Archives for August 30, 2005

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Shift in spend patterns marks changes for US cosmetics

By  Simon Pitman

With the US personal care market still struggling to increase sales volumes in a mature market, the retail sector has been equally challenged as traditional outlets such as department stores and super markets see their sales margins eroded by newer...

Elizabeth Arden eyes China market

By  Simon Pitman

Elizabeth Arden is making clear moves on the China market for cosmetic and fragrances, with a 50 per cent jump in sales in the past two and a half years spurring the company on to buy up its own distributor in the region.

Skin care technology ventures into drugs delivery

By Bt Simon Pitman

A US cosmetics company says it will try to further a technology it has developed for skin care products in an attempt to break into the drug delivery for cancer prevention treatments and gene repair agents.