Peacocks acquires The Fragrance Shop UK perfume chain
Privately-owned UK perfume chain The Fragrance Shop is to be acquired by Welsh company Peacock Group, owner of Peacock and bonmarché clothes stores.
Archives for June 1, 2004
Omega Pharma to acquire personal care brands from Pfizer
Omega Pharma has agreed the acquisition of a portfolio of 60 European over-the-counter and personal care brands from Pfizer for €135 million in a transaction to be completed around the end of June 2004.
Inamed files anti-wrinkle treatment patent infringement suit against Medicis
US-based cosmeceuticals company Inamed, the manufacturer of the recently FDA-approved Hylaform anti-wrinkle treatment, is reported to have filed a lawsuit against rival Medicis for patent infringement relating to a product it distributes in North...
Consumer spend on ethnic-specific products amounts to US$1.5 billion
Only a fifth of health and beauty products purchased by ethnic consumers in the US are specifically formulated for that market, according to a report published by market research company Packaged Facts.