Oral care provider Colgate-Palmolive has benefited from strong fourth quarter sales growth and positive foreign currency effects, leading it to report a substantial profit increase.
Procter & Gamble has delivered net sales growth of 6 percent for its second quarter, with strong unit volume sales growth indicating its brands are back on track.
Highly developed research and development institutions and good protection of intellectual property will help make Switzerland a leader in nanotechnology, according to a recent report.
Strong trading performance, particularly in Europe and the Asia-Pacific region, has boosted profits for PZ Cussons despite a fragile economic environment.
Kimberly-Clark posts rising sales and profit for its Q4 on strong personal care sales but the company’s outlook is weakened by the forecast of slow recovery for paper-based goods.
Retail cosmetic sales grew at 16.9 per cent in China during the course of 2009, a figure that defies the global market trend but indicates slower underlying growth.
Key to this year’s PCD Congress being held in Paris on 26 and 27 January 2010 is the showcasing of new innovations by various players in the perfume and cosmetics packaging industry.
Celebrating twenty years of showcasing new developments and innovations within the cosmetics and personal care industry, this year’s in-cosmetics show is taking place 13-15 April 2010 in Paris.
When the Personal Care and Homecare Ingredients show opens its doors on March 10 in Shanghai, industry professionals will find that new technology is the focal point.
Although Asia should remain a strong market for the growing number of cosmetic and skincare products with an SPF claim that are being launched, their future popularity in the US may be less certain.
The Estée Lauder Companies (ELC) has appointed Christopher Wood to the position of senior vice president of the Global Strategic Modernization Initiative (SMI), to oversee the next stage of the program.
US-based Optigenex, a developer of anti-aging ingredients, has signed a licensing agreement with Promethean Corporation for the distribution and marketing of branded cosmeceutical and dietary supplement products containing AC-11.
The Malaysian arm of Marico, an Indian consumer products group, has entered into an agreement with Colgate-Palmolive to buy its Code 10 hair styling brand.
Examining topics such as green marketing, eco-labels and ethical ingredient sourcing, Organic Monitor’s New York Sustainable Cosmetics Summit will take place on 24-26th March next year.
Direct-selling company Nu Skin has launched its Future Serum in the Japanese market, the first ageLOC product to be made available in Japan, as part of a global product roll-out.
A universal lipstick packaging mechanism and a silicone applicator for lip gloss are two of the recent packaging innovations from Alcan Packaging Beauty.
For active ingredients companies that can offer novel products and easier formulations, the Indian personal care market is a ‘fertile breeding ground’, according to analysts at Frost & Sullivan.
Glycolipids produced in abundance by a number of yeast strains exhibit good moisturising properties and can help damaged skin cells recover, according to a recent study by Japanese scientists.
Sally Beauty says it has expanded its footing in the international salon market with the acquisition of Belgium-based wholesale distributor Sinelco Group.
Individual approaches to marketing beauty products in the fast-growing developing markets is essential to success, the latest Kline Group market report reveals.
Shiseido is opening a sales subsidiary in Vietnam in response to greater consumer demand and significant growth within the cosmetics market from the country’s rapid economic development.
Amcor’s takeover of Alcan has been cleared by the European Commission after the Australian company agreed to sell off two pharmaceutical and food packaging plants in Spain.
In line with the expectation that successful clinical trials of Skinvisible Pharmaceuticals’ DermSafe hand sanitizer would accelerate license negotiations worldwide, the company has secured a Canadian license agreement for its product.
Unilever has halted all purchases of palm oil from Indonesian company PT SMART after a Greenpeace report alleged that its parent group Sinar Mas is engaged in widespread illegal deforestation and peatland clearance in Indonesia.
Symrise has added a range of superfruit extracts to its active ingredients portfolio in the hope of benefiting from the advanced consumer awareness of the fruits.
Encapsulating aloe vera extract in liposomes could help it penetrate the skin and enhance its potential as a skin care active, according to a recent study.
Ingredients standards researcher ChromaDex has secured $1,000,000 in investment that it says will allow it to continue expanding the business, after spending several months consolidating the deal.
Following on from a series of workshop between global regulatory bodies held in Italy this summer, further steps have been taken towards the global regulation of nanomaterials in cosmetics.