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Walmart Program Seeks Greener Beauty, Greater Supplier Transparency

 
• By Katie Saunders

Walmart aims to reduce or eliminate high-priority toxins from its beauty offering with a program announced Sept. 12. The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics celebrates the move and calls on Target to implement a similar safe-cosmetics policy in its stores.

In what the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics is calling “a victory for consumers demanding safer products,” retail giant Walmart has announced a plan to prioritize chemicals of concern and reduce or eliminate their use in personal-care and cosmetic products carried in its stores.

Announced Sept. 12, the retailer’s Consumable Chemicals program is intended to ensure that the cosmetic product offering in Walmart and Sam’s Club locations has minimal negative impact on consumer health and the environment, according to the published

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C&D Divesting Flawless, Spinbrush Lines, Says Gummy Vitamin Brands Might Not Stick

 
• By Malcolm Spicer

C&D reports Q1 net sales dropped 2.4% to $1.48bn, below its guidance for around 1% growth. Its brands’ sales at retail and market share grew in the quarter, but “experienced slowing category growth in the US market” as retailers reduced inventory levels.

Herbalife Expects No ‘Material’ Impact From China Tariff, Recent Deals To Bring ‘New Era’ Of Growth

 
• By Malcolm Spicer

Herbalife expects little impact from increased tariffs on imports from China but strong boosts from acquiring Pro2col Health and Pruvit Ventures Inc. and 51% ownership of Link BioSciences.

Fragrance Industry Unification Hedges Against Tariff Impact – Experts

 
• By Eileen Francis

Fragrance companies and suppliers can draft contracts that ensure the cost burden of tariffs is shared, says attorney David Morrell of law firm Jones Day, during a recent panel discussion, ‘Tariffs in Motion: Insight for the Fragrance Industry.”