All Healthcare articles – Page 55
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NewsReckitt kicks off cold and flu season with £20m ad campaign
Reckitt Benckiser is spending a massive £20m on a new winter advertising campaign for its key cold and flu protection brands.
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NewsNow is time for weight loss at Tesco
Scottish weight loss brand Now Slim has won listings for its products in Tesco, three years after it first approached the retailer. The Now Slim range, in Tesco stores across the UK now, consists of day and night capsules, "hunger strips"...
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Focus On Winter Remedies: Four to watch
Lemsip's latest cold and flu remedy allows consumers to choose how they want to take their medicine as a tablet or dissolved in water as a hot drink.
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NewsManflu drink gives comfort to ill males
Start-up company Manflu has claimed a market first with the launch of a male comfort drink to help soothe men with the sniffles. Manflu (rsp: £1.99), which is being positioned as "comfort and sympathy" in a bottle, is a natural...
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NewsFocus On Winter Remedies: Branded remedies looking peaky
The downturn has persuaded consumers that they don’t need to cough up for expensive dedicated remedies and the major brands are starting to really suffer, says Michelle Perrett
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NewsJohn Frieda launches first foam hair dye
John Frieda is making its hair dye debut with the UK's first permanent foam dye, which it claims is easier and faster to apply than existing formats. The range, which hits Tesco, Sainsbury's, Boots and Superdrug in mid-November and...
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Vaseline ups its lip service for autumn
Unilever has hailed its new Vaseline lip therapy sticks as the brand's most innovative launch since lip tins. The launch next month is being backed with a £1.3m campaign. A new variant Cocoa Butter is being added to the original, aloe...
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NewsOFT fines Reckitt £10m for Gaviscon abuse
Reckitt Benckiser has been fined £10.2m by the Office of Fair Trading for abusing its market position to protect its Gaviscon anti-heartburn brand.
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NewsRadox pokes fun at tacky world TV ads
Radox spoofs tacky TV advertising styles from India, Japan and the UAE in its new TV advert. The television and print campaign kicked off this week to support the launch this summer of Radox for Men. It takes a humorous look at...
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NewsTesco boosts pharmacy business with Viagra
Tesco is aiming to stimulate growth in its pharmaceutical business by selling Viagra.
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Retail Prices: Major brands squeezed by own label in fight for space
Several major brands slashed promotional activity in the past month. The big exceptions were Birds Eye, Lindemans and Pampers. Alex Beckett reports
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Acid Test: Nivea Protect & Bronze
This sunscreen stood up well to the test of a week's holiday in the south of France, during which my pale skin was well-protected both in and out of the sea.
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who needs a hairdresser?
The haircare category has been resilient in the downturn, with conditioners, colourants and hairsprays in healthy growth as shoppers try to save money, says Alison Coleman
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Colour codes help Lil-Lets to stand out
Lil-lets is introducing new colour-coded packaging to its flagship tampon range to make them easier to find in-store. The five lines in Lil-lets' non-applicator range are now available in the more colourful designs, with each colour...
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Grooming on a Budget
lines and buying on promotion. But some brands are bouncing back, says Simon Clarke
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Mars hires Pickering as petcare sales boss
Whiskas owner Mars Petcare has appointed John Pickering as its new sales director, following the departure of Martin Porter to Heineken UK.
Pickering was previously sales director for Radox and Douwe Egberts owner Sara Lee in the UK and… -
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Timotei girl returns to TV as shampoo brand freshens up
The Timotei girl is returning to TV screens this summer as Unilever kicks off a major relaunch of the shampoo brand in an attempt to re-engage lapsed consumers and win over a new generation of fans.The brand's first TV ad for four years...
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Focus On Healthcare: Four to watch
Pantoloc Control (rsp: £6.90 for packs of 7s and £11.90 for 14s) provides relief from the discomfort of heartburn and acid reflux suffered by six million people in the UK.
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NewsFocus On Healthcare: A potion for every problem
The healthcare category is in fine fettle. And it’s innovation and new launches that are sending shoppers reaching for the remedies. Alison Coleman reports
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NewsAsda to sell cancer drugs in not-for-profit move
Asda is to sell private prescription cancer drugs on a ‘not for profit’ basis from Monday.