CLIO has a great vision to provide confidence
and pleasure
for who are enjoying new changes
through cosmetics.
We always lead the market
with new challenges and innovation.

HISTORY OF THE CLIO

2022 Aiming the global market with the
beginning of the endemic era

MAY

CEO of CLIO Han Hyun-ok awarded the
“52nd CEO of the Year Award” by the KMA

2022 Aiming the global market with the
beginning of the endemic era

AUG

Became a member of the UN Global Compact (UNGC),
the world’s largest corporate ESG initiative

2022 Aiming the global market with the
beginning of the endemic era

OCT

Participated in “the 2022 Seoul Beauty Week,”
a global beauty festival

2021 Established the ESG management
paradigm to enhance corporate values

APR

Officially launched “TRUE RX,”
a high-functional clean healthcare brand

2021 Established the ESG management
paradigm to enhance corporate values

SEP

Selected for the first time among cosmetics companies as
the
“Global Sustainable Brand 100” by the UN SDGs
Acquired the highest GRP rating (AAA), an eco-friendly
guideline of international standards by the UN

2021 Established the ESG management
paradigm to enhance corporate values

OCT

Released “Vegan Wear Cushion,” CLIO’s first vegan line

2021 Established the ESG management
paradigm to enhance corporate values

NOV

CLIO selected for “the TOP 10 Makeup Brand”
by Pinguan, a Chinese media specializing in cosmetics

2020 Spreading the wings of business expansion

JAN

Proclaimed a management policy of “customer
experience,
digital, and global” that will fulfill
innovative DNA

2020 Spreading the wings of business expansion

AUG

The new headquarters of CLIO awarded the
“Grand Prize for the 38th Seoul Architecture Awards”

2020 Spreading the wings of business expansion

SEP

Entered the health functional foods business
by establishing a subsidiary, “CLIO LIFECARE”

2020 Spreading the wings of business expansion

NOV

Launched the “Man All-in-One Sun BB,”
CLIO's first makeup product for men

2019 Discover new business and system innovation

FEB

Discover new business and system innovation
- New home shopping business, launched
Established SCM MIS & Advanced WMS, POS

2019 Discover new business and system innovation

AUG

A new home to achieve dreams
- New building of Seoul Forest completed

2019 Discover new business and system innovation

DEC

Best sales achieved first-ever
- Revenue 250 billion KRW exceeded

2018 Innovative Product satisfying with customers, Mega Hit

DEC

CLIO Kill Cover Cushion 9.6 Million in cumulative sales total ('14.10~)
Peripera Ink Tint, 20 million in cumulative sales total ('15.02~)
Goodal Snail Tone-up Creams, 5 million in cumulative sales total ('15.03~)
Green Tangerine Vita C Serum 0.45 Million in cumulative sales total ('18.02~)

2017 Another challenge, dreaming of the future

APR

Anseong Logistics Center, established
Year 2011 Bucheon (540 pyeong),
'15 Gunpo (2,300 pyeong)

2017 Another challenge, dreaming of the future

MAY

Hair & body brand healing bird launch

2017 Another challenge, dreaming of the future

AUG

DERMA Cosmetic Brand DERMATORY launch

2017 Another challenge, dreaming of the future

DEC

Limited Collection Launch
(CLIO-SUPER SUPER, PLAY MYMY and etc
Peripera-Daldal Plant, ASMR, Pinky Moment

2016 Global, Global, Global

JUL

LVMH Group (L-Capital) $ 50 million investment

2016 Global, Global, Global

AUG

Join venture GCC in Guangzhou, China, established

SEP

CLIO Shanghai branch- a core hub of Chinese market- officially opened

2016 CLIO, Leading the K-Beauty

NOV

Transparent management, shareholder-oriented management, listed on the KOSDAQ market

2016 Entrepreneur of Innovation and Challenge, CEO Han Hyun-ok

DEC

EY Best Entrepreneur Award (Ernst & Young)
Beloved Company Award in S. Korea (Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy)
Minister of Employment and Labor Award for Job Creation ('17 .12)
Silver Tower Medal of Industrial Service Merit for National productivity ('18 .10)
Vueve Clico Business Woman Award ('18 .12)

2015 Global Customers, Greater Market Expansion

MAY

First global online launched(Timall Global, China)
(~ '18 extended to Amazon, Rakuten, Kyuten, Lazada and etc.)

2015 Global Customers, Greater Market Expansion

NOV

Housed in duty-free shops in Korea (Silla) and started full-fledged duty-free business
(24 stores in operation as of 19.06)

2015 Market power, continuous record breaking

DEC

Reached 100 billion KRW in sales, exceeding 10 million dollars in export

2013 Global Business Takes a Big Step

APR

Housed in overseas H & B stores such as Singapore (Watsons) and Taiwan (Cosmed)

2013 Global Business Takes a Big Step

SEP

Housed in Manhattan Club Office in USA
(As of 19.06, 8,700 stores including overseas CLUB CLIO and H & B)

2013 Business is a person

OCT

Establishment of Corporate Culture, Declaration of CLIO Way
Vision, 'Every Pouch One CLIO'
Core Values- Let's Change, Communicate and Enjoy

2012 Innovation from drastic experimentation

FEB

Peripera, simple and intense Mari Kim collaboration (~’17, 01)

2012 Opening a self distributing
multi-brand shop

AUG

1st Store of Club CLIO
(Myeongdong 1st Avenue) Grand Opening
(100th shop as of ’16, 11)

2011 Opening a new way of skincare

JAN

Naturalism brand <Goodal> launched

2008 Marketing, the power to do things that others can't

SEP

Actress Kim HaNeul <Waterproof Eyeliner>
Big Hit 'When smudged, you loose'
Singer Lee HyoRi <Kill Black Eyeliner>
Mega Hit ‘All Dead, Kill Black’ (’10, 10)

2006 Leading the color makeup market

DEC

Annual sales reached 10 billion

2005 Korea's first art collaboration started

APR

CLIO Art Shadow Launched

2005 Absolutely strong brand targeting young ladies

SEP

Exclusive online color makeup brand <Perifera> launched

2004 CLIO, leading a new market

JUL

Housed in Hue Place Multi Shop

SEP

Housed in Beautyplex
(1st Branch of Seongshin Women's University)
Housed in a supermarket such as Home Plus
(’05, 01)
Housed in Olive young H & B (’05, 02)
Housed Watson H & B (’05, 06)

2002 Meeting between cosmetics and art

SEP

S. Korea's first cosmetic art exhibition
<Colorful! Powerful!> launched
Cultural arts support through art marketing (5 times in the following 10 years)

2000 CLIO DNA, it's innovation

AUG

New pearl stick shadow <
Metallic Color Eyes> launched
Pen-type lip gloss <lip shine> developed (’01, 09)

1999 First step towards K beauty

APR

Participated in Bologna Cosmetics Fair, Italy
Entering the global market
with full-scale overseas sales
(Hong Kong, China, USA and Italy)

1998 Infrastructure built for market expansion

NOV

Apgujeong office built (598-5, Sinsa-dong, Gangnam-gu)
CLIO Official Website, opened

1997 Clio, opening up the way of distribution channels

FEB

First makeup shop with test products
Housed the department store as a single makeup shop
(Gangnam Galleria)
Clio color makeup shop, opened (’98, 09)
(Sinchon ewha womans University)

1994 Aim for the best quality

MAY

Outsourcing of first-class international OEM
(Italy, France, Germany)

1993 Start of innovation and challenge

OCT

CLIO Corporation founded
Professional color makeup brand <CLIO> launched