Hygiene

Alcampo Expands Private-Label Offering By 5% In 2023

Spanish hypermarket and supermarket chain Alcampo added 281 private-label products across food, drugstore, and perfumery segments in the past year, represe...

Reckitt Misses Like-For-Like Sales Expectations, Commences Buyback

Reckitt, the maker of Dettol and Lysol cleaning products, missed third-quarter like-for-like sales expectations despite raising product prices to help offs...

French Consumers Massively Cutting Essential Purchases, Carrefour CEO Warns

The CEO of French retailer Carrefour has warned that consumers were massively curbing purchases of essential staples due to high prices, and urged French a...

Personal Hygiene Firm Ontex Posts Rise In First-Quarter Revenue

Personal hygiene manufacturer Ontex has reported a 15% increase in first-quarter revenue in its core markets, driven by 'double digit price increases acros...

PZ Cussons Reports 'Good Start' To New Financial Year, FY22 Revenue Down

Personal care firm PZ Cussons has said that it has made a 'good start' to the current financial year, following on from a full-year period in which reporte...

PZ Cussons Warns Of Challenging Months Ahead As Costs Surge

Soap maker PZ Cussons Plc has warned of challenging months ahead as input costs in the consumer sector are on the rise and household budgets may come under...

PZ Cussons Acquires Personal Care Brand Childs Farm

PZ Cussons has announced the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Childs Farm, a baby and child personal care brand.

Essity's Profit Drops As Input And Distribution Costs Bite

Hygiene products group Essity has reported a bigger-than-expected drop in fourth-quarter profit and said it planned to raise prices further in the face of...