The newfound culture that has transformed women’s nails into fashion accessories is driving the US nail care market, which is dwarfing the growth rates in other cosmetics categories.
Wal-Mart's sustainability programme, which is forcing manufacturers
worldwide to reduce their environmental impact, has come under
heavy criticism from a coalition of international labour and
civic organisations for being "unsustainable".
Putting pressure on personal care firms, retail giant
Wal-Mart today announced it will ask suppliers to measure and
report greenhouse gas emissions incurred in the making
of certain products.
Wal-Mart audited 8,873 of its suppliers' factories last
year, part of the giant retailer's ongoing push to portray itself
as an ethical and environmentally-conscious company.
Wal-Mart will require suppliers to another 400 of its stores to use
radio frequency identification (RFID) for tracking goods, adding to
growing pressure on processors to invest in the technology.
Mirroring the trend already seen in Europe for mass market
retailers to start stocking organic personal care lines, Target,
one of the biggest retailers in the US, is about to commence sales
of a new Erbaviva bath, body and skin care...
In a bid to stay ahead in the fiercely competitive battle to become
the UK's leading supermarket, Asda has jumped on the 'green'
bandwagon and will now stock the Bentley Organic personal care
range.
As a global shift emerges towards increased hypermarket sales of
toiletries and cosmetics, there seems to be little standing in the
way of Tesco's health and beauty sector cashing in on the growing
trend.
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