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Budget, profitability, cost price and online sales: steering the growth of a cosmetic brand.

Investing in a cosmetic brand and selling it online raises questions about figures long before questions about the formula: starting budget, cost price, margin, stock and customer acquisition cost. This category is for investors, e-commerce entrepreneurs and managers who steer the development of a range.

This section helps you build a realistic plan: what a launch costs, how to split the budget between manufacturing and marketing, when to broaden the offer. For an overview of the sector, read Investing in cosmetics in Tunisia, which presents the opportunities, the key figures and the entry models.

A principle we often recall: start with one or two well-positioned products and keep enough to make them known. Private label lets you start from an existing formula and produce small batches, from 200 units, or even 100 depending on the project, after assessment. Larger volumes come later, once sales have validated the product and customer feedback guides the broadening of the range.

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Investing in Tunisia’s cosmetics industry: opportunities, key figures and entry models in 2026

Investment and e-commerce · 1 November 2026 · 13 min

Investing in Tunisia’s cosmetics industry can be justified in 2026. According to La Presse (March 2025), the sector has about 774 companies and its exports reached about 225 million dinars at the end of 2024. Local flora and market access are strengths. The 25% consumption duty, however, weighs on the domestic market. Whether the project makes sense depends on the entry model (factory, contract manufacturing or brand) and the target countries.

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