Personal care

Belgium’s Ontex to buy personal hygiene business of Brazil's Hypermarcas

23 Dec 2016

Unilever to buy US-based hair care products maker Living Proof

17 Dec 2016

Coty in advance talks to buy British hair products maker GHD for £400 mn plus

17 Oct 2016

Another woman files case against Johnson & Johnson talc

27 Sep 2016

Unilever to buy privately-held Seventh Generation for a reported $700 mn

20 Sep 2016

L'Oreal to buy US beauty products maker IT Cosmetics for $1.2 bn

23 Jul 2016

Unilever to buy US toiletry delivery start-up Dollar Shave Club for a reported $1 bn

21 Jul 2016

Henkel to buy US laundry and home care company Sun Products for $3.5 bn

24 Jun 2016

Youth dies as hair transplant goes badly awry

08 Jun 2016

A salon masquerading as a hair transplant centre, an ill-qualified doctor, a careless anaesthetist, this lethal combination led to the death of Santosh Kumar, a promising young medical student

Hindustan Unilever Q4 net up 7% at Rs1,090 cr

09 May 2016

J&J to acquire dermocosmetics products maker NeoStrata

27 Apr 2016

Doctors want `deadly' fairness creams to be banned for ever: report

22 Mar 2016

Avon to cut 2,500 jobs, move corporate headquarters to the UK

15 Mar 2016

Maharashtra FDA to test J&J talcum powder for carcinogens

12 Mar 2016

Henkel to buy a range of hair care brands from Procter & Gamble

03 Mar 2016

J&J must pay $72 mn damages in talc case

25 Feb 2016

Perfume that helps you lose weight

01 Feb 2016

Cutting down on calories is on a lot of people's minds after Christmas, but how many would think of buying a perfume because it promises to help them lose weight

Ronald Perelman to seek strategic alternatives for Revlon

18 Jan 2016

Gillette sues Dollar Shave Club over patent infringement

18 Dec 2015

‘Supercondom’ that protects even if it breaks

17 Dec 2015

An Indian-origin professor and her team have created a revolutionary hydrogel-based condom that prevents STDs and HIV even if it breaks, and moreover enhances sexual pleasure

India fails to restrict use of harmful skin creams and lotions: expert

28 Nov 2015

Shampoo, cosmetics ingredient can cause breast cancer

02 Nov 2015

Even at low levels, a class of preservatives widely-used in consumer products like shampoos, cosmetics, body lotions, and sunscreens can contribute to development of breast cancer

Retail meets yoga: Future Group ties up with Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali

10 Oct 2015

Blurring the lines between the spiritual and the commercial, Yoga guru Baba Ramdev will market a range of his Patanjali-branded products through Future Group outlets

Hollywood's Gillian Anderson asks health ministry to end repeat animal tests

10 Oct 2015

Germany's Symrise to buy US perfume ingredients maker Pinova Holdings in $417-mn deal

22 Sep 2015