The General Court of the European Union has ruled against The Body Shop’s efforts to annul the ‘Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market’ decision to reject its application to register trademark ‘Spa Wisdom’.
France-based ingredients provider Olvea has upped its shea butter manufacturing capabilities in Burkina Faso with the opening of new processing facility.
Global beauty retailer Shiseido is pushing ahead with its new entity, Shiseido Travel Retail, with an ambitious sales target of 18.5 billion Yen/USD 169.6 million for this financial year.
Kimberly-Clark had a challenging first quarter, hit by currency headwinds that led to declines in all divisions, including personal care, but emerging markets are still growing.
French ingredients player Seppic has teamed up with Total Fluides to develop a range of bio-sourced emollients and to explore new development opportunities in the cosmetics market.
The Mibelle Group will purchase Procter & Gamble’s Ondal Sarl production site in Sarreguemines in France as it looks to strengthen its already close business relationship with the consumer goods giant and expand its existing cosmetics product range.
L’Oréal saw its Group sales rise 1.8% for the first quarter 2016 to €6.55 billion, thanks to gains made in Western Europe and North America offsetting difficulties encountered in some emrging markets due to the strengthening euro.
Ingredient supplier Givaudan has rebranded its active cosmetics business as ‘Active Beauty’, unveiling the new identity at the in-cosmetics trade show in Paris as it looks to add more focus to its personal care business.
Showa Denko, a Japan-based ingredients supplier for the cosmetics industry, has teamed up with international distributor Azelis, to further strengthen its global reach.
The Estée Lauder Companies has announced a number of leadership appointments and changes, including Peter Jueptner taking the reins as President, Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), with the target of growing the cosmetics firm’s business further.
L'Oreal Paris is feeling the heat as one of the sponsors of 'IT Princess', a Russian beauty competition claiming to attract more women into science, tech and engineering.
Personal care sales once again led the way for Unilever in its first quarter 2016 results, although turnover saw a 2% decline due to the strength of the euro and company CEO Paul Polman once again highlighted the tough market conditions.
Paris-based guest amenity company Groupe GM has announced a significant expansion of its international distribution network by opening its own distribution subsidiaries in China and Taiwan, in collaboration with local partners.
Lonza’s Consumer Care division has announced that Dr. Russell Elliott will be taking over as the director of skin care technology at the company’s personal care division.
Natura Cosmetics and Symrise Amazon have obtained a UEBT certification for a total of 40 natural ingredients from the Amazon attesting that the ingredients are ethically sourced from 14 supplier communities based in the Brazilian Amazon.
Barentz International and Innospec have teamed up by signing a long-term distribution agreement to market ingredients for Personal & Home Care throughout a number of countries in Europe.
A Wall Street analyst’s positive note on Procter & Gamble’s outlook has sent share prices upwards and could be one of the first signs the business is really back on track.
The Anglo-Dutch consumer goods giant has cancelled its contract with palm oil supplier IOI Group after the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) suspended its certification following complaints of deforestation and community conflict, which Unilever...
Sun Chemical, which produces inks, coatings, and pigments for the cosmetics industry, announces that ‘with regret’ it will raise global prices on cosmetic pigments, preparations and effects as of June 1, 2016.
The beauty behemoth announces that Alexandre Popoff will add the company’s Africa-Middle East zone to his responsibilities, taking over from Geoff Skingsley, who will be returning to his home country to be appointed Non- Executive Chairman of L’Oréal...
Having spent a little over a month without a leader, the Revlon board of executives has announced that Fabian Garcia is making the jump from Colgate-Palmolive to become the new CEO and President.
Synthetic silk biopolymer supplier AMSilk has teamed up with Rahn for the Zurich-based company to distribute two of its cosmetics ingredients in several European countries.
Bioscience firm Amyris is expanding its Brotas industrial fermentation complex in Brazil by adding a dedicated flavours & fragrances manufacturing unit, in order meet customer demand, particularly for its farnesene fragrance molecule.
Croda has moved to bolster its European surfactants offering with a groundbreaking ceremony at its Chocques manufacturing site in northern France that signals the start of a major capital investment.
Procter & Gamble has just announced that it is investing an additional $50m in Argentina, as a new government is ushered in with the promise of more liberal trade and business regulations.
Swiss fine chemicals specialist DSM has announced the appointment of a new vice president of ingredients and innovative solutions for beauty care products.
Unilever joins a host of industry partners in the creation of an open platform called Paragon to help tackle global climate challenges by combining market research forces in addressing key global development and sustainability challenges.
Estée Lauder Companies’ results might have come in above Wall Street’s expectations for the past 18 quarters, but Goldman Sachs has taken the decision to downgrade it.
The winners of the L’Oréal-UNESCO Women in Science Awards have been announced today and two US-based scientists are amongst the 20 outstanding achievers to be recognized.
BRB International and Azelis UK Life Sciences announce a strategic partnership agreement for the latter to exclusively distribute specialty ingredients for personal care applications in the UK and Ireland.
The Anglo-Dutch giant has signed a definitive multi-year global supply agreement with Solazyme, now known as TerraVia, for the supply of sustainable algae oils to be used in personal care applications.
L’Oreal CEO Jean Paul Agon has received a 2016 Leadership Award for his demonstrated commitment and implementation of policies that advance and empower women in the workplace, marketplace and community.
Estee Lauder’s UK & Ireland operation has appointed Janet Saunders to the newly created position of Commercial Vice President/ General Manager, as it looks to leverage further opportunities across its portfolio.
Fourth quarter results for fragrance and luxury cosmetic player Inter Parfums missed the mark, with sales hit by currency translations and profits missing forecasts.
Avon Products has confirmed that it is shifting its international headquarters to the UK and is to reduce its workforce by 2,500 as part of its transformation plan for the ailing business.
The two US chemical corporations jointly filed a preliminary registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission this month, outlining plans for leadership, work streams, synergies, and finance.
This week the global beauty retailer named 8 North American beauty companies—specializing in skin care, cosmetics, and tech—that will be participating in Sephora’s inaugural business incubator program.
Six of the leading players in the cosmetics and personal care space have been commended for their exemplary business practices once again and named in the Ethisphere Institute’s 2016 World's Most Ethical Companies list.
Switzerland-based biotechnology ingredient player Mibelle Biotechnology has established a USA division, recently opening up its headquarters in White Plains, New York.
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