The beauty business covers a wide range of products that includes cosmetics, perfume, skin cleaners, cosmeceuticals, etc. There is also a wide range of price points from the more mainstream products sold by mass merchandisers and in drug stores to the more expensive brands in department stores and exclusive boutiques. This guide includes a brief history as well as a short write up of the current market (as of the date of this guide). It is not comprehensive or exhaustive, but rather meant as a starting point for research in this area.
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Issue 17/18: Summer/Fall 2010
Updated December 2012
Guide to the Business of Beauty: Selected Information Resources
Table of Contents
Overview
History
Present-Day
Companies
Cosmeceuticals
Caption: left:
Assorted cosmetics and tools.
KaurJmeb, photographer.
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