Captured 17.4% mass merchandiser dollar share of the poison ivy treatment/prevention category for the 52 weeks ended March 14, according to data from A.C. Nielsen released by EnviroDerm Pharmaceuticals (Louisville, Ky.). Approximately one year after the lotion that prevents poison ivy, oak and sumac rash was introduced in March 1997, IvyBlock generated sales of $1.1 mil. in mass merchandise doors and ranked second in the $6.2 mil. category in that class of trade. Avon Products recently signed a licensing deal with EnviroDerm to market IvyBlock lotion under its Skin-So-Soft label ("The Rose Sheet" April 20, p. 9). Warner-Lambert's Caladryl Clear leads the market, with a 36.7% share and sales of $2.3 mil., while Caladryl was a close third, with a 17.2% share and sales of $1.1 mil. Both Caladryls are treatment products. IvyBlock is the only OTC marketed for prevention...
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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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The Expert Panel for Cosmetic Ingredient Safety maintains that it needs data that reflect real-world conditions when conducting its reviews, issuing an ‘insufficient conclusion’ for hair dye ingredient butoxyethanol.
Aska Pharmaceutical has recieved a green light from Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare for the Rx-to-OTC switch of its NorLevo (1.5mg levonorgestrel) emergency contraceptive. Controversially, OTC NorLevo will need to be taken on the spot by purchasers in the presence of a pharmacist.
FTC Bureau of Consumer Protection Director Chris Mufarrige says the commission is vigorously enforcing consumer and competition laws but will not assume a ‘broader delegation’ of authority than granted it by Congress.
