Content about Hygiene

May 17, 2013
Health benefits important to personal product purchasers

Health benefits are among the top characteristics playing a role in personal product selection, according to an online survey of almost 700 AccentHealth viewers conducted in April. More than three-quarters of shoppers consider the health benefits when buying a health, beauty or hygiene product.

May 8, 2013
Ethnic beauty industry vet Brian Marks launches new hair care collection

Ethnic beauty industry veteran Brian K. Marks and his wife, former model Nene Marks, have introduced the new Nene's Secret hair care collection.

May 8, 2013
Purell Advanced named top sanitizer by TripAdvisor

TripAdvisor on Wednesday named Purell Advanced Hand Sanitizer "best hand sanitizer" as part of the travel site's second annual Travelers' Choice Awards for Travel Favorites.

May 2, 2013
Gojo launches 'Tough Job - Sweet Deal' sweepstakes

Hygiene products manufacturer Gojo Industries is sponsoring a special promotion targeted at people that really get their hands dirty at work, the company announced.

April 30, 2013
Revamped Adidas personal care collection for men, women hits market

A revamped Adidas personal care range has hit the market, reflecting the athletic energy of today’s man and the confidence of the modern woman.

April 25, 2013
New product launches help fuel Colgate's U.S. sales, market share in Q1

NEW YORK — Colgate announced on Thursday that North American net sales rose 5.5% as new product launches, such as Colgate Optic White mouthwash, helped drive volume growth and market share gains in the United States.

North America, which accounts for 18% of company sales, posted a net sales increase of 5.5%. Organic sales also rose 5.5% during the quarter.

April 21, 2013
Rite Aid's Wellness store emphasizes men's grooming

Aiming to improve the shopping experience through unique merchandising presentations, Rite Aid has unveiled its next generation Wellness store in Lemoyne, Pa., which features a greater focus on men's grooming.

April 20, 2013
Reaching a multicultural market

Understanding the needs of the multicultural marketplace, personal care company Sundial Brands, the maker of SheaMoisture, is working to take a new general market positioning at retail. Richelieu Dennis, founder and CEO of Sundial Brands, talked with Drug Store News about the brand’s heritage and how it is catering to the needs of its customers.

April 17, 2013
Kleenex sponsors sweepstakes for healthy schools, kids

Starting today, April 17, Kleenex brand, the only facial tissue with Sneeze Shield in all of its tissues, according to the company, is giving three schools a chance to win 250,000 eBoxTops for the 2013-2014 school year through the Kleenex brand in the Classroom sweepstakes.

March 27, 2013
Gillette partners with female spokeswomen as part of new marketing campaign geared toward men

Procter & Gamble’s Gillette male grooming brand has unveiled a partnership with three female celebrities — Kate Upton, Hannah Simone and Genesis Rodriguez — the first time ever that the brand has partnered with female representatives to spearhead an integrated marketing campaign.

March 21, 2013
Wisk releases new Deep Clean PowerBlasts

Wisk, a Sun Products brand, launched today a new detergent to its cleaning lineup: Wisk Deep Clean PowerBlasts.

March 13, 2013
TRESemmé develops Keratin Smooth, Platinum Strength hair care collections

Hair care brand TRESemmé has expanded its portfolio with the new Platinum Strength and Keratin Smooth collections.

March 11, 2013
Lysol introduces Touch of Foam hand soap

Lysol, a Reckitt Benckiser company, has announced a new line of foaming hand soaps, the company said.

March 7, 2013
Bounty introduces cloth-like DuraTowel

Bounty, a Proctor and Gamble brand, has unveiled the new DuraTowel, a cloth-like paper towel designed to use instead of reusing dishcloths, which the company said can redeposit millions of germs after just one use.

February 27, 2013
Sun Products launches new All detergent

Sun Products, makers of such laundry brands as Wisk and Snuggle, has launched a new All detergent: All Fresh and Sensitive.

February 25, 2013
Discovery Channel program features reusable menstrual cup

In View, the Discovery Channel program of which Larry King is host, will include a feature about DivaCup, a reusable menstrual cup.

February 21, 2013
Organix-South offers new TheraNeem Naturals liquid soap

Organix-South has introduced TheraNeem Naturals Liquid Neem Soap, a neem and castile soap made with certified organic oils and no harsh detergents, which can compromise the skin and hair, the company announced.

February 21, 2013
Unilever's Dove uncovers the truth about body cleansers

Dove, a Unilever brand, has launched a multiplatform, social media marketing campaign to reveal the “truth” about the body cleansers consumers purchase. The “Dove Truth Files: Reveal the Truth, Reap the Rewards” campaign asks women to put their detective skills to the test comparing their bar and body wash to Dove brand Body Wash and Beauty Bars to see which provides superior care for their skin for a chance to win more than 20,000 instant prizes.

January 28, 2013
WSJ: J&J shopping women's care unit

Johnson & Johnson is shopping its women's health unit, according to a report Friday in The Wall Street Journal, which suggested that the business no longer coincided with J&J's "growth priorities."

January 24, 2013
Kleenex delivers a gesture of care

In the height of the one of the worst flu seasons in recent years, Kleenex is hand-delivering care packs to unsuspecting fans all across North America. Three fans will receive what could be the surprise of a lifetime.

January 17, 2013
Dove Hair Care celebrates launch of new Color Care collection

Unilever’s Dove is celebrating its new Color Care collection, which promises to keep colored hair vibrant for up to eight weeks, by premiering a new video short that celebrates the many meanings of color at the Dove Color Care Salon this weekend.

December 5, 2012
Ouidad develops whipped, dual-purpose product for curls

Hair care brand Ouidad has announced the launch of its new Curl Recovery Whipped Curls Daily Conditioner & Styling Primer.

December 4, 2012
Study: Use of Purell hand sanitizer reduced diarrhea and respiratory illness incidence among children

Among children who took part in a recent study on the use of hand sanitizer in an environment with limited access to clean water, diarrhea cases were reduced by 30% and respiratory illnesses by more than 11%, GOJO Industries noted in a release issued Tuesday.

November 29, 2012
ReportersNotebook — Beauty Care, 12/10/12

Not Your Mother’s hair care is further expanding its distribution by adding Ricky’s NYC to its retail mix.


November 13, 2012
Colgate-Palmolive partners with One Direction in oral care promotion

Colgate-Palmolive has hired pop music group One Direction to help promote three of its oral care products, the company said Tuesday.

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