AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND WEATHER THE COVID STORM WITH HEALTHY SKIN CARE SALES, AND LOCAL BRANDS EYEING RECOVERY

BOTH the Australian as well as the New Zealand cosmetics and personal care market have been hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic. However, trends towards increasing purchases of health conscious and natural products have continued, with local brands gaining momentum, indicating how the Australasian personal care product market will develop once the coronavirus has lost its bite. The industry and market in Australia is large – taking account of sales and production it is worth Australian dollars AUD13.6 billion-a-year (USD9.7 billion), and employs almost 50,000 ...


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