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The 2026-W41 issue.
Every story we published from the 2026-W41 snapshot, in one place. 3 stories so far — more open through the week. The raw data is in the 2026-W41 archive →
Japan2026-10-09
On October 3, three of the top four on Rakuten's beauty chart were Korean
Japan is a major market for Korean cosmetics, and Rakuten Ichiba is one of its largest online malls. On October 3, Rakuten's daily beauty ranking had a Korean brand at #1 — and two more at #3 and #4.
Signals2026-10-08
15 of Target's top 100 skincare sellers are Korean — 7 are medicube
Fifteen of the 100 skincare products on Target's best-seller list this week come from Korean brands — and nearly half of those belong to one brand. medicube places seven listings, the highest at #4.
Korea2026-10-07
Korea's two big skincare shelves share just 16 brands
Korea has two very different places to buy skincare online: Olive Young, the beauty specialist, and Coupang, the everything store. Read their skincare best-seller lists side by side and they barely lo