MarketWatch: Personal Care - July 2008

Content

• CATALYST
• SUMMARY
• INDUSTRY UPDATE
  • News in Brief
• NEW PRODUCTS REVIEW
  • Dental health cleans up
  • Skin Care: top fragrances in new launches
  • New personal care launches by category, February - April 2008: facial cosmetics still sitting pretty
  • Product claims: new personal care launches, February - April 2008
• FEATURE ANALYSIS
  • Health and beauty set to be UK's fastest growing retail sector in 2008
  • NEWS
  • Headlines
  • Unilever reportedly used retouched photographs for ad campaign
  • Aveda to close office in New York, relocate employees
  • Vertical Branding appoints new CFO
  • Vertical Branding reports losses for Q1
  • AkzoNobel to relocate London base
  • Procter & Gamble appoints chief technology officer
  • Prestige Brands Q4 revenues up
  • China Yingxia Q1 net income up
  • ColepCCL restructures senior management
  • Indian FMCG sector hit by high input cost and low sales, says ASSOCHAM
  • Court rejects Dabur's appeal against KR Industries
  • Indian FMCG companies trying to keep prices under check
  • Estee Lauder to launch its namesake brand in India
  • Alberto-Culver sells Cederroth International to CapMan
  • Darphin to launch two new suncare products
  • Kuehne + Nagel to take over Beiersdorf CEE's logistics centre in Vienna
  • Procter & Gamble announces management changes
  • Stila appoints director of international sales
  • Origins president to exit office
  • L'Oreal receives approval to license YSL cosmetics business
  • Beiersdorf appoints Rufus Leonard to handle online projects
  • Lescarden makes first shipment of Catrix Skin Care products to Derm Medica
  • Barrier Therapeutics to market Xolegel with P&G shampoo
  • Alticor appoints new CFO
  • L'Oreal to set up new R&D center in Brazil
  • TFS and L'Oreal in talks over supply deal
  • Amway Malaysia's reports growth in Q1 profit
  • Kimberly-Clark's baby care and consumer tissue units to hike prices
  • Avon and James Bond franchise to introduce new women's fragrance
  • Henkel announces new appointment for adhesives business
  • Spot Shot introduces reformulated trigger product and new pet line extension
  • Emami to roll out baby care products
  • Godrej's Kinky hair brand to extend geographical reach, says chairman
  • Indian FMCG firms post faster growth during high inflation periods, says ETIG
  • BPI and Heng Sheng sign fragrance distribution deal
  • Cordova, Smart & Williams and Goldman Sachs acquire H2O Plus
  • Nu Skin hires new CMO
  • Laurence Dumont unveils new line of organic fragrances
  • Alberto-Culver to close manufacturing plant in Puerto Rico
  • Faces Cosmetics appoints COO for international operations
  • Jo Malone to open first store in Hong Kong
  • Dabur plans to target global acquisitions
  • Mannatech appoints new vice president and chief information officer
  • WD-40 launches new corporate and brand websites
  • Jean-Michel Bideau promoted to GM of Chanel Parfum Beaute
  • Fits to launch fragrance line and makeup brand in US
  • Rallis India to return to household pesticides business
  • Kao and Kanebo Cosmetics commence integration of logistics bases, distribution
  • Estee Lauder appoints SVP and general manager of Origins
  • Bare Escentuals appoints president of retail
  • Parlux Fragrances to launch Queen Latifah fragrance
  • Whole Foods Market to carry Save Your World personal care products
  • Biotone introduces new organic massage cream
  • Lizol introduces new kitchen cleaner
  • Mannatech appoints new president and CEO
  • Poshe creates new hand and nail cream
  • Church & Dwight to build detergent manufacturing plant and distribution center
  • Parlux Fragrances 2008 sales up
  • Procter & Gamble enters into fragrance licensing deal with Avril Lavigne
  • Henkel's 2008 revenues to grow 3-4%, says CFO
  • Coty Prestige announces creation of new skin care brand
  • L'Occitane buys M&A Developpement
  • Dabur focuses attention on south Indian market
  • Consumer products' growth rate likely to decelerate, says Godrej & Boyce's MD
  • Estee Lauder selects M2M as media agency
  • L'Oreal Espana opens new head office in Madrid
  • Core Business announces partnership with Cosnova for UK launch of 'essence'
  • Quick-Med Technologies signs agreement with BASF Beauty Care Solutions
  • Inter Parfums to roll out new signature scent for women
  • Estee Lauder files lawsuit against CVS, Family Dollar and Preferred Fragrance
  • Procter & Gamble makes management changes
  • Unilever France selects Unica and Sogec to manage marketing campaigns
  • Lancome hires new makeup artistic director
  • Lancome introduces new fragrance line for women
• COMPANY SPOTLIGHT: PROCTER & GAMBLE
  • P&G targets two-digit annual sales growth in Russia, sells Connecticut property
  • Business Background
  • SWOT Analysis
  • Strengths
  • Weaknesses
  • Opportunities
  • Threats
  • Further Reading
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  • Disclaimer
• LIST OF TABLES
  • Table 1: Top claims in new personal care launches, February - April 2008, compared to same period the year before
  • Table 2: Key Facts
  • Table 3: SWOT Analysis
• LIST OF FIGURES
  • Figure 1: Frescoryl Dentifrice en Comprimes - Menthe Douce; Glacon Polaire; Frais des Bois
  • Figure 2: Oral-B Indicator Blue Floss - Mint
  • Figure 3: EO Hand Sanitizing Spray - Organic Lavender; Organic Peppermint; Organic Eucalyptus
  • Figure 4: Nico-Wipe Moist Towelettes Hand Cleaner for Smokers - with Natural Citrus Oil
  • Figure 5: Bethesda Sunscreen Bar Soap - Multi-Vitamin SPF 10 Body Bar
  • Figure 6: Unisom SleepMelts Nighttime Sleep-Aid Tablets - Cherry Flavor
  • Figure 7: Skin Care: top fragrances in new launches
  • Figure 8: Leading global personal care launches by category, February - April 2007 and 2008