Top Stories Of 2013: Retailers, Firms Self-Regulate As Consumer Power Grows
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
“The Rose Sheet” offers an overview of the year in cosmetics, analyzing 2013’s biggest news and the publication’s most-read stories. Highlights include industry efforts in the U.S. to negotiate a legislative proposal with FDA, movement among retailers to implement cosmetic safety standards and an uptick in class-action litigation targeting alleged misleading personal-care claims.
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