All Beauty and cosmetics articles
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News
Superdrug sales up 6.6% over Christmas
Same-store like-for-like sales were up 5.1%, the health & beauty retailer said
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Wuka unveils lightweight Heat Patches to soothe period pains
Unlike traditional heat patches, Wuka Heat Patches adhere to underwear, not skin
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Sensodyne unveils Clinical Repair toothpaste duo for sensitive teeth
Deep Clean and Active White are formulated to activate once in contact with saliva
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Boots posts strong Q1 results but warns of ‘heightened cost pressures’ after budget
‘Looking forward, we face heightened cost pressures in 2025,’ said Boots UK & Ireland MD Anthony Hemmerdinger
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Dove launches #NewYearsUnresolution push to boost women’s body image
The campaign invites participants to write down an unrealistic beauty standard, then tear up the note
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Analysis & Features
Food, drink and fmcg’s best new launches of 2024
Each of the categories covered in our Top Products report features a Top Launch – the product most significant to its respective category in 2024
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Rankings
Personal care - hygiene 2024: deodorants get posh to drive growth
A new, mature approach to deodorants began with Unilever’s January unveiling of Fine Fragrance Collection for Lynx – a brand long associated with teenaged boys
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Ineos Hygienics expands into personal care with Skin Science range
The 15-strong lineup comprises deodorant, bodywash and handwash
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Personal care - haircare 2024: haircare up as scalp NPD gets ahead
Shoppers are seeking scalp care and shiny ‘glass hair’ products
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Personal care - beauty 2024: serum NPD a winner for big brands
Serums – long used to achieve a shiny mane – are now a number one trend in the anti-ageing arena
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Toothpaste tablet maker Pärla closes in on £400k raise
The tablets are entirely plastic-free and can be chewed until they turn creamy
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Boots features Adjoa Andoh’s Mrs Claus in Christmas ad 2024
The ad sparked a wave of racist, misogynistic and transphobic comments calling Boots ‘woke’
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Events & Awards
The Grocer’s New Product & Packaging Awards 2024: Personal care
It’s clear that a huge amount of thought has gone into this winning product, said our judges
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Tesco adds hundreds of lines to online beauty range
The supermarket said Maybelline was the most searched for cosmetics brand on its website
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KinKind hits target for UK and US expansion
The business makes plastic and water-free bathroom products
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THG launches gen AI-powered ad creation offering iLab
THG Studios sits within the company’s end-to-end e-commerce and brand-building technology platform business THG Ingenuity
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Old Spice teams up with rapper Chip to inspire men with ‘diss track’
New grime track Big Man Ting is designed ‘to build a brand that young men associate with standing out from the crowd’
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KVI Tracker
Herbal Essences shrinks conditioners by 46% but shelf prices stick
The old 400ml bottles have been replaced with 275ml ones
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GenM launches campaign to promote menopause-friendly product logo
The push features GenM’s MTick logo, alongside ‘bold’, ‘authentic’ menopausal women
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Essity appoints Nicola Conway as UK & Ireland commercial director
Conway will work from Essity’s consumer goods office in Didsbury