EASTERN EUROPE FEATURE
June 1st, 2003
BY MARK ROWEIN the days of the Soviet Union, many millions of men and women had a choice of one state-manufactured brand of shampoo, toothpaste or soap. If anything, the authorities managed to limit even further access to such "indulgences" as perfume. And if you could buy that toothpaste, the chances were there was a shortage of toothbrushes.Those days are long gone, but, more than a decade on, the dust is still settling on the shake up of the cosmetic industries of eastern Europe and Russia. The big international brands took little time in wading into the huge ...
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