Procter & Gamble has announced a disappointing set of financial results as sales drop for the sixth consecutive quarter and profits take a massive hit on unfavourable currency exchange and Venezuela charges.
Procter & Gamble announces that David S. Taylor, Group President of Global Beauty, Grooming and Health Care, will succeed A.G. Lafley as the company’s President and Chief Executive Officer.
Luxury fashion house, Hermès has revealed that its' fragrance arm in Japan is up 20% – a rise the brand attributes to a “selective distribution network”.
The specialty chemicals company cut the ribbon on its Richmond Business and Innovation Center last week, setting the stage for further growth in North America and a new innovations strategy across the Evonik business.
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PZ Cussons says it will focus on and remains confident of a strong recovery after pre-tax profit and sales dropped, with the falling oil price, weak currency and the threat of violence in Nigeria taking their toll.
Anglo-Dutch consumer goods giant Unilever says it expects to make further growth over the next half year having acquired four brands to boost its skin care portfolio in the last six months.
The latest edition of people on the move features key appointments from a cross-section of beauty providers, including Crabtree and Evelyn, Sibu Beauty and Estée Lauder.
Dove skin care maker Unilever is looking to take on the issue of deforestation and engage with consumers on the topic by teaming up with WWF International in a one-year, international partnership.
To address the 'under appreciated' needs of an increasingly ageing population, Nestlé Skin Health's innovation hub in Shanghai will look at skin health issues including intense dryness, skin cancer and ageing.
Establishing or indeed sustaining business in Japan's cosmetics market depends on the seamless interaction and integration with its culture, not something every international company has managed to get right...
Coty interim CEO Bart Becht says the company’s focus will be on becoming a top beauty challenger, strengthening its critical mass in key markets and expanding into new ones, following the merge of Procter & Gamble Company’s fragrance, colour cosmetics,...
Ideas centred on digital gaming and mobile applications caught the eye and won prizes in L’Oréal’s Brandstorm competition which was this year focused on the travel retail market and how brands can best reach consumers in this arena.
Confirmation has come through that Coty will acquire 43 fragrance, colour cosmetics, and hair care brands from Procter & Gamble in a deal valued at $12.5 billion (€11.2bn).
As Kosé enters its 45th year, the company is tapping into fashion and beauty’s top talents – Kate Moss and Mario Testino as it carries out its global expansion plans.
DSM Personal Care announces it is upping its collaboration with Nordmann, Rassmann Group, and will employ the German firm as its sole distributor in Central and Eastern Europe.
Unilever has published its first ever Human Rights report as it aims to document areas where the company has taken significant steps forward and assess some of the challenges ahead, as part of its sustainable development goals.
The founder of Burt’s Bees, one of the forerunners in the natural and organic cosmetic category, has a passed away aged 80, at his home in Bangor, Maine.
Personal care product producer Henkel will invest LE 300 million (€34.7 million) into its Port Said facility and its new factory in Egypt, according to the Industry and Trade Minister, in a move that will hopefully boost the economy.
Unilever flexes its skin care muscle once again this time agreeing to buy clinical brand Murad, as it looks to further enhance its position in the market and ‘complement’ recent acquisitions.
Fine chemicals player Ashland has announced the acquisition of AkzoNobel’s Zeta Fraction biofunctional technology as part of its ambitions to grow its sustainable, natural-based specialty ingredients business.
Ingredients supplier Evonik announces that it has divested its remaining 10.3% stake in the residential real estate company Vivawest in order to focus solely on the specialty chemicals business, of which cosmetics plays a big part.
Right on time for Britain’s summer tennis tournament and as a heatwave takes over Wimbledon, Shiseido announces that former women’s world number one, Ana Ivanovic, will be the ambassador for its revolutionary WetForce sun care system.
Beiersdorf has published its 2014 review of its ‘We Care’ sustainability strategy, announcing that it has already exceeded its 2020 ‘Planet’ targets and will continue to strive forward, aiming to achieve its ‘People’ and ‘Products’ targets next.
The Evonik board announces that it has ‘unanimously’ decided to terminate the contract of Patrik Wohlhauser as a member of the Executive Board and Chief Operating Officer.
For the first time, Unilever has entered into a multi-year partnership with youth brand VICE in support of its summer 2015 launch of its female-focused channel, Broadly, with the hope that some of its beauty brands will help engage consumers.
DSM has signed a deal with 'Ingredient Plus Group', where it will act as a third-party distributor of its personal care portfolio in Malaysia and Singapore.
The share price in fragrance and luxury cosmetic player Coty hit a record high in trading on the US Stock Exchange last Friday, as rumors over the expected acquisition of P&G brands continues to mount.
Estée Lauder announces that it is appointing Guillaume Jesel as Senior Vice President/ Global General Manager, of Tom Ford Beauty, working directly with the man himself to help build the brand internationally and also launch into China.
The Unilever skin care march goes on as the Anglo-Dutch giant announces it will acquire leading professional brand Dermalogica, with a view to cracking the skin health market given the US-based firm’s offering.
It is no secret by now that cosmetics firm Coty is set to boost its presence in its core beauty categories via the $12 billion bid it has reportedly won for Procter & Gamble's spin-off beauty brands, but it is not a straight-forward success for...
Speculation has been rampant since yesterday’s announcement that newly appointed Coty CEO Elio Leoni Sceti will now no longer take up the position next month.
L’Oréal, Unilever, Procter & Gamble, and Beiersdorf are among 18 companies who were collectively fined €174 million by the Belgian Competition Authority after being found guilty of fixing the prices of personal care products between 2002 and 2007.
Evonik and Brenntag are teaming up to introduce new tailored hydrogen peroxide and peracetic acid grades for cosmetics manufacturers, as well as for the drug and medical industries.
As South East Asia continues to evolve as a lucrative market for the cosmetics industry, AkzoNobel is investing more than €30 million in a Thailand based facility.
Having recently announced the appointment of Elio Leoni Sceti as the next Coty CEO, company executives have announced that he has reconsidered and will no longer take up the role.
After a three year stint, the German chemicals firm has succeeded in establishing the world's first certified production of dried coconut flesh or 'copra' to oil in the Philippines.
Hindustan Unilever is shaking up its marketing approach by teaming up content creators like Facebook and Google in an effort to move away from traditional product placement.
Anglo-Dutch giant Unilever has brought together over 100 representatives from academia, NGOs and sector companies including GSK, Mars, and Sainsbury's, as it looks to create a movement for change on zero waste.
Solvay announces that it has started production at its two new large-scale and ‘on-pipe’ alkoxylation facilities in Moerdijk in the Netherlands, and in Singapore.
The Cosmetics Compact is your compact source of the latest new headlines from the last few weeks, taking a glance at what has been happening in the cosmetics industry.
US speciality chemicals firm Emerald Kalama Chemical is looking to improve and enhance its offering in Europe having reached a definitive agreement to acquire Innospec Widnes Limited.
Shiseido announces that Louis Desazars will become President and CEO of its Europe, Africa and Middle East Region, as well as of designer fragrance business Beauté Prestige International (BPI), from September 1st, 2015.
Henkel and Coty have made billion dollar bids to buy separate parts of Procter & Gamble’s beauty businesses, as the consumer goods giant looks to divest some of its cosmetics brands as it looks to better align its portfolio.
After almost a decade of sourcing Algatech’s astaxanthin as the main active for its Astalift skin care products, Fujifilm has now signed a supply and long-term agreement to distribute the company's astaxanthin raw materials in Japan.
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