North America
Capsum partners with Orius to create a vertical farm at its Texas facility
After having opened a vertical farming laboratory to produce botanicals for organic cosmetics at its R&D site in Marseille,...
Thomas Haupt joins Sephora Canada as Country General Manager
Sephora Canada has appointed Thomas Haupt as its new Country General Manager, effective November 1st, 2022. Haupt joins the leading...
Woman sues five companies over claim hair straighteners spurred uterine cancer
Civil rights and personal injury attorney Ben Crump and mass tort counsel Diandra Debrosse Zimmermann have filed a lawsuit on behalf of...
Plastic recycling remains a ’myth’ in the USA, finds Greenpeace study
Plastic recycling rates are declining even as production shoots up, according to a Greenpeace USA report out Monday that blasted...
California bans PFAS in cosmetics and textiles
California Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed into law two bills banning per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in textiles and...
Fragrance Creators Association amplifies collaboration with the FDA
The Director of the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Office of Cosmetics and Colors Linda Katz, MD, MPH, told members of the...
Credo Beauty acquires rival Follain to scale up clean beauty retail
Clean beauty retailer Credo Beauty has acquired Follain, a Boston-based retail brand who, alongside Credo, was an early leader in the...
As inflation soars, price comes before sustainability for U.S. consumers
One in five Americans struggle to cover day-to-day expenses and 56% do not consider themselves to be financially “healthy”, found Mintel...
Augustinus Bader partners with Nordstrom for first pop-up store in Los Angeles
The science-backed beauty brand is opening of its first standalone pop up retail experience in the US. For the month of October at The...
L’Oréal USA strengthens scientific innovation capabilities with new R&I Center
L’Oréal USA will be opening a new Research & Innovation (R&I) Center in Clark, New Jersey, in 2024, replacing its existing...
