Editorial: The WSJ reports that independent lab testing detected sodium lauryl sulfate in The Honest Company's liquid dish detergent, contrary to the startup's "free of" claims. Honest disputes the finding, but the resulting media storm and PR implications underscore the challenges inherent in such positioning, the scrutiny it invites and the risks a company assumes in marketing products for what they are not.
In an interview last year with "The Rose Sheet," veteran chemist and regulatory consultant David Steinberg of Steinberg & Associates suggested that many of the cosmetic industry's woes, including its depleted preservative palette, can be traced to the dawning of "free of" marketing.
Personal-care and other consumer-goods marketers have learned that stamping a product as free of some chemical or another has powerful consumer appeal, no matter if the substance has been deemed safe by scientific
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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Coty lowers its revenue and profit outlook for FY25, though it believes FY26 will be a better year thanks to a return of ‘blockbuster’ product launches, market expansion and mitigation strategies for current economic uncertainties.
Haleon wants to reach one billion more consumers by 2030 and plans to do this by tailoring products to those outside the highest income bracket. The UK-based firm's five-year growth plan will also see it generate £0.8bn in productivity savings.
Germany’s Federal Institute for Risk Assessment says that there is "no evidence that people with androgenetic alopecia have special dietary needs or a special nutrient requirement.”
