The Indian government has approved 100 per cent foreign direct investment (FDI) for single brand retailing, making investment into the consumer goods market easier for global investors including cosmetics companies.
Anglo-Dutch consumer giant Unilever has made a multi-million euro investment to expand its production facility in Indonesia as it believes it will help to drive sustainable growth for the company in the fast-growing developing and emerging markets.
China state-run company Shanghai Jahwa is selling assets to the tune of nearly €550m with a view to investing in the international luxury cosmetics market.
Having already tailored its business increasingly around personal care, Unilever CEO Paul Polman says the company is hoping to eventually derive most of its sales from emerging markets.
A year after it was spun off from UK personal care provider PZ Cussons, Seven Scent is reporting a positive operating results and a particularly strong interest from international markets.
With rapid expansion on the cards at consumer goods giant Unilever, it has entered into a global alliance with Jacobs Engineering Group to support the delivery of its capital investments in the future.
A keynote presentation by Euromonitor International at the recent in-cosmetics expo in Milan has identified four key strategies aimed at growing cosmetics and personal care businesses.
Global beauty company Coty has received minority equity investments from two private equity firms which will aid in its accelerated growth plans on a global scale.
L’Oreal has announced its new research and innovation strategy targeting the emerging markets that it believes will help it to capture one billion new consumers.
Procter & Gamble will be increasing the number of brands and products it offers in emerging markets in order to make the most of the growth potential they hold.
Investment company Heliad Equity Partners has acquired an indirect 40 per cent interest in Germany-based cosmetics producer Baden-Baden Cosmetics Group.
Kimberly-Clark has weathered the economic storm relatively well compared to the other big personal care players, prompting the company to paint a rosy long-term forecast.
One of the biggest challenges to natural and organic companies is ensuring a reliable supply of quality raw materials, but experts believe investing in the supply chain is a viable solution.
Having been hard hit by the economic downturn in 2009 L’Oreal says new markets will help to counteract limited growth opportunities in developed markets.
Strong sales for its Care Chemicals division and the divestment of the Oleochemicals and Pulcra Chemicals businesses boost Cognis, but net profits were still in the red in 2008.
Leading UK toothpaste packaging manufacturer Betts Global has been
bought out by private equity specialist Gresham in a move that aims
to better position the company for future global growth.
Following the recent sale of its Hirtler soap factory to an
independent buyer, Beiersdorf has stated this week that it will
sell its logistics centre in Hamburg in a bid to bring the
realignment of its supply chain organisation programme...
US-based GE Energy Financial Services yesterday confirmed it would
take a majority interest in Idex Aquaservices, a France-based
supplier of purified water to the food, beverage and
cosmeticsindustries.
Unilever sales grew by just 2 per cent in 2005, putting them in the
shadows as arch rival P&G takes the number one consumer goods
spot following last year's purchase of Gillette.
The battle for Japaneseconsumer giant Kanebo and its cosmetics
division has been narrowed down to three players that include
Japanese personal care giant Kao, and investment groups that
include European and US companies.
In line with the approaching completion of its CIS Supply Centre,
Oriflame has announced that it is hooking up with machinery
supplier Weckerle to establish a lipstick manufacturing facility.
Swedish direct sales company Oriflame has said that it expects
sales to grow at faster rates, but that significant investments,
particularly in the China and Russia markets, will impact operating
margins.
The investment world has given its seal of approval to P&G's
proposed $57 billion acquisition of Gillette, with analysts
recommending Gillette shares as a good buy, but experts are
expecting that the deal will bring headaches...
Toothpaste maker Colgate-Palmolive says it is axing more than 4,000
of its global work force and closing a third of its 78 factories in
a restructuring plan that aims to save the company up to $300
million a year. Simon Pitman reports.