MarketWatch: Personal Care - June 2008 - This month's Personal Care MarketWatch looks at the buoyant market for natural sleep aids, exemplified by the launch of time release liquid sleep capsules and an effervescent sleep formulation. These have the poten

MarketWatch: Personal Care - June 2008 - This month's Personal Care MarketWatch looks at the buoyant market for natural sleep aids, exemplified by the launch of time release liquid sleep capsules and an effervescent sleep formulation. These have the poten

Introduction

The Personal Care MarketWatch contains the latest news, analysis and opinion, covering all the month's major issues including mergers and acquisitions, marketing and regulatory issues. It covers the period from April 15 May 14 2008.

Scope

Geographic coverage: global Category coverage: personal care

Highlights

Datamonitor's Personal Care MarketWatch provides monthly insight into the key events in the personal care industry

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DATAMONITOR VIEW 1
CATALYST 1
SUMMARY 1
INDUSTRY UPDATE 2
News in Brief 2
NEW PRODUCTS REVIEW 4
Helping consumers gain a restful night's sleep 4
Bath Products: top fragrances in new launches 7
New personal care launches by category, January-March 2008: focus on facial cosmetics 8
Product claims: new personal care launches, January-March 2008 9
INDUSTRY COMMENT 10
Works with Water: targeting appearance conscious consumers 10
Unilever: protesters go ape over palm oil use 11
Superdrug: the super fight back continues 12
NEWS 13
Headlines 13
Hutchison Whampoa to increase investment in Shanghai Hutchison Whitecat 13
Henkel appoints new chairman of management board 13
Johnson & Johnson Q1 sales up 13
Euoko enters into distribution agreement with Atout Comsetics 13
Godrej Sara Lee unveils Ambi Pur Aromatherapy fragrances 13
L'Oreal Q1 sales up 13
New rule takes stakes stiff stance at consumer product weight details 13
rue21 to launch two new fragrances for teenagers 13
Revlon appoints new global artistic director 13
Spray & Forget announces product availability expansion 14
Procter & Gamble announces board changes 14
P&G to leverage InnoCentive Solvers to meet product development challenges 14
Beiersdorf expects gains of E15 million for 2008 14
Reckitt Benckiser Q1 net revenue up 20% 14
Unilever to reportedly cut 48 jobs at Leeds factory 14
Amway India's new product line targets tier II and III cities 14
Natural First Look launches seven new beauty products 14
OFT expands investigation into retail pricing 14
Godrej likely to increase prices of soaps 14
Unilever Germany creates new pension scheme 15
Aon to serve as broker and consultant for Unilever 15
Clorox's Q3 sales up 15
Unilever commits to certified sustainable palm oil 15
Avon's Q1 total revenue increases 15
Colgate-Palmolive's Q1 net sales up 15
Bare Escentuals Q1 net sales up 21% 15
Energizer Holdings chairman emeritus to retire 15
Mission Product introduces five new skincare products 15
Scott's Liquid Gold's Q1 net sales up 16
P&G sues J&J and McNeil-PPC for patent infringement on tooth-whitening strips 16
Spectrum Brands not to sell home and garden business 16
Hain Celestial's Q3 net sales up 16
Clorox to launch new all-purpose disinfectant cleaner 16
Beiersdorf's Q1 group sales up 16
Spectrum Brands Q2 loss narrows 16
Sara Lee's Q3 sales up 10% 16
Estee Lauder's Q3 net sales increase 16
Church & Dwight's Q1 net income surges 17
Henkel to move US corporate office from Pennsylvania 17
Amway reportedly expects INR600 million turnover in Kerala 17
Henkel Q1 net earnings up 17
Safeway introduces new line of baby products 17
Inter Parfums Q1 net sales surge 17
L'Oreal reportedly appoints general manager of Lancome brand in Europe 17
Shiseido's new fragrance likely to account for 5% of sales 17
Givaudan and Colgate Palmolive enter into fragrance deal 17
FMCG firms announce fresh round of price hikes in India 17
COMPANY SPOTLIGHT: REVLON 18
Business Background 18
SWOT Analysis 20
Strengths 20
Weaknesses 21
Opportunities 22
Threats 23
APPENDIX 24
Further Reading 24
Index 25
ABOUT MARKETWATCHES 26
ABOUT MARKETWATCHES 26
Editors 26
Ask the analyst 26
Datamonitor consulting 26
Disclaimer 26
List of Tables
Table 1: Top claims in new personal care launches, January-March 2008, compared to same period the year before 9
Table 2: Key Facts 18
Table 3: SWOT Analysis 20
List of Figures
Figure 1: Sleep Fast Sleep Aid Supplement - Dual-Release Liqui-Pulse Capsules 5
Figure 2: Restalex pm Effervescent Sleep Aid Drink 5
Figure 3: Sovereign Silver First Aid Gel - Bio-Active Homeopathic Silver 5
Figure 4: HemCon KytoStat Bandage 6
Figure 5: Signal White Now Dentifrice 6
Figure 6: L'Oreal Paris FX Effects Studio Line Gel' Aqua - Cabello Corto 6
Figure 7: Bath products: top fragrances in new launches 7
Figure 8: Leading global personal care launches by category, January-March 2008, plus growth compared to the same timescale the year before 8