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in-cosmetics senior team shake up

in-cosmetics senior team shake up

By Lucy Whitehouse

in-cosmetics Group, a major player in the field of industry events organisation for the beauty and personal care industry, has announced a series of promotions and appointments across its senior management team.

Avon Products says this is the last leadership change, for now

Avon Products says this is the last leadership change, for now

By Deanna Utroske

This week the direct sales beauty company announced the appointment of a new chief operating officer. And in making the announcement, Avon Products assured investors, the industry, and the public that the company is now moving full speed ahead toward...

Revlon names Fabian Garcia as its CEO

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Revlon names Fabian Garcia as its CEO

By Simon Pitman

Having spent a little over a month without a leader, the Revlon board of executives has announced that Fabian Garcia is making the jump from Colgate-Palmolive to become the new CEO and President.

Henkel appoints new beauty boss from within

Henkel appoints new beauty boss from within

By Andrew MCDOUGALL

Henkel has looked no further than its own organisation in appointing Pascal Houdayer as its new Executive Vice President for the Beauty Care business, effective as of May 1; replacing Hans Van Bylen who is becoming CEO on the same day.

Henkel appoints Beauty Care boss as new CEO

Henkel appoints Beauty Care boss as new CEO

By Andrew MCDOUGALL

Henkel has appointed Beauty Care boss Hans Van Bylen as its new CEO following Kasper Rorsted’s decision not to renew his contract and step down at the end of April.

DSM to make organisational changes to adapt to global market

DSM to make organisational changes to adapt to global market

By Andrew MCDOUGALL

Royal DSM announces that it is making adjustments to its organisational and operating model as it looks to create a more focused and cost efficient organisation, with a clearer market focus on a global scale; but this will mean job losses.

SEPPIC discusses its move into the hair care category

SEPPIC discusses its move into the hair care category

By Simon Pitman

France-based specialty chemicals player SEPPIC is making the move into the hair care category. At the in-cosmetics event we spoke to Lucie Maisonneuve, product and market manager for the company's personal care unit, to find out about the company's...

InnoCos gears up for 5th annual summit in Rome

InnoCos gears up for 5th annual summit in Rome

By Katie Nichol

Taking place from 21-23 May 2014 in Rome, the 5th annual innoCos summit is set to bring together top-level executives from the cosmetics and personal care industry to discuss topics including marketing, consumer insights and product development.

BYK expand Wesel management team

BYK expand Wesel management team

Cosmetic additives company BYK has expanded their Wesel management team with the addition of Frank B.J. Wright, a former MD at Rockwood Holdings.

MakeUp in Paris 2013 in pictures

MakeUp in Paris 2013 in pictures

By Michelle Yeomans

MakeUp in Paris kicked off its 4th annual show last week where industry professionals gathered over a two day event to view the latest in packaging marketing, procurement and development while a new area enabled pigment suppliers to reach a wider scope...

Lafley announces restructuring of P&G business units

Lafley announces restructuring of P&G business units

It's action stations at P&G, where in the past few weeks, A.G. Lafley has been reappointed as company CEO, four new major executive appointments have been announced and, most recently, the company's business divisions have been restructured,...

Beauty segment continues to emerge in Natural & Organic event

Beauty segment continues to emerge in Natural & Organic event

The Natural & Organic Products Europe trade show, initially dedicated to the health food and organic sectors, has built momentum with beauty professionals as features like a 'Beauty and Spa’ division emerges as crowd drawing segments.

Avon stake holder refers to business as ‘a mess’

Avon stake holder refers to business as ‘a mess’

By Simon Pitman

One of Avon’s biggest stakeholders says the business needs significant restructuring to turn it around but believes CEO Sheri McCoy is the right person to put the business back on the right track.

Lab Expanscience expert delves into how best to integrate CSR standards

Lab Expanscience expert delves into how best to integrate CSR standards

By Michelle Yeomans

In a presentation at the Sustainable Cosmetics Summit in Paris last week, Sebastian Debrock, vegetal ingredients manager at Laboratoires Expanscience delved into the importance of being on top of innovation and new technologies as a means of implementing...

Industry events turn to apps to aid show organisation

Industry events turn to apps to aid show organisation

By Andrew MCDOUGALL

The cosmetics industry was traditionally slow on the uptake of mobile applications for smartphones; but what has become an area of growth for manufacturers in recent years has also been utilized by a number of industry event organizers, who have developed...