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China has witnessed a wave of changes in colour cosmetics sold on this key market to woo young Chinese women aged 20 to 29, or the so-called generation Z, according to the London-based research firm Mintel.

Growing up with dynamic advances in technology advancement, one big difference between Gen Z and earlier generations before is that this smartphone-glued generation is highly receptive to mobile technology-based marketing.…

JAPAN’S traditional confectionery market and production is imbued with the visual beauty and attention to detail that runs through so much Japanese culture, and exporters have started to explore their appeal to overseas markets.

These assessments have been partly driven by Japan’s ongoing international tourist boom, with foreign shoppers snapping up tasty treats that have been honed for domestic consumers for centuries.…

THE ACCA-qualified group finance director for the largest conglomerate in Trinidad & Tobago and a key player in the Caribbean region – the ANSA McAL group – has aligned his personal professional ambitions with his company’s goal of sturdy sustained growth.…

SOUTH African award-winning knitwear entrepreneur Laduma Ngxokolo has a personal dynamism that underpins the 32-year-old’s dominance in his niche market of integrating Xhosa art and cultural traditions with knitted garments.

Hailing from Port Elizabeth, a major South African city in the Eastern Cape, he embraced his cultural heritage to found knitwear fashion house MaXhosa Africa by Laduma in 2012.…

THE RANA Plaza tragedy pushed Bangladesh’s USD30-billion clothing industry into making health and safety improvements to reassure brands they would not be tarnished by similar disasters. But now, the industry is going a step further, and seeking to establish a reputation for environmental excellence.…

THE EUROPEAN Commission today (March 18) gave competition law approval for France’s VINCI Airports to take over control of London Gatwick Airport from current owner Ivy Topco Ltd, a Cayman Islands registered company.

The European Union (EU) executive, acting as the EU’s senior competition authority, approved the deal which would see VINCI acquiring 50.01% of the issued share capital of Ivy Topco.…

With more than 5.48 billion (see https://www.worldwidewebsize.com) pages on the internet, fraud investigators have a wealth of material at their fingertips to help trace fraudsters and link target individuals, objects, locations and events. Thankfully, there are also increasingly sophisticated sites and tools available online to make this task more efficient and less time-consuming.…

While the confectionery industry is traditionally associated with high sugar levels and unhealthy indulgence, market research indicates that efforts to also appeal to consumers with a growing interest in health and wellness trends are paying off. According to UK-based market researcher GlobalData, in 2016 alone USD3.7 billion worth of confectionery with functional or fortified attributes was sold globally.…

Few issues give Irish politicians as much grief as the health service. Perennial budget overruns and waiting lists have ruined several ministerial careers. But what should have been a good news story, the building of a new National Paediatric Hospital, in Dublin, has done perhaps the most damage.…

RECOVERY in the global marine seismic survey market for oil and gas E&P (exploitation and production) is entering its third year, with the surviving leaders in the sector starting to sound more optimistic after making painful adjustments.

Business intelligence provider Visiongain (London, UK) estimated the value of the global marine seismic acquisition and equipment market at USD5 billion in 2018, far below the USD8 billion it estimated in 2014, but nearly 15% higher than in 2017.…