ST. IVES REVAMPING SWISS FORMULA HAIR CARE SYSTEMS with "more healthful formulas, new packaging and contemporary graphics and exciting new variants," the firm said. In an effort to update and streamline the 15 year-old line, St. Ives is adding Swiss Vanilla and Extracts of the Rain Forest shampoo and conditioner system and is discontinuing the Apple Mint, Henna, Cream Rose and Keratin formulas. Three of the original Swiss Formula shampoo/conditioner combinations -- Aloe Vera, Jojoba and Papaya -- will remain in the line, and one is being changed from Silk Protein to Silk Pro- Vitamin. The revamped products are launching Jan. 1.
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The US FTC’s contention that ‘notice and choice’ has failed as the cornerstone of consumer privacy regulation and must be abandoned in favor of data minimization and other more stringent measures does not adequately account for the complexity of business practices and consumer behavior, FTC commissioner Melissa Holyoak asserted at the NAD’s 2024 Annual Conference.
FTC Commissioner Melissa Holyoak says the agency has acted outside the bounds afforded by Congress, citing several areas within consumer protection, including a recent update to the final rule for the Health Breach Notification Rule and the commission’s use of notices of penalty offense to serve as the basis for Section 5 settlements.
At one year, TikTok Shop conjures the early days of Amazon, representing the ‘Wild West’ of beauty ecommerce, said co-founders of private label and contract manufacturing company KO-Pack at the IBA Cosmetics Convergence Fall 2024 Virtual Symposium, “The Promise and Pitfalls of TikTok Shop.”
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In a nod to drug manufacturers’ potential interest in moving to natural alternatives for petroleum-based synthetic dyes the agency intends to remove from use, document explains process for asking for approval for “any dye, pigment, or other substance that can impart color to a food, drug, cosmetic,
French consumer health player Urgo has added to its dietary supplements offering with separate deals in Poland and Belgium.
The US cosmetics industry, particularly small- and medium-sized businesses, should reach out to their representatives in Congress to encourage pressure on the US Food and Drug Administration to implement cosmetics reform, despite agency staff cuts.
