Health giant Johnson & Johnson has issued its ninth recall of a consumer health product in a year, this time covering millions of 1-Day Acuvue contact lenses sold in Japan and two dozen other coun…
Health giant Johnson & Johnson has issued its ninth recall of a consumer health product in a year, this time covering millions of 1-Day Acuvue contact lenses sold in Japan and two dozen other coun…
Having acquired mouthwash brand Listerine from Pfizer in 2008, Johnson & Johnson (J&J) is now investing in growing the brand and category in India.
Listerine – that existed both as a pre…
In an interview with CNBC, William Lauder, Estee Lauder’s executive chairman, says customers need to see product innovation and service in order to come back to stores. The company swung to a pr…
Hong Kong-based Hutchison Whampoa Ltd, parent company of health-and-beauty retailer Watsons and supermarket chain ParknShop, has announced its financial results for the first half of 2010.…
Hong Kong-based retailer Dairy Farm saw sales, including 100 percent of associates, grow 13 percent to USD4.3 billion in the first half of 2010. Net profit for the six months ended on 30 June increase…
The smoking rate among Japanese adults has fallen to an all-time low for the 15th consecutive year, decreasing 1.0 percentage point from a year ago to 23.9 percent, Japan Tobacco Inc. said on Wednesda…
Unilever has released its second-quarter and half-year results for 2010.
Net cash flow from operating activities rose to EUR2.2 billion over the half year, up from EUR2.0b. The personal-products and h…
TNS Social Research Unit in India has been awarded a prestigious government project worth approx USD1.8 m per year for the next 3 years. This project, being undertaken in 9 states, is being run by the…
Singapore’s Tiger Balm is taking small steps into the rural and semi-urban markets of India. Small red tinlets of the popular brand, a little larger than a tablet in size, have been rolled out b…
US consumer products company Kimberly-Clark says higher selling prices and cost cuts helped its second-quarter net income rise 24 percent, to USD498 million.
But revenue fell short of expectations, an…