Consumers across the world are switching to TV shopping channels like QVC to buy their cosmetic products and food supplements. Sempora Consulting looks at how this trend is playing out in Germany, and the opportunity for OTC firms looking to branch out into this newly fashionable retail channel.

The latest European consumer health industry appointments: GSK names Southern Europe head and adds media chief; Enzymatica's new CEO makes early start; and France's ANSES hires risk assessment director.

C&D launching three-product Nair Bladeless Shave line extension, including one with cannabinoids. First Response line Comfort Check extension contains three early tests and five pregnancy strips.

Sale is among options it’s considering for materials business, which is currently “managed largely on a standalone basis.” Its health, nutrition and bioscience segments account for 80% to 85% of total sales and will operate as individual business groups.

Stada's UK subsidiary Thornton & Ross has relaunched its Flexitol foot-care range with a new wellness look and messaging. 

J&J Consumer Health's worldwide chairman Thibaut Mongon told the recent Barclays Consumer Staples conference that COVID-19 had accelerated the shift to digital and what consumers expect from OTC brands.

The Estee Lauder Companies’ outfit breaks down the cosmetic safety assessment process, the science of skin inflammation and sensitivity, and safe and effective use of highly searched ingredients including zinc, hyaluronic acid and retinol in a September report aimed at bringing clarity to conversations online.

Personal care and cosmetic product trademark filings compiled from the Official Gazette of the US Patent and Trademark Office, Class 3.

Chee Min Hong’s background in consumer electronics squares with Manscaped’s below-the-waist grooming tool specialization, but the San Diego-based startup’s product portfolio has been evolving with more formulations, in addition to devices, for addressing men’s personal-care needs beyond the groin.

C&D launching three-product Nair Bladeless Shave line extension, including one with cannabinoids. First Response line Comfort Check extension contains three early tests and five pregnancy strips.

Sale is among options it’s considering for materials business, which is currently “managed largely on a standalone basis.” Its health, nutrition and bioscience segments account for 80% to 85% of total sales and will operate as individual business groups.

A multi-stakeholder analysis of REACH data revealed that while animal testing of cosmetic ingredients dropped dramatically after March 2013 when the Cosmetic Products Regulation’s marketing ban on animal-tested ingredients was fully implemented, the practice did not cease altogether.

Report by American Botanical Council from research by Nutrition Business Journal and SPINS shows sales of supplements with herbal and/or fungal ingredients increased a record 17.3% from 2019, the segment's first double-digit growth in at least 20 years.

The latest European consumer health industry appointments: GSK names Southern Europe head and adds media chief; Enzymatica's new CEO makes early start; and France's ANSES hires risk assessment director.

Sale is among options it’s considering for materials business, which is currently “managed largely on a standalone basis.” Its health, nutrition and bioscience segments account for 80% to 85% of total sales and will operate as individual business groups.

Lowers Q3 net sales guidance to a decrease of 3.5% to 6.5% after previously forecasting a range between 5% growth and 1% decrease; for the year, it lowers previous estimate of 8.5% to 12.5% growth to net sales improving 4.5% to 8.5%.

J&J Consumer Health's worldwide chairman Thibaut Mongon told the recent Barclays Consumer Staples conference that COVID-19 had accelerated the shift to digital and what consumers expect from OTC brands.

Acting commissioner Woodcock reminds manufacturers and marketers that a consumer’s exposure to cannabidiol and other cannabinoids likely comes from using multiple products daily. “How do you control exposure of people in a nonprescription setting?”

Consumers across the world are switching to TV shopping channels like QVC to buy their cosmetic products and food supplements. Sempora Consulting looks at how this trend is playing out in Germany, and the opportunity for OTC firms looking to branch out into this newly fashionable retail channel.

Report by American Botanical Council from research by Nutrition Business Journal and SPINS shows sales of supplements with herbal and/or fungal ingredients increased a record 17.3% from 2019, the segment's first double-digit growth in at least 20 years.

Trademarks are registered and published for opposition with the US Patent and Trademark Office and are published weekly in the agency's Official Gazette.