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BY MJ DESCHAMPS

WITH 3D technology selling movies and electronics, it only makes sense that fashion marketing is focusing on this cutting edge trend. Certain brands are currently exploring ways in which 3D technology can enhance everything from their couture shows to advertisements to e-business; but while the drive for innovation is there, some industry experts are saying that technology still has a way to go before 3D fashion marketing and online fitting rooms are mainstream.…

BY KARRYN MILLER

WITH the heightened threat of terrorism post-9/11, America has undertaken a number of measures to tighten its current airport security operations. However, these increasingly strict measures have often come at the expense of passengers’ time and patience, with lengthy queues and – what some believe to be – invasion of privacy turning people off air travel.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

European Union (EU) member states have been asked to approve extending import duties on US-made biodiesel after hearing evidence that US exporters had been evading special EU import tariffs imposed in 2009 by shipping via Canada or mixing it with weaker blends.…

BY MARK GODFREY

THE ENDLESS undulating hills of southwestern China’s Yunnan province may represent the future of biofuels in the country. These sparsely populated, red-soiled hills of pine and scrub are being touted as the place to grow feedstocks such as jatropha to make up for a clamp-down in using edible alternatives such as corn, rice and wheat.…

BY PACIFICA GODDARD

LATIN America is proving to be one of the most intriguing and exciting markets globally for beauty and personal care products. "The Latin American cosmetic market grew 20% in 2010, so now it is a market of US dollars USD64 million – almost as big as the north American market," said Mr Jaime Concha Prada, who recently served as president of CASIC, the Chamber of the Latin American Cosmetics Industry.…

BY KARRYN MILLER

THE ASSOCIATION of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) covers 10 distinct countries, each with a unique culture, mirroring the personal care product markets of the European Union (EU). However, these nations do share some similarities – and maybe more than northern, southern and eastern Europe, especially when it comes to what ASEAN consumers have inside their cosmetics cabinets.…

BY MARK ROWE and KEITH NUTHALL

CENTRAL Asia is often in the news regarding political instability, and the complexity of the region’s borders and ethnicities make for an opacity that can encourage the growth of organised crime. Also, being far from the centres of anti-money laundering activities and standard setting – in Europe, north America and east Asia, the region’s often authoritarian governments have a poor reputation regarding the enforcement of law and judicial probity.…

BY MJ DESCHAMPS

WITH waste regulations becoming increasingly tight worldwide, and consumers’ environmental consciousness growing, the global personal care product industry has taken note of the lean towards ‘green’, and is starting to reduce packaging complexity.

This is despite leading organic products marketing research firm Organic Monitor recently releasing a not-so-optimistic report on sustainable packaging in the beauty sector – saying that although packaging has the highest environmental footprint within the realm of cosmetics products, it appears to be largely ignored when beauty companies look at sustainability.…

BY ALAN OSBORN, KEITH NUTHALL and RAGHAVENDRA VERMA

THE INTRODUCTION of new global accounting standards through the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) which began some five years ago and will take 10 or more years to achieve is a massive undertaking which will revolutionise corporate bookkeeping and lead to an international standard matrix of values allowing for much greater transparency and facilitating country-by-country financial comparisons.…

BY PAUL COCHRANE

EARLIER this year, the Lebanese-Canadian Bank (LCB) was designated by the United States as a prime money laundering concern, for alleged connections to drug traffickers and acting as a financial conduit for Lebanese political party Hezbollah, which Washington considers a terrorist organisation.…