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BY PACIFICA GODDARD

THE ORGANIC cosmetics market has been booming over the last few years, generating substantial consumer interest in the US and Europe. As cosmetics companies scramble to offer the latest, most effective natural ingredients, many are turning to the biodiverse region of Latin America for inspiration.…

BY KARRYN MILLER

AS trade barriers continue to diminish, clothing brands are becoming more global. However it is not as easy for the sizes of their goods to be quite as worldly. International players need to adapt their fits for different target markets but that level of adaptation varies by country.…

BY WANG FANGQING,RAGHAVENDRA VERMA and PACIFICA GODDARD

Convenience stores are no longer the preserve of cash rich but tine poor consumers in developed markets. They are increasingly popular in emerging markets too. Foreign convenience store operators in China, for instance, are now moving beyond major metropolitan centres – where they have long been established – to smaller lower-tier cities.…

BY ALYSHAH HASHAM

Given to have plus-size clothing lines to sell, you need plus-size consumers, it is maybe not a surprise that the American market for these clothes is of critical importance. The USA’s National Center for Health Statistics reports that 60% of women and more than two-thirds of adults in the USA’s 304 million population generally are now overweight.…

BY KEITH NUTHALL

BULGARIA is to likely be suspended from international carbon emissions trading under the Kyoto Protocol because of poor financial controls. A UN Framework Convention on Climate Change committee is expected to prevent Bulgarian trading from June to at least November, the country’s environment minister has admitted.…

BY KARRYN MILLER,EMMA JACKSON and ALAN OSBORN

BY KARRYN MILLER, in Washington DC, EMMA JACKSON, in Ottawa, and ALAN OSBORN, in London

CONVENIENCE stores are a dynamic part of the food retail sector worldwide. In short, as consumers gain wealth, they lose time – making convenience retail increasingly attractive.…

BY KARRYN MILLER

It is common knowledge that no two bodies are the same. Although clothing sizes help us to categorise bodies into general fits, each garment is going to hang a little differently depending on the consumer. Looking forward these variations in sizes are becoming more apparent as we see advancements in 3D scanning technology that allow us to get a more complete picture of an individual’s size.…

BY EMMA JACKSON,RAGHAVENDRA VERMA,WANG FANGQING and PACIFICA GODDARD,

AS people migrate across the globe, the drinks industry has witnessed a slow influx of regionalised flavours into untraditional markets. White and green tea from Asia is now sold across the globe in soft drinks, and ‘exotic’ fruits such as pomegranate, mango and lychee are becoming popular juice flavours in Europe and the US.…

BY ALAN OSBORN

THE PRESENT difficult economic conditions in Europe, north America and Japan are not hugely encouraging for promoting innovation or for the spending of large sums of money on research by drinks manufacturers. It may be a little different for leading brands such as GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), Coca-Cola, Pepsi and other big names though even these are changing their approach.…

BY GERARD O’DWYER

COMPARED to its more health-conscious neighbours, Denmark has for many years been a comparatively lethargic member of the Nordic club when it comes to imposing controls and legislative restrictions on the sale and use of tobacco products.

However, Denmark’s perceived neutrality towards the tobacco sector may be about to change under Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen’s (NOTE – SPELLING IS CORRECT) ambitious targets, set down on April 5 under his centre-right government’s Vision 2020 strategy.…