Personal Care

Unilever Sees Turnover Down 1.6% Due To Spreads Disposal

The disposal of its spreads business last year has led Unilever to post a 1.6% decrease in turnover in the first quarter of its financial year, to €12...

Private Label Firm McBride Anticipates No-Deal Brexit Headaches

McBride Plc, a leading private label producer of homecare products, warned on Thursday that Britain's disorderly exit from the European Union could raise c...

Kimberly-Clark Trims Yearly Profit Forecast As Costs Rise

Kimberly-Clark Corp. on Tuesday lowered its yearly profit forecast as the maker of Huggies diapers and Kleenex tissues faced higher commodity costs and a s...

Unilever To Acquire 75% Stake In Italian Personal Care Firm Equilibra

Consumer goods company Unilever has announced it will acquire a 75% stake in Italian wellbeing and personal care business, Equilibra. Established in 198...

Amazon To Tap Brazil Beauty Obsession With Cosmetics Partners

Amazon.com Inc. is recruiting major Brazilian cosmetics firms Grupo Boticário and Natura Cosméticos SA to sell via the logistics platform it...

Firm That Spurred Soap Operas In UK Has Drama Of Its Own

Its 1950s ads interrupting broadcasts of much-loved TV shows helped popularise the phrase “soap opera.” These days PZ Cussons is caught up in a...

Unilever Completes Acquisition Of Quala Personal-Care Brands

Consumer goods giant Unilever announced yesterday that it has completed its acquisition of personal-care and home-care brands from Quala. The deal, whic...

Unilever Turns To New Shower Foams, Lotions Amid Price Squeeze

Unilever is rolling out new products such as Dove shower foam to boost sales as it struggles to raise prices on longtime mainstays like Hellmann’s ma...