The US cosmetics trade association (PCPC) has described allegations that baby products contain harmful chemicals as a cynical attempt to prey upon concerned parents... Read

The economic crisis has eaten into the turnover of leading packaging firms but the president of personal and beauty care at MeadWestvaco (MWV) insists that profitable growth opportunities remain... Read

Sales for both the US and European operations slid considerably as the company faced the dual challenge of a strong dollar and the economic crisis... Read

Shiseido is establishing three new Life Quality Beauty Centers in Shanghai and Taiwan targeting consumers with serious skin problems... Read

Honing in on the trend for green packaging, GlyMed says it has teamed up with the Recycled Paperboard Alliance for its secondary packaging... Read

An initiative to determine the position of the industry and consumers on ethical matters will be launched at a conference in April... Read

Campaigners are today celebrating the enforcement of the EU ban on the use of animals to test cosmetic ingredients but reservations remain about the availability of alternatives... Read

The AAK Academy is holding two technical seminars in Cincinnati and Dallas to highlight formulation issues specific to vegetable oils and fats... Read

The Canadian government has banned or restricted the use of four cosmetics ingredients as they could pose a threat to human health... Read

Coty's former chief financial officer has filed a civil complaint against the company accusing the board of "arbitrarily, capriciously, fraudulently and illegally" cheating him out of millions of dollars in stock options... Read