International Suncare Products Market

May 1, 1996
282 Pages - Pub ID: LA384
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Executive Summary

  1. The U.S. Market For Suncare Products
    The Products
    • Focus of the Report
    • Shunning the Sun
    • Regulations

    The Market
    • Retail Sales Estimated at $579 Million for 1995
    • Factors in Future Market Growth
    • The Weather
    • The UV Index
    • Skin Cancer Awareness Grows
    • The Media Delivers the Message
    • New Product Activity Vigorous
    • Suncare Sales to Reach $758 Million by Turn of the Century
    • [Table] Size and Growth of the U.S. Market for Suncare Products, 1991-2000 (retail dollars); Category: Sunscreens/ Sunblocks, Tanning Products, Self-Tanners, After Sun Sunscreens and Sunblocks Account for Almost Two-Thirds of Retail Sales

    The Marketers
    • Numerous Suncare Marketers
    • Three Distinct Classes of Marketers
    • Schering-Plough Is Undoubtedly the Leader

    Retail and Distribution
    • Distribution Channels
    • Mass Market Constitutes 81% of Total Dollar Sales
    • [Graphic] Share of U.S. Suncare Market: By Distribution
    • Channel, 1995 (percent); Distribution Channel:
    • Drugstores, Mass Merchandisers, Supermarkets,
    • Alternative Distribution, Prestige Outlets

    The Consumer
    • Over 75 Million Users
    • Suncare Consumers Are Trading Up to Higher SPFs
    • Methodology
  2. The Market For Suncare Products In Europe And Japan
    The Products
    • Background
    • Higher SPFs
    • Two Major Product Segments
    • Regulation Different from That in U.S.
    • More Liberal Framework in Europe
    • Japanese Regulations Unclear
    • Industry Pushes for European, Global Harmonization

    The Market
    • European Suncare Sales Placed at $1.4 Billion in 1995
    • Suncare Sales in Japan Exceed $120 Million in 1995
    • Factors in Future Market Growth
    • European Market: Growing Public Awareness of Sun Dangers
    • Move Toward Higher SPF Products Grows Market Dollars
    • Japan's Market: Increasing Awareness of Sun
    • Damage Here, Too
    • Prices Expected to Rise
    • Suncare Product Sales in Europe to Approach $2 Billion by 2000
    • [Table] Size and Growth of the Suncare Market in Europe and Japan, 1991-2000
    • In Europe: Germany Accounts for Almost 25% of Sales
    • [Graphic] Share of the European Suncare Market: By Country, 1995 (percent); Country: France, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom, Others
    • Sunscreens/Sunblocks More than Half of Market and Growing
    • In Japan: Milks/Lotions and Gels Very Popular

    The Marketers
    • The European Leaders
    • Japanese Suncare Marketers

    Distribution and Retail
    • Outlet Importance Varies by Country in Europe
    • Three Main Channels for Suncare in Japan

    The Consumer
    • Sun Risks and Protection: Awareness Levels Vary by Country
    • In Europe Young Women Are the Prime Target
    • Fashion-Conscious Young Women Represent
    • About 60% of Suncare Purchases in Japan
    • Methodology

    The U.S. Suncare Market

  1. The Products
    Background
    • All Hail the Sun
    • The Tan as a Symbol of Health and Beauty
    • Don't Be a Paleface!
    • Shunning the Sun
    • The Ultraviolet Enemy
    • Ozone's Disappearing Act
    • The UV Index
    • [Chart] Explanation of UV Index Levels
    • Those at Risk
    • Skin Cancer Types
    • All Facts Point to a Cover-Up
    • And Now, for Something Completely Different...
    • Sunscreen Effectiveness Called into Question

    The Products
    • Focus of the Report
    • What's in a Name? Sunscreens versus Sunblocks
    • Suntan Products
    • Self-Tanners
    • After-Sun Products

