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COSSMA 5I2014 3 EDITORIAL The Exhibition Marathon 2014 Part 1 – complete! marathon this year was not at all helped by the Lufthansa strike. For those more interested in professional salon cosmetics the next step, the day after In-Cosmetics, was a flight to Leipzig, because that is where, at the weekend, the 4th BEAUTY FORUM LEIPZIG was on the list! Around 8,000 visitors were able to assess the offerings of the 280 exhibitors and brands from the field of cosmetics, medical beauty, nail care and decoration, podology and wellness. Also running here in parallel was the 4th German Cosme- tology Congress on the subject of anti-ageing. The con- gress was specifically aimed at scientifically interested cosmetologists, dermatologists, doctors and pharmacists. There were three sessions on the subjects of Complexion and Dermatology, Actives under the Microscope, and Apparative Methods of Treatment in Anti-Ageing which gave the 120 or more participants the latest and up-to-date findings in the fields mentioned. And in May it all starts again with the Forum Cosmeticum in Salzburg, Interpack in Düsseldorf, the BDIH Conference in Heidelberg, the FAK ”Zeit für Neues” Conference in Leverkusen, to mention but a few ... I look forward to meeting one or other of you at one of the above events! Industry events are popping up all over the place like mushrooms, and, as silly as it may seem they more often than not tend to happen at the same time! For instance the first week in April was not a disap- pointment in this respect! In-Cosmetics started the ball rolling with a total of 7,260 international visitors, from April the 1st to the 3rd . This exhibition, where the latest developments were presented to the industry, takes place every other year in a different European country, but returning every two years to the Mecca of the beauty business – Paris. This year In-Cos- metics came to Germany for the first time following a 5 year break which gave the Hamburg event the ability to appeal di- rectly to the visitors and returned the best results amongst the In-Cosmetics events that did not actual- ly take place in Paris. We offer our sincere congratula- tions! The COSSMA round table discussion*, with the title “Is innovation always best?” drew more than 50 par- ticipants and presented a fascinating view of different approaches to innovation management in differently large companies. The panel at the round table was a heterogeneous group consisting of Dr. Andrea Sättler, R&D Director Cosmetics Skin/Body Care at Henkel, Alice Davis-Hart, journalist and founder of the teenage brand Good Things Skin Care, and Sarah Brown, former PR specialist and founder of the Pai Skin Care brand which was developed specially for sensitive skin. Although we might have expected that Henkel would be a company to follow the traditional route, the dis- cussion soon showed us how fervently a traditional company also works on innovations. On the other hand, with niche brands, where the budgets are much smaller, it may well be the case that innovation is limited to a focus on ingredients or additional benefits. Following In-Cosmetics some of us carried on to Cos- mopack in Bologna. Since this event had now extend- ed its opening hours from April 2nd to April 5th , the dates were not just one day but two days before the start of the main Cosmoprof exhibition, and there was a direct overlap with In-Cosmetics. And the exhibition Yours Angelika Meiss Senior editor, COSSMA Follow us on www.linkedin.com/in/cossma www.youtube.de/cossmatv www.twitter.com/cossmamagazine PS: Our QR codes and tablet-compatible E-papers can take you, via direct links, to TV clips, downloads, book tips and more Additional information at www.health-and-beauty.com/ qr00247 or you can just scan the QR code! Your access codes for May: User name: cossma5 Password: active DownloadsDownloads PS. *Additonal information on the brands and innovations of the COSSMA roundtable can be found on the Internet, see Internet panel COS1405_03_Edi_GB_COS1405_03_Edi_GB 25.04.14 07:51 Seite 1

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