News
Pochet reorganizes its management
Industry buzz
Subsequent to the retirement of Hubert Varlet, its CEO, the Pochetgroup is reorganizing its management. After 27 years with the group...
"Eudora": a year already!
Markets & trends
March 2011, an important date for Grupo Boticário! The famous Brazilian perfume and cosmetic group launches on the market its new brand...
"The tax on the cosmetic industry is unconstitutional," Alain Grangé-Cabane, FEBEA
Laws & regulations
It is not because the French cosmetic industry regularly posts a balance of trade clearly in surplus that it must be seen as the "goose...
Clariant: Biopolymers for skin and hair care formulations
Industry buzz
Clariant will turn the spotlight on its "Touch of Nature" line of biopolymers at the forthcoming In-Cosmetics in Barcelona. Like many...
Coty would like to create a cosmetics giant with Avon
Industry buzz
US cosmetics maker and celebrity fragrances specialist Coty has proposed to buy Avon, the world’s largest cosmetics direct seller, for...
Aerosol packaging: Sleever proposes "his solution"!
Packaging & design
The French company specialized in the manufacture of sleeves (heat shrink plastic labels) and of positioning machines, has launched a few...
Arcancil is getting its colours back
Companies & industry
Arcancil Paris, the French brand symbolizing quality make-up products at affordable prices, is continuing its development at a steady...
CVS to close all Beauty 360 stores to focus on core business
Industry buzz
U.S. drugstore chain CVS/pharmacy has made the decision to close all 25 Beauty 360 locations and cease operation of its Beauty 360...
Bisioprogetti launches a new plastic brush for the nails
Industry buzz
Bisioprogetti, an Italian supplier of plastic pieces for the pharmaceutical and personal care industries, has created a new brush...
Increased consumer awareness impacts cosmetic actives development
Ingredients & formulation
Savvy consumers influence savvy formulators. That is the conclusion of a recent report, titled “Activism: Does the Consumer Drive...