    Regulatory Milieu
    • The FDA, the SPF, and the Controversy
    • SPF Is Developed to Grade Sun Protection Products
    • A Firestorm Erupts Over SPF Revisions
    • Major Points Of FDA Tentative Final Monograph
    • Increased SPF Protection
    • Warning Labels
    • Manufacturing Claims
    • Skin Type Classifications
    • [Table] Recommended Sunscreen Product Guide The Skin Cancer Foundation Seal of Recommendation

    Ingredients
    • FDA Regulates Sun Protection Ingredients
    • PABA No Longer King of the Sunscreen Hill
    • PABA Esters
    • Other Active Ingredients
    • Cinnamates
    • Benzophenones
    • Anthranilates
    • Combination Agents
    • Dihydroxyacetone
    • Titanium Dioxide
    • Parsol 1789
    • Synthetic Melanin
    • It's the Natural Thing to Do
    • Speeding the Approval Process

    Product Packaging
    • Types and Sizes of Product Packaging
  2. The Market
    • [Graphic] Size and Growth of U.S. Market for Suncare Products: By Category, 1991-2000 (retail dollars); Categories: Sunscreens/Sunblocks, Tanning Products, Self Tanners, After-sun

    Market Size and Growth
    • Difficulty in Arriving at Sales Estimates
    • Packaged Facts Methodology
    • Retail Sales Estimated at $579 Million for 1995
    • Retail Dollar Sales Growth Has Slowed in Recent Years
    • Suncare Categories Exhibit Varying Sales Trends
    • [Table] Size and Growth of the U.S. Suncare Market: By Product Category, 1991-1995 (retail dollars); Categories: Sunscreens/Sunblocks, Tanning Products, Self Tanning, and After-sun
    • Sunscreens and Sunblocks Continue Growth
    • Tanning Products Continue Losing Ground
    • Self-Tanners Leveling Off as They Offer Some Protection
    • After-Sun Products Show Little Activity

    Factors in Future Market Growth
    • The Rain, the UV Index, and Other Things
    • Recognizing the Risks
    • What's in a Name?
    • Sunscreens Are Everywhere!
    • The Media Delivers the Message
    • New Product Activity Vigorous
    • Skin Cancer Awareness Grows
    • The Skin Cancer Foundation and Skin Cancer Awareness
    • Information from Manufacturers
    • Drugstores Join the Effort
    • Manufacturers Also Get Involved
    • Getting Out Is In
    • Women Become a Suncare Market Force
    • Senior Suncare
    • Starting Youngsters Off Right
    • It's the Weather, Not the Economy
    • A Suncare Product in Every Bathroom Cabinet

    Projected Sales
    • U.S. Suncare Sales to Reach $758 Million by Turn of the Century
    • High SPFs to Continue Growth
    • [Table] Projected Growth of U.S. Suncare Market: By Product Category, 1995-2000 (retail dollars); Categories: Sunscreens/Sunblocks, Tanning Products, Self Tanning, and After-sun

