P&G executive reshuffle extends to appointment of new director
Proctor & Gamble has appointed Francis S. Blake, former CEO of Home Depot, to its board of executive directors, the latest move in a series ultimately aimed at revamping the business.
Archives for February 11, 2015
Perfume and make-up help French Prestige market stand its ground
Despite posting a slight decline in 2014, the Prestige Beauty market in France is holding strong at a tough economic time thanks to second half boosts in prestige perfume and make-up.
L’Oréal campaign hopes to give disadvantaged youth an insight into science
L’Oréal UK & Ireland has spent the last few months working with the Generating Genius charity to give gifted A-Level science students from disadvantaged backgrounds the chance to see what it is like to work in the labs of the cosmetics giant.
Mutton and walnut in a moisturiser… Interesterified fats suitable as emulsions
A new study has found that interesterified fats based on mutton tallow and walnut oil exhibit skin moisturisation when used as cosmetics emulsions.
UK scientists discover how to make soap from bacteria
Scientists at TeeGene Biotech, an arm of Middlesbrough University, have developed unique strains of bacteria which produce biosurfactants, which act like soap and help to emulsify different liquids.