Coronavirus

J&J will stop selling talc in US and Canada

J&J will stop selling talc-based Baby Powder in US and Canada

By Deanna Utroske

The announcement comes less than one month after a judge’s ruling opened the door to thousands of lawsuits against the multinational medical and CPG company; but Johnson & Johnson attributes the decision to a COVID-19 portfolio assessment.

Coronavirus pushes B2B beauty to go digital

Coronavirus pushes B2B beauty to go digital

By Deanna Utroske

With nearly every 2020 cosmetic and personal care tradeshow canceled or postponed, beauty industry suppliers are taking ingredient launches, technical seminars, branded content, and much more online to keep business moving.

Groupe Marcelle reduces operations, begins layoffs

Groupe Marcelle reduces operations and begins layoffs

By Deanna Utroske

As of Monday, March 30, the Canada-based beauty maker will begin scaling back operations and implementing temporary layoffs in response to the Coronavirus global health and financial crisis.

Henkel has released funds, will distribute products, ramp up disinfectant production and support smaller business partners (Getty Images)

Henkel launches global solidarity program amid COVID-19 outbreak

By Kacey Culliney

Personal care major Henkel is donating €2m to COVID-19 response funds and will supply five million units of personal and household hygiene products to charities and health authorities amid the ongoing global coronavirus pandemic.

19 ways the beauty industry is responding to CoronaVirus

19 ways the beauty industry is responding to CoronaVirus

By Deanna Utroske

It wasn’t until 2020 that Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) became a factor of import in the cosmetics and personal care industry. But by now, no matter where in the world you are, the virus has changed things. Here Cosmetics Design looks at how our...

in-cosmetics Global has been postponed for the second time and will now take place October 6-8 (Getty Images)

SHOW WILL NOW TAKE PLACE IN OCTOBER FOLLOWING SECOND POSTPONEMENT

Update: in-cosmetics Global postponed due to COVID-19

By Kacey Culliney

The organisers of in-cosmetics Global have now postponed the cosmetics trade show to October due to the steep escalation of the ongoing outbreak of Novel Coronavirus COVID-19 in Europe, particularly Spain.

Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna has been postponed for the second time and will now take place on 3-7 September later this year (Getty Images)

SHOW WILL NOW TAKE PLACE IN SEPTEMBER FOLLOWING SECOND POSTPONEMENT

Update: Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna postponed due to COVID-19

By Kacey Culliney

The organisers of Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna have now postponed the cosmetics tradeshow to September, due to the escalated outbreak of Novel Coronavirus COVID-19 in Italy.