Jamie Matusow, Editor-in-Chief, with , Joanna Cosgrove, Contributing Editor11.06.18
Update: See our latest report and rankings—Top 20 Global Beauty Companies 2020
Perhaps there is no better way to lead off our 2018 Top 20 Global Beauty Companies report than with the title quote from Jean-Paul Agon, chairman and CEO, L’Oréal: “Beauty has never looked this good.”
It is particularly telling because the French-owned powerhouse once again achieved the No. 1 slot on our annual list for Fiscal Year 2018 (2017 net sales). Not only did the company retain its position, but sales for the year jumped by $4 billion, an amount higher than the annual total of some of the companies on the lower part of our list.
And L’Oréal wasn’t alone in its enviable figures: In fact, about half of our Top 20 also succeeded in racking up additional billions in sales including The Estée Lauder Companies, Unilever and Coty.
And indeed, the future for the industry seems bright. As Beauty Packaging has reported previously, the latest figures from Orbis
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