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Candles
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Chipotle creates limited-edition lemonade-scented soy candle designed to look like a Chipotle water cup, available starting Aug. 18; new candle is inspired by fan's social media posts about 'accidentally' filling water cups with lemonade
PR Newswire (08/16)
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Cleaners
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Honest Co.'s Q2 net loss narrows to US$10M from year-ago net loss of US$20M, as revenue grows 5% to US$78.5M; growth led by diapers and wipes category up 9%, household and wellness up 15%, partially offset by 2% decline in skin and personal care segment
The Honest Company (08/15)
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Disinfectants & Sanitizers
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Global povidone iodine industry predicted to reach US$211.5M by 2028, with 4.5% CAGR growth from 2022 to 2028; growth driven by increasing use of povidone iodine to treat skin infections and in skin sterilization products
PR Newswire (08/18)
USAtowl releases Club Wipes, new disinfectant wipes for use on bar tops, hard wooden tables, kitchen sinks and counters, gym equipment; sanitized wipes are made using concentration of disinfectant solution and fabrics that efficiently soak the chemicals
EIN Presswire (08/17)
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Disposable Tableware/Kitchenware
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Compostable foodservice packaging firm Vegware releases first-ever sustainability report, detailing its commitment to driving access to composting infrastructure and how its waste consultancy has supported caterers to compost containers, cutlery, cups
PR Newswire (08/17)
Greenlid to invest over C$14.8M to build new manufacturing facility in Ontario to produces compostable products, primarily one-time-use items such as plates, bowls, coffee cups and lids sold through retailers; Ontario government to provide C$500,000 grant
Office of the Premier (08/15)
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Home & Garden Care
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Oldcastle APG will add lawn and garden operations in Suffolk, Virginia, by renovating a vacant building into new production facility, adding 28 jobs; company also commits to purchase 80% of all forest products from Virginia forest land owners
Governor of Virginia (08/16)
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Laundry-Care Products
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Bio-renewable cleaning brand Dirty Labs launches its plastic-free, biodegradable laundry detergents at select Whole Foods Market stores, the start-up's first entry into brick-and-mortar retail; expansion follows brand's closing of a US$4M seed round
Happi (08/17)
Black-owned indie home care brand Dinobi Detergent partners with Chicago Public Schools to educate about sustainability and hygiene, provide students with detergent; brand's 100% green, plant-based products are ideal for consumers with sensitive skin
Happi (08/17)
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Napkins/Paper Towels
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South Korean Environment Ministry backpedals on plan to ban single-use plastic wet wipes in restaurants and coffee shops, as move loses enthusiasm on customers' hygiene concerns; ministry to consider other options like encouraging use of paper tissues
The Korea Herald (08/18)
Brazilian tissue paper manufacturer Mili to invest 100M Brazilian reais by 2023 to expand production of items with focus on quality, including premium toilet paper, moistened towels, feminine absorbents and kitchen towels
CE Noticias Financieras (08/18)
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Oral Care Products
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Hoffmann Neopac wins two European Tube Manufacturers Assn. awards; company wins for PICEA Tube made of sugar-based plastics and tactile saw dust for Liebwerk's vegan botanical toothpaste, also wins for prototype Polyfoil MMB PP monomaterial barrier tube
Hoffmann Neopac AG (08/12)
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Scented Home Products
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Trudon adds two scents in its Le Diffuseur home fragrance line, with blue glass fluted containers incorporating brand’s candle designs; Reggio diffuser scent blends mandarin tree and citrus notes, Madurai has Indian Jasmine, ylang-ylang, benzoin resin
Happi (08/17)
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Small Appliances
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Panasonic releases Automatic Bread Maker (SD-R2550), designed to make a variety of baked goods from scratch; appliance comes with two new manual setting modes, Dough Kneading Mode and Fermentation Mode
PR Newswire (08/17)
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Household Products
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PMI Worldwide's Stanley brand launches Wild Imaginations, a new line of hydration bottles and food jars for children age 8 and older; products include travel tumbler, vacuum food jar with spork and flip straw water bottle, with additional products planned
PR Newswire (08/17)
Clorox's Head of DTC Practice says companies must present a value exchange for consumers who demand both data privacy and personalized, seamless commerce; brands must also tap into co-creation with consumers, embrace digital changes in brand-building
ADWEEK (08/16)
Henkel's laundry and home care sales in H1 up 6.7% year-over-year to €3.49M, driven by price increases increase in laundry sales; company continuing with plans to combine its laundry and home care and beauty care consumer businesses into one unit
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA (08/15)
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Personal & Household Products group
