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Category Report
Bye bye beard? Trends in male grooming 2025
As razor blades’ volume decline slows, the UK might be nearing ‘peak beard’. Brands are now aiming to ‘optimise’ men’s routines
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Comment & Opinion
Old Spice buccaneer outwits stinky pirates
The golden age of piracy has provided fodder for many films and TV shows. But most ignore an unpalatable truth: pirates stunk
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News
Procter & Gamble beats estimates as shoppers buy more
Net sales rose 2% in the three months to 31 December, the biggest increase in three trading quarters.
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News
Peter Crouch stars in Ariel TV ad for The Big One laundry pods
The campaign will launch this month, running across TV, on-demand, digital, social media and PoS
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News
Procter & Gamble recruits for 20 new roles at Manchester factory
It coincides with Procter & Gamble’s 90th year in the city
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News
Mondelez International appoints Volker Kuhn as Europe president
Effective 1 April, Kuhn will replace Vinzenz Gruber, who will retire from the company
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Comment & Opinion
How Nestlé, Unilever and P&G are navigating choppy fmcg waters
Innovation, volume, marketing spend, and cost savings are top of the agenda, says Warren Ackerman, head of European consumer staples research at Barclays
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News
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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News
P&G taps AI to find cold water cleaning enzymes
P&G is working with Basecamp Research on the effort, which will focus on “learning from organisms adapted to cold environments” to “design novel enzymes”
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Events & Awards
Grocer Gold Awards 2024: Procter & Gamble is Supplier of the Year
P&G’s strong innovation pipeline helped it deliver strong volume, value, share and overall category growth
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News
Flash moves into kitchen roll with launch of three-ply duo
Handy Roll and XL Roll have landed in retailers including Morrisons, Tesco, Home Bargains and B&M
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Analysis & Features
Shrinking the innovation deficit: Strategies for distinctive new products
Researchers have come up with a metric to define distinctive innovation – and found it’s lacking. So why should developers push the boat out?
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Comment & Opinion
Ultra-Processed People: Dr Chris van Tulleken’s ‘incendiary’ new book hurts
TV doctor’s dissection exposes food industry’s underbelly in painstaking, gory, unanesthetised detail
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Analysis & Features
How sports sponsorship has evolved for modern brands
Brands are queuing up to associate with the Olympics and Euros this year. But the sponsorship game has changed – and strategic partnerships, social media activity and digital activations are winning
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Analysis & Features
Are fmcg sports sponsors losing out to eastern rivals?
Fmcg brands are facing increased competition in the sporting sponsorship space from a new breed of businesses. What are the implications?
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Interviews
Sported CEO Sarah Kaye on hidden value of grassroots sports sponsorship
Sported CEO Sarah Kaye wants to connect more brands with ‘sport for good’ campaigns, promising to deliver meaningful – even ‘magical’ – results
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Comment & Opinion
P&G results show the only winning strategy: differentiation
P&G’s European volume growth accelerated to 3% from 2% in the previous quarter, which is impressive when most of its peers are posting volume declines in the region, says Warren Ackerman, head of European consumer staples research at Barclays
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Analysis & Features
Personal care - beauty 2023: Bargains on beauty lines drive growth
The lipstick effect took on a literal meaning in 2023
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Analysis & Features
Haircare 2023: Brits commit to treating their hair
Brits splurge on home hair treatments