    Market Composition
    • Sunscreens and Sunblocks Account for Almost Two-
    • Thirds of Retail Sales
    • [Table] Market Composition of U.S. Suncare Market: By Product Category, 1995 (dollars and percent); Product: Sunscreens and Sunblocks, Tanning Products, Self-Tanners, After-Sun
    • Sunscreens/Sunblocks Share Growing
    • [Graphic] Share of Retail Sales: By Product Category, 1991 vs. 1995 vs. 2000 (percent); Category: Sunscreens/ Sunblocks, Tanning Products, Self-Tanners, After-Sun Drugstores Lead in Sales of Suncare Products
    • [Graphic] Share of U.S. Suncare Sales: By Distribution Outlet, 1995 vs. 1992 (percent); Outlet: Drugstores, Food Stores, Mass Merchandisers, Alternative, Department Stores Per Capita Use of Suncare Products Varies Little by Region of Country
    • [Table] Regional Use of Suncare Products, 1994 (percent and index); Regions: Northeast, Midwest, South, and West
    • Use of Sunblocks Peaks in West
    • [Table] Regional Use of Suncare Products: By Category, 1994 (percent and index); Categories: Sunblocks, Sun- screens, Tanning, and Self-Tanners; Regions: Northeast, Midwest, South, and West
  3. The Marketers
    The Marketers
    • Numerous Suncare Marketers
    • Three Distinct Classes of Marketers
    • Many Diverse Companies Make Up The Mix
    • Most Marketers Present a Single Brand
    • [Chart] Selected Marketers and Their Brands of Suncare Products; Marketers: Avon Products, Beiersdorf, Bristol- Myers Squibb, California Tan, Chattem, Clarins, Cosmair, Decleor, Erno Laszlo Institute, Estee Lauder, Freeman Cosmetic Corp., Johnson & Johnson, Lancaster Group, Mary Kay, Orlane, Panama Jack, Pfizer, Playtex Products, Princess Marcella Borghese, Revlon, Schering-Plough HealthCare Products, Shiseido Cosmetics, Solar Cosmetic Labs, Solar Sense Corporation, Tanning Research Labs, Unilever

    Marketer Shares
    • Overstatement of Purchases from Mass Retail Outlets
    • Schering-Plough Is Undoubtedly the Leader
    • Three Companies Vie for Second Place
    • Playtex Wants to Be Bigger Banana
    • Tanning Research Also Vies for Second Spot
    • Pfizer's New Acquisition Is Bain de Soleil
    • Johnson & Johnson Has Its Ups and Downs
    • Solar Cosmetic New to Top Ten List
    • Unilever's Tan Is Fading
    • [Table] Share of U.S. Suncare Mass Market: By Marketer, 1995 (percent); Marketers: Schering-Plough, Playtex, Tanning Research, Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, Solar Cosmetic, Unilever, Chattem, Panama Jack, and Bristol- Myers Squibb
    • Handful of Marketers Compete for Prestige Sales
    • Avon Number One in Direct Sales

    Brand Shares
    • Top Four Brands Make Up More than Half of the Market
    • Coppertone Still Number One
    • Banana Boat and Hawaiian Tropic Tie for Second Place
    • Bain de Soleil Going the Way of the Bronzed Goddess
    • Water BABIES Also Slipping a Bit
    • Neutrogena Perks Up
    • What If Private Label Were a Brand?
    • [Table] Share of U.S. Suncare Mass Market: By Brand, 1990-1995 (percent); Brands: Coppertone, Banana Boat, Hawaiian Tropic, Bain de Soleil, Water BABIES, Neutrogena, NO-AD, Shade, and Vaseline Intensive Care

    Competitive Situation
    • Technology Drives Competitiveness
    • Some Former Stars Shine Less Brightly
    • Changing Competitive Positions

    Competitive Profiles: Schering-Plough
    • Schering-Plough: Still the Industry Leader
    • Suncare American Style: How It All Began
    • How Schering-Plough Continues to Dominate
    • Coppertone Water Babies
    • Coppertone Sport
    • Coppertone Kids
    • Coppertone Oil Free
    • Coppertone Skin Selects
    • Coppertone Protect & Tan
    • Coppertone Moisturizing Self-Tanner
    • Coppertone Aloe After Sun
    • Coppertone General Purpose Products
    • Tropical Blend
    • Shade Sunblock
    • Solarcaine Sunburn Relief

    Competitive Profile: Playtex Products
    • Playtex Posts Sales of $484 Million
    • Banana Boat Is a Strong Addition
    • How Banana Boat Got to Playtex
    • Banana Boat Plays Second Banana
    • New Products for 1996

