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PERSONAL care product packagers are taking increasing care over the design and development of secondary packaging, noting that this can impart brand value, just in the same way as the elegant primary packaging that has always been part of the personal care product experience.…

MANY thousands of fossil fuel sector employees around the world are being offered free training programmes to work in the renewable energy sector, as this segment grows, and its carbon-heavy counterparts are phased out.

Coal miners and workers from the oil and gas industry, both of which have seen recent downturns and face an uncertain future due to climate change concerns and market pressures, are increasingly open to such re-skilling, some provided by companies in the renewables industry keen to sign up talented workers who understand energy, as green power expands.…

SUB-SAHARAN Africa continues to grow as a key market for personal care product brands, with enlarging middle classes providing more spending power – however, the region’s most mature market – South Africa – has been experiencing some stagnation.

The rest of the region still is performing as emerging markets should – with growing sales, even when uneven across categories, giving brands much hope for the future.…

Consumers in the home of cosmetics, France, appear to be combining the long-established traditions of French-made products with the ultra-modern twist of Korea-inspired ‘K-beauty’ items in their latest personal care trends.

Traditionally, mention France and cosmetics in the same breath and an image of class and sophistication is brought to mind.…

OECD SAYS 49 JURISDICTIONS WILL AUTOMATICALLY EXCHANGE TAX INFORMATION THIS YEAR

THE IDENTITY of 49 jurisdictions that will automatically exchange tax information in 2017 under a global standard has been revealed by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD).…

*The wealthier personal care product markets of the Middle East and Africa are increasingly mature and segmented, with consumers looking for specialist lines such as organic and halal products. Brands need to develop quality formulations that meet these demands, while protecting the image and reputation of their overall product line.…

WITH natural beauty product sales increasing in many countries of the world, it is maybe not a surprise to hear that this is happening in Africa’s most sophisticated market – South Africa. Research indicates that the use by South African personal care product companies of phytochemicals, naturally occurring biologically active compounds in plants and algae, in formulations and plastic packaging, is on the rise.…

EGYPT is set to become a new player in the digital textile outsourcing business, with innovative companies now laying plans to digitise their finishing within a country that has a major role in serving global brands – its garment and textile exports were valued at USD2.01 billion in 2016.…

THE CHILE meat and livestock industry has welcomed the launch of talks between the European Union (EU) and the South American country on upgrading the current 14-year old free trade deal between the two jurisdictions.

A first round of talks are expected to begin on Thursday (Nov 16), with the goal of deepening existing agreements, so that they also address non-tariff barriers such as health import controls.…

AIRPORTS Council International (ACI) is to launch in the New Year a pilot programme designed to boost environmental good practice in airport management. The organisation’s director general Angela Gittens told a seminar on green airports, at the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), in Montréal, Canada, that the roll out would begin at Mariscal Sucre International Airport, Quito, Ecuador.…