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By: TOM BRANNA

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PZ Cussons’ Sanctuary Spa Opens in Convent Garden

UNITED KINGDOM: The Sanctuary Spa Covent Garden officially opened its doors on July 30, marking the first“city” Sanctuary Spa outside London. Experts such as The Sanctuary’s medical consultant Dr. Elizabeth Wilkinson, and representatives from skin care brands Carita and Environ, were on hand at the grand opening.

The spa operation, which is owned by UK personal care and soap maker PZ Cussons, is also adding new doors in Richmond and Bristol this year.


Winning Brands Stocked At New Zealand Grocer
NEW ZEALAND: Winning Brands Corporation, the North American manufacturer of Winning Colours Stain Remover, recently announced that New Zealand’s largest grocery group, Progressive Enterprises, will put Winning Colours Stain Remover on store shelves in approximately 120 of its locations, including Countdown, Woolworths and Foodtown.

“The next step is to ramp up marketing concepts quickly and meet the turnover required to sustain a long term partnership. We already are developing initiatives with Progressive to get the word out to consumers,” said Daniela Relja, Winning Brands’ international sales manager.


InterCharm Milano To Feature Fashion/Beauty Show
MILAN: Organizers of InterCharm Milano—a new exhibition entirely dedicated to beauty, which will be held at Fieramilanocity from Sept. 18-20—have scheduled a fashion show at the end of the trade exhibition. Designed to celebrate all aspects of beauty, it will bring together top and emerging talent from the world of makeup, hair styling and fashion in collaboration with Vogue Italia.

Talented and emerging fashion designers, makeup artists from major beauty companies and hairstylists from prestigious brands will be matched up to create exclusive looks for the show.
More info: www.intercharm.it


Shiseido’s Senka Targets Middle Income Consumers
JAPAN: According to a report on Nikkei.com, Shiseido is unveiling a new brand this month that targets middle-income consumers in Asia as well as Japanese customers looking for affordable options.

The new Senka range will offer four skin lotions, including refillable packages. Shiseido will roll out the products in Taiwan before the end of this year and unveil them in China and Southeast Asia starting next year, according to the report.


Dabur Acquires Turkish Personal Care Firm
INDIA: Dabur International Ltd. has acquired Turkish personal care firm Hobi Kozmetik Group. The $69 million deal is part of the firm’s strategy to strengthen its presence in the Middle East and North Africa. The transaction, which is expected to be completed by the third quarter, included three Hobi Group firms—Hobi Kozmetik, Zeki Plastik and Ra Pazarlama.

Established in 1974, Hobi Kozmetik is a maker of personal care products in Turkey. It sells skin and hair care products under Hobby and New Era brand names.

“The acquisition of Hobi Kozmetik is in line with Dabur’s strategy to aggressively expand its scale of operations and strengthen its presence in the fast moving consumer goods space across the globe,” said Anand Burman, chairman of Dabur India Ltd.

The acquisition is Dabur’s first major purchase since the 2008 acquisition of Fem Care Pharma Ltd., a skin care company.

Dabur’s portfolio also includes Vatika premium personal care products.

European Personal Care Ingredient Market Fares Well
The European personal care ingredients market grew during the past few years despite the negative effects of the slow economy, according to data in a new study released by Kline & Company.

The personal care ingredients market outperformed most other end-use industries in which specialty chemicals suppliers are active. Fueled by a relatively stable consumption of cosmetics and toiletries during the crisis, the market is expected to recover quickly, as indicated by a sharp rebound in sales in the first half of 2010, and is anticipated to continue to increase at an annual volume growth rate of 2.6% until 2014, according to “Global Personal Care Ingredients 2010: Market Analysis and Opportunities.”

While traditional ingredients will take advantage of this upturn, the largest growth expected is in the “green” product area, according to Kline.

Specialty surfactants, conditioning polymers, and emollients are the leading product categories in the market, representing 23%, 18%, and 16%, respectively, of a $1.74 billion total. Furthermore, boosted by increased consumer awareness about sun exposure side effects, the use of UV absorbers has extended to an increasing number of skin care products, and they now rank among the most rapidly growing markets.

“After a difficult period when price was the key purchasing criteria, the return of innovation as a key buying factor for formulators will create an opportunity for suppliers to develop more added values and take market shares from established products,” said Anna Ibbotson, an industry manager in Kline’s Chemicals & Materials practice.
More info: www.klinegroup.com

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