Natural personal care companies are expected to be a key target for investors in 2010, according to Organic Monitor’s latest Strategic Insights report.
US-headquartered Univar, a worldwide provider of specialty chemicals, has announced the signing of an agreement to acquire fellow chemical distributor, the Quaron Group.
Swedish direct sales company Oriflame has announced a 14 per cent increase in its fourth quarter local currency sales, but negative currency translations take the shine off.
The Welsh Assembly Government is supporting an investment of £7m (€7.94m) in a personal care factory, which is expected to create 200 jobs in South Wales.
Gerresheimer expects pharmaceutical packaging sales to grow but says performance of “cyclical” cosmetics and life science businesses is more difficult to predict.
The economic crisis meant that 2009 was a struggle for prestige cosmetic players, but financial results show that in the last quarter of the year things started to improve.
French cosmetics and perfume retailer Marionnaud has been ordered to compensate 124 of its minority shareholders for falsifying company accounts between 2002-2004.
Swiss ingredients supplier Lonza reported a significant drop in its sales during 2009, as all of its business divisions were hard hit by lower demand worldwide.
Sarantis Group, a producer and distributor of consumer products, has signed a distribution agreement with Turkish soap and personal care products manufacturer, Evyap.
Procter & Gamble has delivered net sales growth of 6 percent for its second quarter, with strong unit volume sales growth indicating its brands are back on track.
British cosmetics brand Illamasqua has announced Joe Corres, the founder of lingerie brand Agent Provocateur, has become a formal shareholder and key investor in the company.
Strong trading performance, particularly in Europe and the Asia-Pacific region, has boosted profits for PZ Cussons despite a fragile economic environment.
The French company behind the sun care brand Lovea will be developing its newly acquired Copar brand in an attempt to become one of the leading suppliers of organic products in the country’s supermarkets.
Retail cosmetic sales grew at 16.9 per cent in China during the course of 2009, a figure that defies the global market trend but indicates slower underlying growth.
After a poor 2009 in North America, financial experts believe that L’Oreal’s operations in the region should return to growth, boosted by poor comparisons and signs of growth.
Bare Escentuals shareholders have demanded investigations into the board of directors following the announcement that Shiseido wants to buy the mineral make-up player.
Some of the world’s biggest personal care players, including Procter & Gamble, Unilever, L’Oreal and Colgate are likely to be affected by Venezuela’s move to devalue its currency.
The Estée Lauder Companies (ELC) has appointed Christopher Wood to the position of senior vice president of the Global Strategic Modernization Initiative (SMI), to oversee the next stage of the program.
Elementis Specialties, a manufacturer of rheological modifiers, has acquired the Fanning Corporation and its subsidiary Fancor, one of the largest North American suppliers of lanolin and lanolin derivatives.
L’Oreal has acquired two distributors of professional hair salon products in the US through its professional products distribution operation, SalonCentric.
The Malaysian arm of Marico, an Indian consumer products group, has entered into an agreement with Colgate-Palmolive to buy its Code 10 hair styling brand.
France-based pharmaceutical group Sanofi-aventis has increased its presence in the US market and expanded into personal care with the acquisition of Chattem.
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Sally Beauty says it has expanded its footing in the international salon market with the acquisition of Belgium-based wholesale distributor Sinelco Group.
Canadian ingredients supplier Unipex has purchased Fytokem in an attempt to increase the number of actives it offers based on natural Canadian plant extracts.
McBride Plc, the UK-based manufacturer of private label personal care and household products, says that revenue for its first six months ending 31 December should beat forecasts.
Individual approaches to marketing beauty products in the fast-growing developing markets is essential to success, the latest Kline Group market report reveals.
Alberto Culver, a manufacturer and marketer of personal care products, has entered into an agreement to purchase UK-based skincare company, Simple for £240m ($390m)
The co-founder of Swedish direct selling beauty company Oriflame, Jonas af Jochnick, has divested 1,000,000 shares in the company to finance other investments.
L’Oreal chairman and ex-CEO Sir Lindsay Owen-Jones has become embroiled in an ongoing L’Oreal family saga as he is alleged to have accepted sizeable gifts from heir Liliane Bettencourt.
UK/Dutch consumer goods giant Unilever is to close its personal care manufacturing facility in Industry, California as part of ongoing restructuring measures.
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