends and providing recommendations they can put into practice.
She’s served on the Board of Cosmetic Executive Women (CEW UK), won the prestigious Cosmetic Executive Women (UK) Achiever Award, and regularly contributes to many of the worlds foremost beauty trade magazines and websites including SPC (Soap, Perfumery & Cosmetics), cosmeticsbusiness.com, HAPPI (US), GCI (US) and SpecialChem. In 1993, she founded the Premium Market Report, the only in depth report on the premium cosmetics, skincare and fragrance industry, publishing reports every year up until 2018.
She has recently turned her premium beauty expertise to organising beauty events. Her in-depth knowledge of the industry enables her to secure high quality speakers and work with them to deliver presentations of value. She is also well equipped to chair events, including moderating panel discussions.
If you’re looking for a beauty industry expert to make sense of market research, produce high quality copy for print or on the web, or help run an upcoming beauty event, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.
I was delighted to be asked by Formula Botanica to provide one of the online video modules on “How to Monitor Industry Trends” for its new Diploma in Beauty Brand Business Management. Not an easy topic to describe here in a few sentences, so click on the video link below and listen to a clip in which I describe the importance of research in identifying and acting on trends that matter to your business.
I recently chatted with Gemma at Formula Botanica for their Green Beauty Conversations podcast. We talked about the riches that can be achieved from niches when you know how to empathise with your customers and talk to them rather than just sell.
The in-cosmetics Global Marketing Trends presentations bring together leading research agencies and consultancies to report on the major trends and issues affecting the global beauty industry.
This week, Imogen is in Amsterdam at the in-cosmetics Global show to find out about the hottest trends and innovations from the Marketing Trends presentation programme.
Earlier this year, the plastics debate reached fever pitch when David Attenborough’s Blue Planet series revealed how society’s throwaway attitude to plastics is endangering marine life.
Kelly Marks, co-founder of Pure Public Relations, has an interesting take on why she thinks family-owned businesses are among the strongest in beauty.
Our perception of beauty is changing and so is the beauty industry.Brands can no longer impose their standard vision of beauty onto consumers.
Our last blog of 2017 is an interview with Grace Fodor, founder of innovative cult make-up brand Studio 10.
Since chairing the Beauty Forum NEC at Packaging Innovations in February 2019, there have been significant steps made by the beauty industry to address the urgent issue of packaging waste.
But is the beauty industry doing enough?