L’Oréal Posts Strong Growth In China; Continues Domination Of Market

L’Oréal’s sales in China grew 12.4 percent year on year to RMB12.05 billion in 2012, according to market research firm ResearchMoz. Data also revealed rivals Olay and Mary Kay combined accounted for 12.45 percent of the cosmetics industry’s retail sales. Local brand Shanghai Jahwa, with its popular product lines Liushen, Herborist and Maxam, is competing quite capably with its bigger international rivals for share of China’s beauty market. Overall, retail sales grew 21.5 percent YoY to RMB134.01 billion, with skin care sales growing 9.9 percent to RMB80.48 billion, making it the market’s largest segment.