One example is getting toxins and chemicals out of our food and personal care products.
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But Hughes' Los Angeles-based direct seller of nutrition and personal care products seems to have nine lives.
Y. maker of personal care products, decided against opening a Web store and approached dot.com retailers to take it on-line.
Personal care products: Few things feel as indulgent as a new bottle of aftershave or your favorite skin creme.
Sales of cars and car parts rose by 1.6% from November, while sales of furniture and personal care products were 1.4% higher.
However, they will face more competition from Chinese domestic firms in consumer goods sectors such as food and beverages, household appliances and personal care products.
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Lucky was a chemical company that made personal care products.
Butylated Hydroxyanisole (BHA): Used in fragrance and personal care products.
Williams, owner of Brylcreem, Aqua Velva, Cepacol personal care products.
The Natural (organic) personal care products industry, which includes handmade, is projected to reach USD 9 billion in sales in 2011 and climb to USD 14 billion by 2015.
Unilever, meanwhile, has the highest emerging-market exposure and could gain from price increases in household and personal care products, which make up around half of its sales, this year.
It plans to execute further such price cuts for other beauty and personal care products to recover lost market share from competitors like Unilever, Kimberly-Clark and Colgate-Palmolive.
You also won't want to insult or bore him or her, so stay away from clothing (which requires you to guess your boss' size), politically oriented or religious gifts, money, personal care products or "adult" items.
The Hollister brand offers a broad selection of apparels, accessories and personal care products, primarily targeting consumers in the age group of 14-18 years with the apparels carrying a laid back character associated with southern California.
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For example, 45 percent of consumers under age thirty-four surveyed in the McKinsey report said they spend on personal care products purely for their own enjoyment, compared with 37% of consumers aged 35-65 who said so.
Under the leadership of cochairmen Antony Burgmans and the recently retired Niall FitzGerald the company has spent the last five years slashing hundreds of food and personal care products from its portfolio to concentrate on 400 core brands.
After working with the industry for years to encourage the manufacture of non-toxic personal care products, the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics is now targeting retailers, encouraging them to make more space on shelves for the growing inventory of safe cosmetics.
It is more than three times larger, when measured in sales, than the next-largest retailer, Carrefour. (Carrefour has more stores.) Wal-Mart is the largest, or among the top three largest, sellers of many categories of goods, including groceries, family clothing, toys, personal care products, home electronics, magazines and others.
Last month, the Canadian government moved to list triclosan an antibacterial ingredient commonly found in toothpaste as a toxic under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, which could result in an outright ban on the antibacterial agent in personal care products, affecting U.S. companies that sell such products north of the border.
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While pharmacies offer plan members, prescription drugs at seemingly high discounts, often to the tune of 40% and above over the entire period, the consumers often purchase other drugs uncovered by the plans and other personal care products such as soaps, shampoos and the like on their visits to the pharmacies which brings in additional sales.
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Sales of beauty and personal-care products rose 8.4% in that period.
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Studies show that women are more likely to purchase goods for their household and specifically for their children, including food, healthcare, education, clothing and personal-care products key factors in strengthening and securing communities.
Market research firm Euromonitor International tracks private-label spending in the core grocery products sectors, including food, beverages and personal care.
Colgate-Palmolive Company is a global consumer products company, tightly focused on Oral Care, Personal Care, Household Surface Care, Fabric Care and Pet Nutrition.
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