OBAMA’S OPENING TO CUBA OFFERS PROSPECT OF INCREASING TRADE IN BEAUTY SALES TO CUBA

THE PERSONAL care product industry will be hoping that US President Barack Obama’s “new chapter” in relations with Cuba, announced in December (2014), will revive sales and trade, amidst tightening rules on Cuban travellers from the US.It is currently not certain just what specific changes in policy on either the US or Cuban side will occur, let alone when, but it is already clear that travel restrictions to Cuba will at least be lightened. According to US-based business advisors the Havana Consulting Group, about 400,000 Americans, most of them ...


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