Consumer products giant, Procter and Gamble, has announced that the current president and CEO, Robert McDonald is to succeed A.G. Lafley as Chairman of the board from 1 January 2010.
Intercytex Group, a Manchester University spinout business specialising in anti-wrinkle and baldness treatments, is delisting from the London stock exchange and selling its brands.
RPC Group said strict cost cutting measures were responsible for it posting a half-year profit of £8m - despite the continued economic gloom and hints of polymer price rises.
Leading Central European cosmetics and fragrance distuributor Sarantis has seen its sales for the first nine months of the year fall nearly 17 per cent as tough economic conditions bite hard.
Cost savings initiatives have helped offset steeply declining sales for nutritional and personal care ingredients company Cognis during the first three quarters of 2009, the company said on Wednesday.
Frutarom has reported a rise in net profit of 6.3 per cent to US$10m in the third quarter of this year and pledged to continue its acquisition strategy.
A long running dispute involving the Ralph Lauren Polo brand moves into the fragrance arena as the US Polo Association prepares to launch a perfume collection.
Talk of a multi-billion euro transaction involving Reckitt Benckiser, a global brand owner of personal care and household products, has sent share prices rocketing.
Symrise has acquired fragrance and flavours maker Futura Labs to tap into opportunities in the fast growing regions of North Africa and the Middle East.
It has been a bad year for the US fragrance industry but new data from the NPD Group shows that more consumers are planning to buy fragrance in the ramp up to Christmas.
New York-based Inter Parfums said the sales decline in its European-based divisions masked a very successful quarter for Burberry, one of its leading brands.
Beiersdorf is still reeling from the downturn in its non-personal care operations, but the improvement in the group’s business operations overall is quicker than expected.
Revlon revealed falling sales during its third quarter, underlining tough retail conditions and the strength of the dollar against international currencies.
Preliminary results from Germany-based home and personal care provider Henkel show that sales have continued to decline in the latest quarter, but the results beat market expectations.
Simple, one of the leading skin care brands in the UK, has been put up for sale by private equity group Duke Street Capital with an estimated value of £250m.
Speciality chemicals distributor Azelis has created a new managing director role for UK operations, freeing up a separate role to look at international business growth.
Inter Parfums announced that its third quarter sales fell by 5 per cent as it continued to be hit by both the strength of the US dollar against the euro and slow retail markets.
LVMH reported better than expected results, with Christian Dior fragrance doing well and robust sales in China making up for weakness in other business areas.
US prestige cosmetics player Estee Lauder says it expects better sales and ‘significantly’ higher profits for its soon-to-be announced first quarter results.
Despite a slow start to its financial year, Swiss fragrance and flavours group Givaudan says business has picked up in the last six months, pointing to a recovery.
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With its main markets in developed countries still struggling under the strain of the economic downturn, Beiersdorf CFO Bernhard Duetmann says the business is not out of the doldrums yet.
Sweet goods, snacks and soups were amongst the categories that performed well for Firmenich in a recession struck year in which sales fell 4.3 per cent overall
Sally Beauty, a leading supplier to the professional hair care industry worldwide, has acquired professional beauty supply distributor Schoeneman Beauty.
Helen of Troy says particularly strong sales for its personal care segment, backed up by an even stronger performance from its household goods division, helped boost quarterly profits.
Germany-headquartered industrial giant Evonik has agreed to sell its specialty division Alzchem, if the company’s board and Germany’s cartel office agree.
Naturex, the French-based botanicals giant that recently acquired the ingredients business of Spanish company, Natraceutical Group, will earn €185m in 2009 – up from its 2008 income of €93.2m, as it announced details of the deal.