Global Halal cosmetics market continues to prosper

With the global Halal cosmetics market expected to reach USD55 billion in 2017, Spire Research and Consulting shared its views on the outlook for this category in an article published in Techno Business Insight.

As the global Muslim population reaches 1.6 billion people, awareness of Halal cosmetics has surged.

Halal cosmetics are not permitted to contain any animal blood, pigs or alcohol content. The entire supply chain, production, packaging as well as distribution process needs to comply with these rules to be certified as Halal.

The rise of e-commerce has pushed the demand for Halal cosmetic products even further.

https://www.spireresearch.com/newsroom/media/global-halal-cosmetics-market-continues-to-prosper/

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