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  • Yellow Wood closes sale of PDC brands
    BOSTON — PDC Brands, whose portfolio includes such personal care and beauty brands as Dr. Teal’s, Cantu, Body Fantasies, BOD Man and Eylure, has officially been sold to CVC Capital Partners. Yellow Wood Partners picked up roughly $1.42 billion for the company, which it acquired five years ago.
     

  • Consumers encouraged to buy, apply more sunscreen

    After years of ignoring warnings that sun exposure poses a health risk and hastens aging, consumers are starting to see the light. In fact, overall category sales rose 6.7% for the 52-week period ended May 14 across multi-outlets, according to IRI. Lotions and oils advanced almost 7%, and sunscreens and bug repellants jumped 3.5%.

    But retailers and marketers said much more needs to be done. A recent Marist Institute for Public Opinion Poll said only 1-in-10 people apply sunscreen regularly.

  • Every Man Jack intros Sport line

    SAN FRANCISCO — Men’s grooming company Every Man Jack is ready for summer. The brand on Wednesday introduced its five-product Sport line, which it said was developed for active men.

  • Coppertone hosts Miami pop-up to celebrate ClearlySheer Whipped launch

    MIAMI — Coppertone and Simply Stylist on Saturday hosted a one-day pop-up to celebrate the launch of the brand’s latest addition to its Coppertone Whipped line of sun care products. The event kicked off with a panel discussion, followed by sun-inspired beauty activations with Coppertone ClearlySheer Whipped Sunscreen.

  • Hawaiian Tropic looks to influencers to highlight new products

    SHELTON, Conn. — Edgewell Personal Care’s Hawaiian Tropic brand is introducing new products and partnering with three YouTube influencers for a series of videos about the sun care products and how they incorporate them into their passions.

  • Coppertone pushes for transparency in sun protection products

    WHIPPANY, N.J. — Coppertone maker Bayer recently announced that it had commissioned an independent assessment aimed at providing consumers more confidence when choosing a sunscreen. The company hired AccountAbility to assess Bayer’s internal processes, systems, controls and performance guidelines for the labeling accuracy of its 10 top-selling Coppertone products, then publicize the results.

  • These beauty products may be flying off shelves this winter

    NBC's Today show spoke with some of Hollywood's top celebrity beauty experts to get the scoop on the best drug store beauty products to help battle the winter elements.

    The network also highlighted the beauty products in one of its beauty segments and in a feature online.

    The majority of the products can be found at drug and mass retailers.

    To see the list, click here.

     

     

  • Priyanka Chopra is the new ambassador of this beauty brand

    CINCINNATI — Actress, film producer and philanthropist Priyanka Chopra is joining a roster of women around the globe as Pantene’s newest Global Brand Ambassador.

    Chopra will be the face of Pantene’s new campaign celebrating the Brand’s biggest shampoo launch in 30 years: Pantene Pro-V’s new Shampoo formulas that go beyond washing to fuel hair from within. Pantene’s new shampoos claim to fuel hair with the nutrients it needs to be strong from the core to endure the stressors it faces day in and day out.

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