HOME-GROWN CARIBBEAN BEAUTY PRODUCT MANUFACTURERS GROW INTO DOMESTIC MARKETS AND EYE EXPORT TRADES

Entrepreneurship abounds across the diverse island nations of the Caribbean where small, independently-owned beauty product businesses thrive and have been successfully vying for space alongside major international brands in pharmacies, boutiques and family-owned stores alike. What many manufacturers lack in start-up capital, they make up for in innovation and close proximity to a wealth of organic, raw materials that are finding new favour with modern, discerning consumers at home, with an eye to developing export sales. In Jamaica, such local personal care ...


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