General Merchandise

ROCKVILLE, Md. — Online retailing is changing the game for pet parents.

Specifically, 40% of pet owners are opting to buy pet products online, up from 37% the previous year, and notably higher than results from 2014, according to U.S. Pet Market Outlook, 2017-2018. The report, from research firm Packaged Facts, highlights mergers and acquisitions, retail channel trends, and pet owner demographics and spending habits.

Dreft rolls out 65% plant-based Dreft purtouch

CINCINNATI — Baby laundry detergent brand Dreft has announced the latest addition to its offerings. The company on Thursday launched Dreft purtouch, a 65% plant-based hypoallergenic baby detergent, which it says is made with naturally derived ingredients.

WILTON, Conn. — Henkel’s All brand on Monday announced the latest addition to the laundry detergent’s line and a new partnership with author and yoga instructor Hilaria Baldwin. The company is launching All Fresh Clean Essentials, a sulfate-free detergent, with Baldwin supporting the launch.

SHELTON, Conn. — Edgewell Personal Care announced this week that it had promoted one of its own to the position of VP Americas, effective April 4. In his new role, Adel Mekhail oversees the commercial functions for the company’s business in North America and Latin America.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Hallmark Cards has come out on top of Harris Poll’s EquiTrend Study in the greeting cards category for the seventh year in a row. Hallmark Cards received the highest numerical equity score among greeting cards brands this year.

FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Cupsy Me’s drink organizer Cupsy has its legs under it. The product is a cup holder designed to prevent spills through the use of removable and repositionable legs that the company says make it versatile enough to use on the beach, on the couch or in the car.

Cupsy Me recently reported that the product has a received some 200 5-star reviews on Amazon.com, with an overall 4.7-star rating.

MINNEAPOLIS — Target could begin testing its Target Restock service, whereby customers will be able to fill a large box of a specific size with as many items as can fit in it, choosing from more than 8,000 household essentials, beauty and personal care items and dry grocery products, as soon as next month, according to the Minneapolis Star-Tribune. Original testing could be done in smaller markets of Minnesota to start.