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Delivering products that are present in everyday life to unknown markets across the globe, online sales are essential to boost the already booming EUR77 billion European cosmetics market, Cosmetics Europe director general John Chave told last week’s ‘Personal care in a changing world’ conference in Brussels (June 13-17).…

THE UK’s personal care and cosmetics industry faces uncertainty and potential future trade challenges with the European Union (EU) following the 52% to 48% June 23 referendum vote to leave the EU. “No longer being part of a single market for the free circulation of goods and no longer being a key player in the development of legislation governing those goods will be a major challenge to the cosmetics industry as it will be to all other sectors of the UK industry,” Chris Flower, director-general of the UK’s Cosmetic, Toiletry & Perfumery Association (CTPA), told Soap Perfumery and Cosmetics.…

Pakistan’s shampoo and conditioner market is following the positive trend seen within the country’s beauty and personal care sector in general – more women in work who want to look good are prepared to buy these products.

UK-based market research firm Euromonitor International has said that its modelled data indicated that the country’s USD158 million’s worth of hair shampoo retail sales in 2014 leapt to USD179 million in 2015, and could reach USD240 million by 2020.…

COSMETICS and personal care product labelling and decoration continues to play a key role in differentiating brands on the shelf and creating an experience for the consumer. While many companies are moving towards more simple, clean looks, other higher-end brands still prefer eye-catching, metallic designs.…

A EUROPEAN Commission’s proposal for a European Union (EU) regulation designed to prevent cosmetics, soap and perfumery brands from refusing to sell to consumers in a foreign EU member state, if a distributor is prepared to export the product, will give cosmetics companies less control, according to industry association Cosmetics Europe.…

THE INDIAN geosynthetics market will double in next four years even though domestic manufacturers are struggling to build awareness about their products, a major conference has been told. A ‘Second Global Geosynthetics Summit, Enhancing Application in the Infrastructure Sector’, held in New Delhi on May 19-20, was jointly organised by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and the country’s national ministry of textiles.…

THE EUROPEAN Commission’s trade directorate general and the United States Trade Representative (USTR) office have said that they will be assessing the impact of Britain’s anticipated exit from the European Union (EU) on the planned EU-US Transatlantic Trade & Investment Partnership (TTIP).…

The goal of uniting Europe under a single sky of system-wide ATM interoperability, once an improbably futuristic idea, was given a tangible push forward at the SESAR Global Demonstration held in Rome on June 8 and 9. The two-day event, which took place at the Prototype Systems Centre of Italian civil aviation authority ENAV (Ente Nazionale per l’Assistenza al Volo), spotlighted the ways that System-Wide Information Management (SWIM) can simultaneously and seamlessly streamline ATM operations.…

The Italian government has signed a legislative decree making origin labels mandatory for milk and dairy products sold in Italy, noting the country origin of their milk, and where packaging and processing took place. The law is now being assessed by the European Commission for compliance with European Union (EU) laws before it can be implemented.…

WHILE Taiwan saw a change of power on May 20, giving the presidency and a comfortable legislative majority to a Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) elected on a pledge to phase-out nuclear power by 2025, observers doubt that the new government will make good on its promise.…