All Healthcare articles – Page 53
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Focus On Winter Remedies: The cold war intensifies
With savvy – and increasingly cautious – shoppers opting to stock up on own label in autumn rather than buy brands on impulse, who’s winning in winter remedies, asks Natalie Brown
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NewsColgate ploughs £1m into ‘hygiene month’
Colgate is launching a £1m campaign this month to drive awareness of dental health care and hygiene. Oral Health Month will run throughout September to remind the public about the importance of keeping their teeth and gums healthy.
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Focus On Male Grooming: Innovations
Nivea has relaunched its Sensitive skincare range for men with an improved formula and a new addition to the range in the shape of Sensitive Hydro Gel, designed to combat the damage caused by frequent shaving.
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Category ReportFocus On Male Grooming: The rise of the retrosexual
Male grooming has hit a plateau recently. Recession-driven economising is partly to blame – but is the decline of Metrosexual Man also having an effect? Daniel Selwood investigates
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NewsWe’ve got you covered, Durex owner Reckitt insists despite supply row
Reckitt Benckiser has moved to reassure loved-up Brits there are plenty of Durex condoms to go around – despite what they may have read in the national papers.
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NewsLil-Lets targets teens in bid to avoid promo trap
Feminine hygiene brand Lil-Lets is overhauling its product range in a bid to add value to the sanitary protection market and escape the promotion trap. The brand is rolling out three new lines and revamping its existing range next month,...
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NewsEx Mars president to be the new MD of Birds Eye
A former Mars president will join Birds Eye UK & Ireland as managing director in September following the departure of Anne Murphy, The Grocer can exclusively reveal. Andy Weston-Webb, who has worked on brands such as Colgate, Mars,...
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Profiles and QandAsWholesaler Spotlight: From the big screento the bathroom
SERT-MST wants to put the stars of the screen in bathrooms across the UK with its new line of licensed toiletries. But, as Elinor Zuke asks, are supermarkets ready for the Power Rangers?
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NewsReckitt next to be linked with P&G approach
Reckitt Benckiser has been touted as a possible takeover target for US consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble. Shares in Reckitt, the maker of Dettol, Vanish and Nurofen, rose sharply yesterday amid speculation the company could be the subject of a £35bn bid.
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Organix toddler line aims to take chunks out of ‘purée’ meals
Baby food brand Organix is moving into the toddler ready meals market with a five-strong ambient range.The Bournemouth-based business claimed existing toddler meals were little more than "baby purées with lumps in them", and said it had...
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Oral-B plans big push for Pro Expert
Procter & Gamble hopes to breathe new life into the "stagnant" toothpaste market with the launch of its first Oral-B toothpaste brand for adults.A major marketing push would "make it hard for customers to miss" the arrival of Oral-B...
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NewsFocus On Vitamins & Supplements: Grey pound pushes up sales
Following a sluggish 2010, the UK’s vitamins and supplements market faces fresh hurdles in 2011. Can a growing elderly population help it stay in good shape? Tara Craig reports
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Focus On Vitamins & Supplements: Innovations
Strawberry-flavoured and chewable, each softie contains 250mg of calcium and 100% of the recommended daily allowance of vitamin D, which aids the body's absorption of calcium. The one-a-day softies are free from gluten, yeast, wheat and artificial colours.
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Girls design an ethical plaster range for One
Ethical brand One is launching a pack of children's plasters developed by a group of schoolgirls. The One Careplast animal print plasters were designed by three students at Bushey Meads School, Hertfordshire, who entered a national...
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NewsE45 brand to target mature skin market
Reckitt Benckiser is hoping to grow the 'mature' adult body moisturiser market with an E45 brand extension. E45 Endless Moisture Derma Restore (rsp £4.59/200ml), which is going into stores now, is designed to deliver short and long-term...
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NewsFocus On Personal Care: Tipping point for personal care
Personal care shoppers have long flashed the cash, but will they stop spending now that suppliers have opted to pull the plug on deep discounts? Suzy Bashford reports
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Focus On Personal Care: Innovations
Sainsbury's has teamed up with Balinese spa chain Mandara to launch an exclusive bath and beauty line. According to beauty category manager Rhian Bartlett, the premium own label will provide "affordable home luxury" but will not carry the Sainsbury's name.
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NewsNPD fuels sales boost to settle Reckitt wobbles
Reckitt Benckiser has credited new products including Dettol No Touch soap and the wasabi-infused Strepsils Warm for robust sales growth in the past three months.
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NewsNHS removes false babyfood advice as The Grocer wades in
Health chiefs panicked into incorrectly advising parents not to give infants rice-based babyfood following media "scaremongering" over a Swedish report this week but after The Grocer alerted them, it has rectified the error.
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Analysis and FeaturesAsda’s baby brand grows up
Brands beware. Retailers are looking to steal your customers with revamped own-label lines. Rob Brown meets the team behind Asda’s Little Angels baby range to find out how fresh design and grand ambitions are converting shoppers to own label