The Vitamin World deal jettisons one of NBTY's slower-performing businesses after the firm previously began exiting the low-margin contract manufacturing sector. The acquisition by a Centre Lane Partners unit is the second private equity move in the supplement space in two weeks.
[NBTY Inc.] sheds its Vitamin World Inc. US retail chain as private equity interest in the dietary supplement arena spreads with a Centre Lane Partners LLC affiliate paying $25m for the 380-store and online business.
The deal announced Feb. 2 jettisons one of NBTY's slower-performing businesses after the manufacturer and marketer previously said it will...
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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