Archives for September 29, 2005

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Boots trading tough but beauty business promising

By  Lorraine Heller

Leading UK healthcare and beauty retailer Boots yesterday revealed its third successive dip in quarterly sales, but said that cosmetics and toiletry sales have continued to provide the company with its strongest growth rates.

Strong future for premium cosmeceuticals

By  Jess Halliday

Manufacturers of cosmeceuticals need to make sure they have a clear, specific and measurable functionality, and focus as much on prevention as on remedy, says a new report from market researcher Datamonitor.