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Online discussion and ecommerce important for cosmetics brands

By Andrew MCDOUGALL

Social media and the online discussion that these platforms provide are an important influence on cosmetics brands, and with ecommerce picking up pace in the developing world, CosmeticsDesign-Asia.com catches up with The Happy Marketer’s Rachit Dayal to...

Unilever sees sales slow but insists form is temporary

By Andrew MCDOUGALL

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.

BASF to make R&D investments but cut jobs

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.