Kao aiming to buy UK's Molton Brown
Japan's largest household and personal care producer, Kao, says it is in talks to buy the UK's Molton Brown, a producer of luxury cosmetics and accessories, reports Simon Pitman.
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Coty becomes world's biggest fragrance business
Coty has completed the purchase of Unilever Cosmetics International, the global prestige fragrance business of Unilever, a deal that makes it the world's largest fragrance player, reports Simon Pitman.
Bergamot oil producers get EU aid
Bergamot oil producers have been approved for €6.2 million EU funding, in a move aimed at helping to sustain this small but important industry that has become an important ingredient for a number of cosmetics products, reports Simon Pitman.