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EVENTS

CoSMoPRof NoRTH AMERICA’S

20 EDITIoN EXHIBITIoN
th

A HugE SuCCESS

for 10 South African companies,
generating excitement and interest. This
provided fruitful discussions, potential
collaborations, and increased brand
visibility, strengthening our presence
in the US market.Other curated areas
were Discover Beauty, Discover Beauty
Spotlights, Discover Black-Owned
Beauty, Discover Green, and The Beauty
Vanities. This year’s Cosmoprof was the
busiest we have been in many years.
Not only was our domestic sales team
overbooked with appointments, but
our teams in Canada, Europe, Asia,
Middle East and Latin America were
very busy and held amazing meetings
with our brands exhibiting,” stated
Harlan Kirschner, CEO of the Kirschner
Cosmoprof North America celebrated on many different beauty product Group, Inc. “Every brand was pleased
an exceptional 20th-anniversary categories, such as Hair Care, Skin Care, with the success of the show and the
edition at the Las Vegas Convention Makeup, Nails and also spotlighted quality of customers who attended.”
Center from July 11-13, 2023. The the Country Pavilions, an exclusive, Cosmopack also continued to be
show attendance grew 20% over last continuing program that introduces a major draw as demand soars for
year, welcoming thousands of retailers, emerging global beauty brands to the supply chain solutions. This singular
distributors, investors, and media and US market. Mariette Van Rooyen, Export event addresses all aspects of product
more than 1,100 exhibiting beauty Council Manager for Cosmetic Export production, including raw materials and
brands, all brought together to learn Council of South Africa (CECOSA) ingredients, private label and contract
about exciting product launches and said, “Our participation at Cosmoprof manufacturing, primary and secondary
industry trends, build their business North America, Las Vegas was a success packaging, machinery innovations, etc.
networks and strengthen collaboration
opportunities. The 20th edition
underscores that Cosmoprof North
America is the premier launching pad
for beauty industry news and innovation
around the world, attracting visitors and
exhibitors from 108 countries.
This edition had an unprecedented
number of US and international retailers,
buyers, distributors, and brands such as
Walmart, Nordstrom, Costco, Neiman
Marcus, Macy’s, Target, The Detox
Market, Belk, Thirteen Lune, Sally Beauty,
Unilever, Estée Lauder Companies,
E.L.F. Beauty, Too Faced, Revlon, L’Oréal,
to name just a few. The show focused

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