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Kosé to speed up its global expansion

In the first half of the year, sales at Kosé, Japan’s third largest beauty company, were ¥130.6bn, up 4.4%, while operating profit jumped more than 80% to ¥7.2bn. The company plans to push further in the U.S. and Europe to achieve ¥500bn sales target.

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