Archives for November 20, 2007

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Speculation grows as PPR linked to Clarins buy

By  Simon Pitman

French luxury products and retail group PPR is the latest company to be linked to a buy-out of one of the last remaining independent major cosmetics companies, Clarins.

China reacts to cosmetics safety scares

By  Guy Montague-Jones

The Chinese government has acted on promises to improve product standards 'blacklisting' 10 domestically manufactured cosmetics, according to press reports.