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MOROCCO is blessed with an ideal geographical position to develop a Europe-focused export-based dairy sector although its proximity to Spain – just 14 km of the Straits of Gibraltar separates the two – means this emerging market is a key focus of European exporters.…

A banker with the London-based European Bank for Reconstruction & Development (EBRD) has been jailed for six years by London’s Old Bailey Central Criminal Court of England and Wales on June 20 for taking USD3.5 million in bribes from a consultant, plus two years for money laundering to run concurrently.…

SAFETY concerns have been the key driver in rising sales of hair care products in South Korea, new figures suggest. According to market researchers Euromonitor International, the country’s haircare product market grew last year (2016) by 3% year on year to Korean Won KRW1.2 trillion (USD1.1 billion).…

A GROWING population of professional young men is behind an increase in sales of deodorants to consumers wanting to combat the heat of Nigeria.

With wide supermarket availability of these personal care products a relatively new phenomenon in Nigeria, consumers can regard deodorants as trendy and a symbol that they are in touch with global trends Driven by a desire to appear trendy and follow western media influence, London-based market research company Euromonitor International has revealed.…

THE SOUTH African hair care market grew 6% in current value terms in the past year to South African Rand ZAR6.6 billion (USD488.4 million). And this growth is projected, by London-based market researchers Euromonitor, to rise by a 1% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) in constant value terms over the next five years.…

WITH the UK having triggered Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union, starting the two-year countdown to its exit from the EU, maybe no group outside the UK has more at stake than Irish farmers.

“Brexit presents the most serious threat to Irish farming and our agri-food sector in the history of the state.…

New Unexplained Wealth Orders that passed into UK law on April 27 are as significant in the global fight against corruption as the 2010 Bribery Act, according to anti-graft group Transparency International UK (TI). The orders, a provision of the new Criminal Finances Act, will empower UK law enforcement agencies to target corrupt money flowing into the UK and more easily return it to those from whom it has been stolen, said a TI note.…

SEVEN years of recession and two years of capital controls have taken their toll not only on the Greek economy but also on the country’s cosmetics market, although local companies have been maintaining their focus on R&D and exports. According to the Hellenic Statistical Authority (Elstat), the overall turnover retail index for cosmetics and pharmaceutical products in February 2017 was 58.8% of sales in 2010 – the year marking the beginning of Greece’s financial and economic turmoil.…

Consumers in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are becoming savvier about their beauty products and more conscious of what ingredients they’re putting on their skin and hair. This increasing awareness along with a widening choice of products is driving steady growth in the country’s natural and organic cosmetics and toiletry market.…

SOUTH Africa has more than 30,000 flowering plant species including 10% of the world’s higher species, providing fertile ground for an organic and natural cosmetic and toiletry industry and market.

Combine the natural ingredients with a burgeoning middle-income society with increasing numbers of consumers seeking healthier lifestyles and it is no surprise that sales of these products are increasing.…