The first textbook devoted solely to cosmetics marketing, from a history and overview of the cosmetics marketplace to complex marketing strategies, business planning, and industry innovation.

Discover the tools required to pursue your career in cosmetics marketing. Through an in-depth analysis of this fast-growing and complex industry, Cosmetics Marketing: Strategy and Innovation in the Beauty Industry provides thought-provoking, industry-led exercises and case studies to demonstrate the role of aesthetics, authentic communication, emerging technologies, cultural trends, and the measurement of marketing efforts. There are also practical, beautifully illustrated resources for entering the field, exercises for boosting creativity, preparations for interviews, as well as an overview of the beauty products and theory used by makeup artists and product developers. With a focus on the evolution of the industry and its social responsibilities in terms of inclusivity and sustainability, this is a core text for cosmetics courses in marketing and business at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Cosmetics Marketing is the ultimate guide to this powerful, multi-billion dollar global industry and will influence and support the next generation of leaders in beauty.

"Lindsay Karchin and Delphine Horvath’s book Cosmetics Marketing: Strategy and Innovation in the Beauty Industry opens the curtains behind the complex beauty industry. It takes us on a comprehensive view from intriguing cultural history to the inner workings of today’s cosmetics sector. A vital guide for anyone who wants to discover this unique industry." - Lan Vu, Founder & CEO, BEAUTYSTREAMS