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“Well if you’re a young company networking is your lifeblood, it’s everything, it’s your next source of capital, it’s your next retailer, it’s your next creative developer, so I think this is a great forum specifically for that purpose.” 

"Highly useful content – talks spanned from extremely technical discussions on formulation and particular ingredients, to more marketing/consumer focused discussions around brand and product positioning. A lot of great learnings and important discussions for this growing category!”

"It was good to connect to others who are also formulating in this space, to share knowledge, opinions and discuss common frustrations. Also, good to hear from leaders that are defining the strategies."

"It’s about the intel, to learn about the companies we don’t know about and to trade intelligence with the people and see new visionaries in the beauty space."

“[Beauty Connect] is important to us, because it is the only vehicle in the market place today that is really identifying globally, the next generation of brands in today’s beauty world.”

“We had a spectacular session on Personalization yesterday and were actually surprised with how many people engaged from different parts of the world, from Asia to North America, Europe and Africa. This only confirms there are really no boundaries of how far we can go in the digital world. With just over 480 people registering it was great to see that the average session duration was 51 minutes which shows attendees were really engaged from start to finish.”

"There’s such a wealth of new start-up brands across all categories here today who are changing the shape of the beauty industry."

“I really enjoyed the experience: I met a lot of interesting people, listened to several very exciting speakers, learned about many outstanding upcoming brands.”

“A great event to collaborate and share insights on key topics facing the industry today.”

“This is a specialised summit, which I think brings a lot of added value to a lot more players so we can have deep talks within personalisation – discussing the challenges and realities of it in business.”

“I really enjoyed the experience: I met a lot of interesting people, listened to several very exciting speakers, learned about many outstanding upcoming brands.”

“[Beauty Connect] successfully drew together a well curated group of strategic buyers, acquisitive private equity firms, value added research firms, specialty investment banks and indie beauty brands in a format that allowed for attendees to build helpful relationships within the industry.”

“I expected high quality seminars, networking with top senior executives and advice on investment all of which were met and more. I would highly recommend this to any indie brand wanting exposure in front of the right people.”