The direct sales cosmetics player is now counting on its Latin American units to drive growth, as it experiences stagnant revenue from its core Brazilian market.
The Canadian industry organization for cosmetics companies, the CCFTA, has defended top cosmetics companies such as L’Oreal and J&J against accusations of using “toxic” chemicals in their products.
Unilever’s U.S. division has confirmed an agreement with United States government authorities that will see the company pay a $1 million fine for pollution relating its now closed Clinton, Connecticut personal care production facility.
Specialty chemicals company Clariant has announced the second expansion of its ethoxylation site at Clear Lake in Pasadena, Texas which serves the personal care industry amongst others.
There’s been a rash or major executive appointments in the past few weeks, with this article highlighting new high-level positions at Coty, Tupperware and Amyris.
Traditionally, Black Friday sees consumers elbowing for shelve space, however this year certain US retail giants reported that opening for thanksgiving for the first time was what brought the business in this year!
Although the emerging markets in Asia Pacific and Latin America continue to be stronger economies, the slowdown in growth is likely to stay for the longer term, says Unilever CEO Paul Polman.
Anglo-Dutch consumer goods giant has been making a lot of announcements of late and the latest is that it will sell of part of its hair care business as it looks to focus on its core brands.
Kimberly-Clark is set for big changes, having announced new VPs for both the North America and Asia Pacific markets, as well as pursuing a potential spin-off of its Health Care business.
Cosmetics company Avon "does not understand" the MLM model and is dangerously trapped between two different strategies for selling, according to an expert in multi-level marketing.
The Begium based company has acquired the specialty chemical assets of ERCA Química in Brazil in an effort to cater to Latin Americas surfactants demand.
Consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble announces it has reached most of its goals in sustainability for 2013, bringing the company benefits both in savings and ‘green’ image.
Cosmetics giant Procter & Gamble has denied rumors that they have developed a revolutionary new plastic molding process, calling media reports “extremely inaccurate.”
Procter & Gamble’s CEO has stated the company is putting a recovery plan in place to get two of its largest beauty brands, Pantene and Olay, growing again, after recent ‘stumbles’ in the North American market.
Elevance Renewable Sciences will make its line of plant-based polymers and emollients commercially available for cosmetics, skin care and hair care applications.
Global cosmetics company Sally Beauty Holdings reported a poor performance in Q4 of their financial year as profits were affected by increasing income tax despite an increase in sales.
The luxury house has filed suit against a Brooklyn-based knock off scents manufacturer as it believes it has violated the copyright of its' ‘Prada Candy’ fragrance.
Schwan Cosmetics has moved its USA headquarters from New Jersey to Rutherford County in North Carolina in order to take advantage of a higher quality of life and a more skilled work force.
The global cosmetics firm is concerned that its business could be affected by the Securities and Exchange Commission's recent proposal of a much larger penalty to settle bribery allegations than it had initially expected.
Estée Lauder CEO and president Fabrizio Freda believes that despite a recent slowdown in department store sales for mainstream brands such as Clinique, the market will pick up again as the holiday season approaches.
Coty had reported that its net revenues for the first quarter were down, hit by slowing sales in both the nail and fragrance categories in the United States.
Fragrance and flavors player IFF has revealed strong third quarter results showing that its fragrance division is the main driving force behind the upward trend.
Having lost the Burberry cosmetic and fragrance license at the beginning of the year, Inter Parfums is continuing efforts to plug the gap left by the departure of its biggest brand.
A newly released report about mergers and acquisitions activity in the beauty industry underlines the sector’s overall resilience in recent years, which bears testimony to an 8% growth in the number of beauty business deals.
Law firm Wites & Kapetan has announced an investigation into Coty’s $1 billion flotation, which was launched back in June of this year to raise money for further investments.
Revlon has now threatened legal action against three U.S. NGOs less than a week after speaking out against campaigns it felt were misleading in urging it to stop using certain cancer linked chemicals.
BASF Corporation has confirmed that California-based Ross Organic will become its exclusive distributor for its range of personal care ingredients in the West Coast region.
Troubled cosmetics manufacturer Avon has reported a poor third quarter for 2013 as a result of low sales in North America and weakness in emerging markets.
L’Oreal reported a weak third quarter for 2013 as sales in some regions were affected by market slowdowns and higher-than-expected inventory reductions in distribution.
CEA-Leti, a French institute active in the field of micro- and nanotechnology, announced that its patented Lipidots nanovector technology for medical applications has been successfully transferred to its partner Capsum for use in the cosmetics arena.
As Target becomes the latest US retailer to commit to providing consumers with more information than ever on the health and environmental impact of the cosmetics they use, it could potentially mean that some in the industry will have to step up their...
In a bitter-sweet move BASF will look to strengthen its competitiveness within its Performance Products segment with a multi-million dollar investment in R&D that will also see approximately 650 positions reduced globally by 2017.
Anglo-Dutch consumer goods firm Unilever has seen its sales growth slow due to currency weakness in emerging markets, but insists that this is only a temporary issue and that things will pick up again.
Reckitt Benckiser is aiming for more transparency as it expands its ingredient disclosure program to include the 26 recognized fragrance allergens for all of its U.S. products.
The Brazilian petrochemical company has invested $23 million to expand its production capacity of low density polyethylene in a bid to support demand for the polymer used in cosmetic packaging.
Inter Parfums has entered into an agreement to acquire further assets of its wholly-owned subsidiary Oscar de la Renta, in a deal that will also see the two companies team up several new product lines.
The global personal care brand has launched a ‘care to recycle’ campaign in a bid to remind US consumers to recycle more toiletries after 7 out of 10 Americans admitted that they only recycle bathroom items every 1 in 5 instances.
L’Oréal has confirmed a draft agreement that will see it acquire the Decléor and Carita professional skin care brands from Japanese cosmetics giant Shiseido.
