Europe is still the world's largest cosmetics market

Published: 13-Jul-2018
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Outperforming the US and China, Europe's cosmetics and personal care market was valued at €77.6bn in 2017

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Europe is still the world’s largest cosmetics market and saw retail sales of €77.6bn in 2017, ahead of the US at €67.2bn and China at €43.4bn, according to Cosmetics Europe.

Within Europe, Germany is the largest market valued at

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