Perfumes: top fragrances in new launches

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New personal care launches Sep-Nov: women can't get enough lipstick

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Armani: still going it alone

Giorgio Armani denies he is considering selling his eponymous business. The question of succession comes to any fashion company closely associated with its designer, however at Armani, the creative force, Mr Armani himself, is also the business force. Having built up a global operation worth over E4.0 billion in worldwide retail sales, the question of who will succeed him becomes pressing.

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New personal care products: helping the medicine go down

Maintaining children's health can be hard work for busy parents. Productscan Online reports two products that are designed to make their lives easier. Tylenol Fever Reducer Pain Reliever allows kids to chose what flavor medicine they want, while the Firefly Mouth Swoosh encourages young consumers to use mouthwash by providing a device that times how long they should rinse for...

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New personal care launches Dec-Feb: nail care to gloss over the competition?

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Superdrug: striving for cut-price brand appeal

UK health & beauty retailer Superdrug is to cut prices on famous brand cosmetics as part of a GBP250,000 Mother's Day price war. The move, which will see skincare products by Clarins, Clinique, and Elizabeth Arden given a discount of up to 60%, has the potential to attract market leader Boots' older, more affluent customers.

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L'Oreal/Body Shop: ethical benefits outweigh risks

The idea of The Body Shop being bought out by an international cosmetic company would have been unthinkable a few years ago. However times and consumer trends move on, and the ethical and natural credentials of the beauty retailer make it a strong proposition in today's market. Now, with L'Oreal's resources and marketing expertise behind it, The Body Shop looks set become a major global brand.

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Boots: when less is more

Boots Group is expected to announce that it has reached agreement with the Office of Fair Trading regarding its merger with Alliance Unichem and the disposal of 104 stores. Although the divestments will hurt short-term revenue, they may benefit the company's bottom line in the long term by reducing store duplication in small communities.

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Emerging market rivalry holds rewards for P&G, Unilever

In a rare display of one-upmanship, Procter & Gamble has claimed supremacy over Unilever in terms of sales of household products in emerging markets. Rivalry between the two companies on this key battleground is intense, but this should ultimately help the consumer product giants put clear water between themselves and their smaller rivals. Datamonitor analyst Andrew Serlin explains...

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Deeper pockets enable seniors to defy ageing

Consumers aged over 45 in the UK spend on average GBP30 more on personal care than their younger age cohorts. Despite this desire to look good, mature consumers are highly cynical about marketing and should therefore be targeted using realism, honesty and messages of product efficacy. Daniel Bone, Datamonitor Consumer Markets Analyst explains...

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