Estee Lauder has joined L’Oreal and Procter & Gamble in unveiling its strategy of targeting value products to appeal to cash-strapped beauty consumers.
In what it calls a transformation of its business, Dow Corning is enlarging its internet selling platform to improve efficiency and targeting the ‘megatrend’ sustainability.
Procter & Gamble has bought the Miami-based business Art of Shaving as part of its plans to expand into the international prestige men’s grooming category.
The head of BASF’s care chemicals business said the company refuses to be drawn into a price war to compete in the depressed market for personal care ingredients.
Physicians Formula has received a NASDAQ Staff Deficiency Letter threatening the company with delisting if it does not fulfill requirements for its executive board.
Fusion Brands International (FBI), which manufactures products under the trademark CLEAN, has filed a lawsuit against a fellow beauty manufacturer claiming trademark infringement.
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Procter & Gamble (P&G) has released earnings expectations for 2010 that failed to live up to Wall Street estimates but shares in the company remained steady.
Global fragrance provider Parlux has announced a 30 percent drop in its fourth quarter sales as its international markets bear the brunt of the economic downturn.
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Corporate bargain hunters are looking for good buys in cosmetics and healthcare as the economic downturn throws up a range of acquisition opportunities.
Elizabeth Arden has posted gloomy guidance for the financial year after weakness in travel retail and unfavorable exchange rate fluctuations hit third quarter results.
Unilever has reported better than expected first quarter sales figures but the company admitted that some switching to private label goods had affected turnover.
L’Oreal reported flat first quarter sales but differences between divisions were marked with luxury and professional product sales being the hardest hit.
A slowdown in travel created by the swine flu outbreak, compounded by already weak travel retail sales is likely to hit Elizabeth Arden results, an analyst says.
Procter & Gamble revealed that its third quarter sales fell by 8 percent as consumer spend in developed markets fell and the strength of the US dollar impacted international sales.
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Estee Lauder has unveiled significant executive and organizational changes for the second phase of its company restructuring plan, 18 months after the first measures were announced.
Lipid Nutrition has launched a branded version of rising vitamin E form, tocotrienol, which a growing body of science is backing as one of the most powerful in antioxidant payload.
Hair care specialist Alberto Culver becomes another victim of the strong dollar against international currencies, as a resulting drop in sales dents profits.
A panel of beauty experts gathered at in-cosmetics in Munich last week to examine the latest data on the cosmetics industry and diagnose its financial health.
Tupperware Brands, the maker of food storage products and beauty products, announce big drop in sales, further exacerbated by a strong dollar impacting European results.
The global personal care provider says sales fell by 6.6 percent in its first quarter reflecting tough retail conditions in Europe and North America and a strong dollar.
For the first time since purchasing Pentapharm in 2007, DSM is showcasing the full portfolio of skin care ingredients from its own reserves and those from the Swiss skin care specialist.
Revlon’s board of directors is mulling a proposal by investment group MacAndrews & Forbes Holdings to buy-out shares it does not already own in the business.
Procter & Gamble looks well placed to ride the economic storm as a leading financial analyst upgrades the company’s rating on the back of cost cutting measures.
