Personal care

Avon in talks with private equity firms for stake sale

11 Sep 2015

Maharashtra FDA cracks down on ‘steroid-laden’ fairness creams

09 Sep 2015

Berry Plastics to buy baby diaper maker Avintiv from Blackstone Group for $2.45 bn

01 Aug 2015

India thwarts Colgate-Palmolive's bid to patent nutmeg mouthwash

17 Jul 2015

Procter & Gamble to sell its beauty brands to Coty for $12.5 bn

09 Jul 2015

The transaction for 43 brands includes P&G’s global salon professional hair care and colour, retail hair colour, cosmetics and fine fragrance businesses, along with select hair styling brands

UK teens invent STD detecting colour-changing condom

26 Jun 2015

Coty nears deal to buy three P&G brands for about $12 billion

16 Jun 2015

Coty Inc, the $4.6-billion US cosmetics group, has won an auction to acquire Wella hair care and Max Factor and CoverGirl makeup brands from Procter & Gamble for around $12 billion