All Healthcare articles – Page 64
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NewsUnilever introducing new range of Dove shower products
Unilever is introducing a new range of Dove shower products which it predicts will achieve £5m in first year sales.
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NewsVenus deal saves Wine Rack but Threshers future looks bleak
The Wine Rack brand will continue to trade after the administrator of owner First Quench Retailing sold the rights to the fascia and 13 of its stores.
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Focus On Winter Remedies: Britain squirts and wipes its way to cleanliness
Although the public feel the swine flu outbreak has been hyped up by the media, they are still taking action to protect themselves against germs, according to a Mintel survey.
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Focus On Winter Remedies: Coughs and sneezes spread... um... sales
Let's not beat about the bush: the swine flu outbreak is great news for those who make and sell winter remedies.
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Focus On Winter Remedies: Take-home Snapshot - Move to premium increases value
The winter remedies market is broken down into four categories cold treatments, cough liquids, cough/throat lozenges and decongestants and was worth £268m last year.
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Wholesalers lash out at Asda for ‘mad’ six for £4 Radox promo
Wholesalers have accused Asda of muscling into their territory and trying to turn itself into “Britain’s biggest cash & carry”.
The retailer was selling multipacks of shower gel at prices they couldn’t compete with, they claimed,… -
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Asda disability range comes under attack
Asda is to meet with Trading Standards officers next week following a complaint about its range of disability products.An anonymous letter sent to 12 regional offices of the consumer watchdog alleges some of the products in the...
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Third Party: This Christmas, give less and you’ll do more
The best gift the industry can give to the environment is responsible packaging and production, says David Rennie
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Brylcreem gets a slick new look
Brylcreem is relaunching with a new logo, a multimillion pound campaign and David Beckham's successor as Brylcreem Boy. The Sara Lee brand claimed the more artistic-looking lion emblem was one of the "most significant design overhauls"...
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Male grooming soars as ‘average blokes’ buy in
Sales of male grooming products are soaring as new products ditch the metrosexual tag for more mainstream appeal and men shell out to make sure they look good at work.While overall men's toiletries sales jumped 9% in volume and value to...
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Swine Flu HQ
Swine flu is excuse the pun a pig of a problem for the supermarkets. The last thing they want is for consumers to spread the virus while doing their shopping or to start viewing supermarkets as no-go zones as they do 'infected' schools.
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NewsReckitt keeps on upward track with 8% quarterly sales hike
Sales at household goods giant Reckitt Benckiser rose by 8% in the past three months, the Dettol and Cillit Bang maker has announced.
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Persil Naturals debut to mix scent with skincare
Unilever is launching a premium detergent range that it claims brings fragrance to the skin-kind laundry market for the first time. The debut of Persil Naturals, which will be backed by a £11.7m marketing push, will be the company's biggest...
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Campaign Trail: LYNX airs a fishy tale
Sweat patches may not be attractive, but in a TV ad for Lynx Dry they help a master fisherman catch fish. He sweats so much he attracts fish under his armpits until he discovers the deodorant and loses his attraction to his finned friends but gets...
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Two new ranges set to send Ella's Kitchen sales soaring further
Infant food brand Ella's Kitchen plans to further boost its rocketing sales with the launch of new breakfast and stage 3 ranges designed for babies and toddlers.Earlier this year, founder Paul Lindley predicted company sales would double to...
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Ecover turns up the power to clean like petrochemical rivals
Ecover has relaunched its eco-friendly surface cleaning range with a more powerful natural ingredient that it claims will make it as effective as petrochemical-based brands such as Cillit Bang and Mr Muscle.The ecological cleaning brand said...
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World News 4/4/09
Sara Lee has said it is considering selling its international household and personal care business after receiving expressions of interest. The company, which owns brands including Ambi Pur, Sanex, Radox and Brylcreem, trades with...
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Ad of the Week: Mattessons' meaty innuendo finds virtue in vice
This column was not the first to note the frequent and often wildly inappropriate use of sexual imagery to sell products ranging from confectionery (Magnum, Flake and now Cadbury's Caramel) to chemical weapons (Lynx deodorant). Perhaps the...