India’s Wipro Consumer Care has acquired Philippine personal care company Splash Corporation, with its CFO telling us the deal will fulfil its goal of becoming one of the top three personal care players in Asia.
Johnson & Johnson has defended its No More Tears baby shampoo after tests conducted by the northwestern Indian state of Rajasthan concluded that it found formaldehyde in its products.
Research from Mintel reveals that almost 65% of Indian men are concerned about their appearance, creating opportunities for personal care companies to target them with more specialised products.
Behind the rising trend of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Ayurveda beauty, there are challenges that formulators face when creating modern skin care products from millennia-old wellness concepts.
Iberchem Group will be unveiling a new fragrance and flavours creative centre in Goregaon, Mumbai, to host both Iberchem’s fragrance and Scentium’s flavours divisions.
India-based vegan beauty brand Plum is gearing up for expansion in “multiple directions” domestically, says its founder and director Shankar Prasad, after receiving funding from Unilever Ventures
Call it Blue Beauty, Conscious Business, or a Circular Economy; in any case small beauty brands and multinational cosmetics and personal care corporations are rethinking the status quo and working to ensure that the industry won’t be undone by thoughtless...
Asia dominates beauty and personal care sales when compared to its global counterparts, with an anticipated value increase of $33 bn (€29 bn) between 2017 and 2022.
Iba Halal Care, India’s only Halal-certified cosmetics brand, has raised $3m in Series-A funding to tackle expansion plans in the nation’s burgeoning sector.
Direct-selling beauty firm AVON has appointed a new General Manager to its Indian operations in bid to improve the company’s position in the country’s fast-growing market.
From packaging to logo design, home-grown Indian beauty brand Colorbar Cosmetics is changing its look in order to expand overseas and compete with global players in the market.