    Competitive Profile: Tanning Research Laboratories, Inc.
    • Tanning Research Also Wants to Be Second Banana
    • A Good Corporate Citizen
    • Hawaiian Tropic: The Early Days
    • Hawaiian Tropic Today
    • Hawaiian Tropic Firsts
    • The Hawaiian Tropic Children's Line
    • The Hawaiian Tropic Sport Line
    • Hawaiian Tropic Bioshield Facial Sunblock
    • Hawaiian Tropic Protection Plus Line
    • Hawaiian Tropic Tanning Products
    • Hawaiian Tropic Sunless Tanning
    • Hawaiian Tropic After Sun

    Competitive Profile: Pfizer
    • Pfizer Newcomer to Suncare
    • Bain de Soleil's Road to Pfizer
    • Bain De Soleil Today

    Competitive Profile: Johnson & Johnson
    • Johnson & Johnson: A Healthcare Giant
    • J&J Acquires Neutrogena
    • Three Suncare Brands
    • Johnson & Johnson Sundown
    • Johnson & Johnson Baby Sunblock
    • Neutrogena

    Competitive Profile: Solar Cosmetic Labs, Inc.
    • Solar Cosmetic Labs Established as a Suncare Producer
    • Deeptan Celebrates 45th Birthday
    • NO-AD Exhibiting Strong Growth

    Competitive Profile: Unilever
    • Unilever: A Huge Consumer Products Company
    • Unilever's Role in Suncare Is Shrinking
    • What's Going On with Vaseline Intensive Care Suncare?
    • Elizabeth Arden Spa for the Sun Also Sliding Downhill

    Competitive Profile: Chattem, Inc.
    • Chattem Competes with Bullfrog
    • Bullfrog Product Line

    Competitive Profile: Panama Jack
    • Panama Jack Is Jacking Up Business

    Competitive Profile: Bristol-Myers Squibb Corporation
    • Bristol-Myers Squibb Posted Sales of Almost $14 Billion
    • PreSun
    • Matrix Essentials Acquisition Leads to Introduction of Biolage Sun

    Competitive Profile: Avon
    • Avon Is Major Force in Direct Sales
    • Avon Competes with Two Suncare Lines

    Competitive Profile: Estee Lauder Group
    • Estee Lauder a Powerful Marketer of Prestige Products
    • Estee Lauder Sun
    • Clinique, Leading Department Store Brand,
    • Offers Full Suncare Line
    • Origins for the Environmentally Conscious
    • Prescriptives Has One Suncare Product
    • Aramis Lab Series Provides Suncare Specifically for Men

    Competitive Profile: Cosmair, Inc.
    • Cosmair Competes with Lancome

    Competitive Profile: Clarins Paris
    • Clarins Paris Is a Relative Newcomer to America
    • A Suncare Pioneer

    Competitive Profiles: Selected Other Marketers
    • Freeman Cosmetic Company
    • Revlon

    Marketing Trends
    • Suncare Shift from Fun Focus to Serious Skincare
    • Existing Lines Extended to Include Niche Products
    • SPFs Over 15 Are the Best-Sellers
    • Education and Publicity Broaden Customer Base
    • Mass Brands Going More Upscale Route
    • Suncare Season Swells
    • Dedicated Suncare Sections Expanding in Retailers
    • Mass Brands Expand Distribution

    Product Trends
    • Products Designed for the Face Expected to Sizzle
    • in Summer of 1996
    • Products Sell Benefits; Multifunction Products Are Hot
    • Products for Teens Could Be Next Hot Category
    • Move to Higher SPFs and More Broad-Spectrum Products
    • [Chart] Selected Suncare New Product Introductions and
    • Line Extensions (1995-1996); Marketers: Avon, Bristol-
    • Myers Squibb, Chattem, Clarins Paris, Estee Lauder,
    • Freeman Cosmetics, Johnson & Johnson, Mary Kay,
    • Panama Jack, Pfizer, Playtex Products, Schering-Plough,
    • Tanning Research Labs

