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Tesco baby & toddler club the largest
from Sarah Baldock, manager, Tesco Baby & Toddler ClubSir; in your Focus on Infant Care (January 17, pp39-41), you made reference to a claim by Huggies to be the largest Mother & Baby club in the UK with 400,000 members.Tesco...
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Colgate gets boost from Europe
Colgate-Palmolive said sales in Europe boosted full-year profit as the group focuses on brands such as Colgate toothpaste, Irish Spring fabric conditioner and Hill’s petfood.For the year to December 31, 2003, pre-tax profit rose 9% to...
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Strips can provide quicker hits
Film strips containing doses of vitamins, caffeine and even travel sickness medicines could be on sale by the end of the year.The technology, pioneered byproducts such as Wrigley’s Xtra Thin Ice and Listerine Actives, is set to jump into...
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GSK trio back on TV
GlaxoSmithKline is bringing three of its over-the-counter and personal care brands back to the small screen next week.A £1.35m, four-week campaign for stomach acid relief Zantac 75 features a woman who sees heartburn triggers wherever she goes....
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Lever Fabergé sprays on two touches of the divine
Lever Fabergé has earmarked a budget of £7m to back its Lynx and Impulse bodyspray brands this year and is kicking off the programme with new additions to both ranges.A Touch fragrance joins the Lynx range this month, with TV and cinema ads....
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Pain relief at OTC pays
Own label painkillers remain grocery’s most lucrative over-the-counter medicine, according to IMS Consumer Health.
And, for the second year running, painkiller Nurofen and cold remedy Lemsip Cold+Flu have retained second and third slots by… -
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Gillette to cut UK workforce
Gillette is to shut two UK factories and move to a new plant in Eastern Europe to cut costs.US-based Gillette, the world’s largest razor blade company, said the closures would mean at least 415 UK jobs would be axed over the next four years....
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Bebbington’s UK role at K-C
Kimberly-Clark Europe, manufacturer of tissue and personal care products, has made John Bebbington group director for UK & Ireland customer management.He will oversee the development of products such as Andrex toilet tissue and Huggies...
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Gillette ordered to pull advert
Gillette has been ordered to pull its latest TV ad campaign for Right Guard deodorant after a “significant number” of viewers complained that it reminded them of the September 11 disaster.The execution, which shows an office worker fleeing a...
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DCS Europe’s top lines at 99p
Toiletries and household goods distributor DCS Europe has launched a new promotion enabling retailers to stock top brands such as Flash, Colgate and Cussons for 99p.DCS customers, which include TM Retail, Poundland and Blueheath, will be...
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Foreign Focus
>>What's new overseas?If it moves, put batteries in it. That seems to be a popular strategy these days and in the men’s shaving market, the US is set to get a shake-up with the launch of Gillette’s first powered...
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Be warned says import case victor Cussons
Toiletries manufacturer PZ Cussons says its recent High Court battle to protect the supply of Imperial Leather soap should act as a clear warning to all parallel importers.The company successfully sued Bradford-based Multibrands...
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Sensual note at Palmolive
Palmolive is bringing out Sensual, a fourth variant in its Aromatherapy bath and shower range, and is backing the newcomer with dedicated television advertising and marketing activity. The new fragrance, which contains jasmine, rose and orchid...
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Unilever looks to chilled market
Unilever is to introduce a range of chilled dairy food products under the Conimex brand at supermarkets in Holland from September.The Anglo-Dutch maker of Hellmann’s mayonnaise and Dove soap said the market for chilled dairy-cream products...
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Nestlé and Colgate-Palmolive get into oral care arena
Nestlé and Colgate-Palmolive have signed a multimillion pound global deal to develop oral care products aimed at the confectionery fixture. The arrangement, which starts next year with distribution of Colgate Dental Gum, gives the toothpaste...
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Nestlé and Colgate freshen up with gum deal
Nestlé and Colgate-Palmolive have agreed to jointly develop and market a range of oral care products to be sold alongside confectionery items, starting with Colgate Dental Gum in the UK.The gum – aimed to clean teeth and freshen breath –...
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a round-up of the hottest recent action in FMCG
threat to wrigley n Nestlé and Colgate-Palmolive have joined forces to develop an oral care product range for the confectionery fixture. n The multi-million pound global deal, which is set to kick off early next year with distribution of...
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Lucozade boost for GSK
GlaxoSmithKline posted an 11% jump in first quarter profit boosted by its consumer healthcare unit with brands such as Lucozade and Macleans and from its worldwide pharmaceutical business. The healthcare giant said pre-tax profit rose to...