    Consumer Advertising Expenditures
    • Advertising Expenditures Down to $20 Million
    • Magazines Are Favored Medium
    • Top Spender Was Schering-Plough
    • Johnson & Johnson a Distant Second in Suncare Ad Spending
    • Estee Lauder Ranked Third on a Company Basis
    • Cosmair Reduces Its Support of Lancome
    • Second Place Marketers—Tanning Research and
    • Playtex—Have Limited Advertising Budgets
    • Procter & Gamble Drastically Reduced Spending for
    • Bain de Soleil Before Selling Brand
    • [Table] Suncare Traceable Advertising Expenditures: By Marketer and Brand, 1993-1995 (dollars); Marketer: Schering-Plough, Johnson & Johnson, Estee Lauder, California Tan, Cosmair, Tanning Research Labs, Panama Jack, Chattem, Clarins, Malibu Tropic, Playtex Products, Shiseido Cosmetics, Pfizer, Chanel

    Advertising Positioning
    • Protection Theme Still Dominates
    • Most Suncare Advertising Still Targeted to Women
    • Children Featured in Suncare Ads

    Consumer Promotions
    • Promotions Very Important
    • Mass Market Promotions: Use of Coupons Declining
    • Suncare Mass Marketers: Point-of-Purchase Displays
    • Mass Marketers: Sponsorships of Events
    • Prestige Product Promotions: Emphasis on
    • Education and Protection
    • Prestige Product Promotions: PWPs and GWPs

    Trade Advertising and Promotion
    • Promotions Are Standard
    • In-Store Display Materials
    • Prestige Marketers Have Employee Training,
    • Uniforms, and Testers
    • Co-Op Advertising Is Popular
    • Trade Shows
    • Trade Advertising
  4. Distribution And Retail
    Distribution
    • Distribution Channels
    • Direct Sales

    At the Retail Level
    • The Major Outlets
    • [Graphic] Share of U.S. Suncare Market: By Outlet Type, 1995 (percent); Outlet Type: Drugstores, Mass Merchandisers, Food Stores, Alternative Outlets, Department Stores
    • Selections and Locations Vary with the Season
    • Suncare Markup and Price Vary by Type of Retailer
    • [Table] Markup on Mass Market Suncare Products: By Outlet Type, 1996 (percent); Outlet Type: Deep Discount Drugstores, Chain Drugstores, Independent Drugstores, Supermarkets, and Mass Merchandisers
    • Growth of Private Label Brands

    Suncare Products in Drugstores
    • Drugstores Account for Lion's Share of Suncare Sales
    • Competition in Chain Drugstores Increasing for Suncare Products
    • Chain Drugstores Have the Greatest Assortments
    • Suncare Pricing in Drugstores
    • Drugstore Suncare Promotions

    Suncare Products in Mass Merchandisers
    • Merchandising of Suncare Products in Mass Merchandisers
    • Brands Available
    • Pricing in Mass Merchandisers

    Suncare Sales in Supermarkets
    • Supermarket Suncare Sales
    • Brands Available
    • Supermarket Merchandising

    Suncare Products in Department Stores
    • Department Stores Are Major Prestige Outlets
    • Product Displays
    • Selection
    • Promotions
    • Department Stores Face Increasing Competition
    • from Other Retailers
    • Pricing
  5. The Consumer
    Suncare Users
    • Over 75 Million Users
    • SPF 15+ Most Popular Suncare Type
    • [Table] Suncare Product Use: By Product Type, 1994 (number and percent); Type: Sunblocks, Sunscreens, Suntanners, and Sunless Tanners
    • Suncare Consumers Are Trading Up to Higher SPFs
    • [Table] Type of Suncare Products Used: 1994 vs. 1992 vs. 1989 (percent); Types: Sunblocks, Sunscreens, Suntanning and Sunless Tanning
    • Women Are More Likely than Men to Use Suncare Products
    • [Table] Suncare Product Use: By Sex, 1994 (number and index); Products: Any Suncare, Sunblocks, Sun- screens, Suntanning and Sunless Tanning
    • Tanning Products Still Popular with Younger Crowd
    • [Table] Suncare Product Use: By Age, 1994 (percent and index); Products: Any Suncare, Sunblocks, Sun- screen, Suntanning and Sunless Tanning
    • Better Educated Adults Seek Sun Protection
    • [Table] Suncare Product Use: By Level of Education, 1994 (percent and index); Products: Any Suncare, Sunblock, Sunscreen, Suntanning, Sunless Tanning
    • Use of Suncare Products Skews Upscale by Occupation
    • [Table] Suncare Product Use: By Employment Status, 1994 (percent and index); Products: Any Suncare, Sunblock, Sunscreen, Suntanning, Sunless Tanning
    • Suncare Products Most Likely to Be Used by More Affluent
    • [Table] Suncare Product Use: By Household Income, 1994 (percent and index); Products: Any Suncare, Sunblock, Sunscreen, Suntanning, Sunless Tanning Married People Want Protection, While Singles Want to Tan
    • [Table] Suncare Product Use: By Marital Status, 1994 (percent and index); Products: Any Suncare, Sunblock, Sunscreen, Suntanning and Sunless Tanning
    • Caucasians Account for Over 93% of Users
    • [Chart] Demographic Characteristics Favoring Use of Suncare Products, 1994; Factors: Age, Education, Employment, Occupation, Family Status, Race, Region, Locality, Household Income, Household Size, Children in Household; Products: Any Suncare, Sunblocks, Sunscreens, Suntan, Sunless Tanning

    Use By Brand
    • Coppertone Leads by a Wide Margin
    • [Table] Brand Preference for Suncare Products, 1994 (percent); Brands: Coppertone, Hawaiian Tropic, Bain de Soleil, Banana Boat, Water BABIES, Tropical Blend Vaseline Intensive Care, Coppertone Sport
    • Use by Brand Differs Mainly by Age
    • [Chart] Demographic Characteristics Favoring Use of Suncare Products: By Brand, 1994; Factors: Age, Education, Employment, Occupation, Family Status, Race, Region, Locality, Household Income, Household Size, Children in Household; Brand: Bain de Soleil, Banana Boat, Coppertone, Hawaiian Tropic, Tropical Blend, Vaseline Intensive Care, Water Babies

    The International Suncare Market

  1. The Products
    Background
    • Fair Skins and Tans
    • The Ozone Hole
    • The Growth of Skin Cancer
    • UVA as Well as UVB Contributes to Skin Cancer
    • Daily UV Forecast
    • Industry Capitalizes on Cancer Concerns
    • Pragmatic Approach to Skin Cancer Prevention

    The Products
    • Higher SPFs
    • Two Major Product Segments

    Regulatory Milieu
    • Regulation Different from That in U.S.
    • More Liberal Framework in Europe
    • The EU Cosmetics Directive
    • Product Packaging and Labeling in Europe
    • Product Dossiers: A New EU Requirement
    • Cosmetics Directive Embraced by Industry
    • Japanese Regulations Unclear
    • UV Filters
    • Labeling Rules
    • A Ban on Cosmetics Imported into Japan
    • Industry Pushes for European, Global Harmonization
  2. The Market
    Definitions and Methodology
    • Definitions
    • Methodology

    Market Size and Growth
    • European Suncare Sales Placed at $1.4 Billion in 1995
    • Sunscreens and Sunblocks Largest and Fastest Growing
    • Category in Europe
    • [Table] Retail Sales and Growth of the European Suncare Market: By Category, 1991-1995 (U.S. dollars); Category: Sunscreens and Sunblocks, Tanning Products, and Bronzers and After-Sun Products
    • Suncare Sales in Japan Exceed $120 Million in 1995
    • [Table] Retail Dollar Sales and Growth of the Japanese Suncare Market, 1991-1995 (U.S. dollars)

    Factors in Future Market Growth
    • European Market: Growing Public Awareness of Sun Dangers
    • Move Toward Higher SPF Products Grows Market Dollars
    • [Table] Indicative Prices for Suncare Products in Europe: 1996 Product Upgrades
    • Pricing Will Affect Market Growth
    • Japan's Market: Increasing Awareness of Sun Damage Here Also
    • Prices Expected to Rise
    • New Product Developments Should Improve Market Outlook

    Projected Sales
    • Suncare Product Sales in Europe to Approach $2 Billion by 2000
    • [Table] Projected Sales of the European Suncare Market: By Category, 1995-2000 (U.S. dollars); Category: Sun- screens and Sunblocks, Tanning Products, and Bronzers and After-Sun Products
    • Suncare Sales in Japan to Pass $160 Million by Turn of Century
    • [Table] Projected Retail Sales of the Japanese Suncare Market, 1995-2000 (U.S. dollars)

    Market Composition
    • In Europe: Germany Accounts for Almost 25% of Sales
    • [Graphic] Share of European Market for Suncare Products: By Country, 1995 (percent); Country: Germany, France, United Kingdom, Italy, Others
    • Sunscreens/Sunblocks More than Half of Market and Growing
    • [Graphic] Share of Suncare Sales in Europe: By Category, 1991 vs. 1995 vs. 2000 (percent); Category: Sunscreens and Sunblocks, Tanning Products, Bronzers and After-Sun Milks/Lotions Favored Product Forms in Europe In Japan Milks/Lotions and Gels Are Very Popular
  3. The Marketers
    The Marketers
    • The European Leaders
    • Drug Companies Important in the Pharmacy Segment
    • Benckiser a Leader in Premium Segment
    • Japanese Suncare Marketers
    • [Chart] Leading International Suncare Marketers and Their Brands, 1996; Marketers: AMP/Strada, Armstrong, Avon, Bayer, Beiersdorf, Benckiser, Biochemici PSN, Body Shop, Boots, Cadey, Chefaro, Clarins, Dado- Cosmed, Estee Lauder, L'Oreal, Hoechst, Johnson & Johnson, Merck, Myrurgia, Pierre Fabre, Pola, Procter & Gamble, Reckitt & Colman, Schering-Plough, Shiseido, Sisley, Taylor Kosmetik, Yves Rocer, Warner-Lambert, Windsor Healthcare

    Brands and Brand Shares
    • Ambre Solaire and Nivea Sun Brand Leaders in Europe
    • Ambre Solaire and Nivea Sun Leaders in Mass Market
    • L'Oreal's Vichy Only Major Pan-European Brand in
    • Pharmacy Segment
    • L'Oreal's Lancome Leader in Premium Arena
    • In Japan, Anessa and Vacancy Are Leaders

    Competitive Issues
    • New Product Development in Premium Segment
    • Products Are Being Upgraded
    • More Niche Marketing
    • Beiersdorf Promotes High Protection of Nivea Sun
    • L'Oreal Also Boasts Efficacy
    • Economic Slowdown Fosters Stiffer Competition in Japan
    • New Competition in Mass Market
    • Changes in Market Structure
  4. Distribution And Retail
    Distribution Channels
    • Outlet Importance Varies by Country in Europe
    • Three Main Channels for Suncare in Japan
    • Japan: Men's Health Clubs a New Distribution Point
  5. The Consumer
    Sun Risks and Protection: Awareness
    • Awareness Levels Vary by Country
    • Confusion Between SPFs and UV Star Ratings
    • Use of Tanning Beds Grows

    Demography
    • In Europe Young Women Are the Prime Target
    • Fashion-Conscious Young Women Represent About
    • 60% of Suncare Purchases in Japan

    Appendix I: Skin Cancer Foundation Seal Of Recommendation
    Appendix II: Consumer And Trade Advertising And Promotion
    • Consumer Ads
    • Consumer Promotions
    • Trade Ads

    Appendix III: The European Cosmetics Directive
    Appendix IV: Exchange Rates
    Appendix V: Addresses Of Selected Suncare Marketers
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