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Spectrum Brands posts fiscal Q3 2022 net income from continuing operations of US$3M, compared with year-ago net loss of US$1.9M, on net sales up 10% year-over-year to US$818M; Spectrum 'confident and committed' to US$4.3 B sale of HHI to Assa Abloy
Business Wire (08/12)
Grove Collaborative's Q2 net loss widens to US$35.3M from year-ago net loss of US$28.5M, as revenue drops 20% year-over-year to US$79.3M; 60% of Grove Brands net revenue came from zero-plastic, re-usable or refillable products, up from 47% in Q2 2021
Business Wire (08/12)
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Household Products Brands
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Lysol
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Lysol Pro Solutions releases Lysol Disinfecting Wipes in a single-count format; individually wrapped format can help businesses create a welcoming environment for patrons and staff concerned about germ protection
Happi (08/17)
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Household Products Ingredients
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Flavors, Fragrances & Scents
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Laura Biagiotti launches new women's fragrance, Forever Gold, featuring top notes of Madagascar ginger, blackcurrant buds and plum; scent available in 30ml, 60ml and 100ml eau de parfum, comes in glass bottle with metal ribbon forming an infinity symbol
Fragrantica (08/17)
Commentary: Americans turning to cosmetics to beat inflation blues could help quarterly sales of Estee Lauder, Coty; Morningstar expects higher-end makeup, fragrances to be particularly resilient as higher-income clients remain mostly immune to inflation
International Business Times (08/17)
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Household Product Ingredients
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Kao to expand production facilities at its Olesa Plant in Spain, more than doubling capacity for methyl dihydrojasmonate, a synthetic fragrance; site is scheduled to start production in early 2023
ENP Newswire (08/12)
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Natural Ingredients/Clean Products
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Avon's Clean Break Cleanser, part of its vegan Distillery range, recognized as Editor's Choice Award Gold Winner at 2022 Global Green Beauty Awards; 100% waterless formula made with 69% pure pressed apricot oil
Avon Products Inc. (08/18)
Symrise's Eder Ramos, global president of the Fragrance division, joins Union for Ethical BioTrade as president for a three-year term; UEBT is an international nonprofit that promotes responsible sourcing of natural raw materials
Symrise AG (08/18)
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Retailing
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Supermarket
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Whole Foods tells managers via internal email not to allow employees to wear Black Lives Matter signage, as it is 'opening the door for union activity,' per Bloomberg report; news comes despite Amazon founder Jeff Bezos voicing support for BLM in 2020
Business Insider (08/18)
Tesco opens 154th Irish outlet in Dublin as part of €50M plan to expand in the country this year, including new stores, refits of existing outlets; company is targeting further growth as normality returns to grocery sector following pandemic
Irish Times (08/17)
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Convenience Store
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Pepsi returns as official soft drink partner of Denny's Orange Blossom Classic college football game at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami; company partners with Circle K to offer giveaway for chance at trip to event, available through Aug. 19
PR Newswire (08/16)
Ampm launches East Coast expansion with grand opening in the Bronx, New York; move comes as parent company BP is looking to increase its convenience store locations from around 2,000 today to over 3,000 by 2030
Bronx Times (08/15)
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Club Store
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BJ’s Wholesale Club's Q2 net income up 27.0% to US$141M from US$111.0M last year; net sales up 22.4% to US$5.01B from US$4.09B as comp sales excluding gasoline rise 7.6%, membership fee income up 11.3% to US$98.8M, digital sales up 47.0%
Business Wire (08/18)
Costco's net sales rise 10.8% year-over-year to US$16.85B from US$15.21B for four weeks ended July 31; company says Independence Day falling on a Monday this year instead of a Sunday as it had in 2021 hurt net and comp sales by about 2.5%
Supermarket News (08/16)
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Mass Merchandise Retailers
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FDA issues warning letters to Amazon, Ariella Naturals, Justified Laboratories for selling unapproved mole removal, skin tag removal products; no OTC mole removal, skin tag removal drugs have FDA approval
The Breeze (James Madison University) (08/15)
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E-Commerce Trends & Statistics
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Study finds selecting own fruits and vegetables, skipping added fees are top two reasons US consumers avoid using online grocery services, tied at 62%; over 50% of grocery shoppers would delay delivery order to pay a lower fee: Mercatus, Brick Meets Click
Business Wire (08/17)
Target Q2 net earnings fall 89.9% year-over-year to US$183M from US$1.82B as inventory actions put significant pressure on near-term profitability; net sales up 3.3% to US$25.65B as comp sales grow 2.6%, digital comp sales up 9%, same-day services up 11%
Target Corp. (08/17)
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Brick-and-Mortar Retail
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Sephora announces plans to expand into all 1,100-plus Kohl's stores nationwide one year after launching Sephora at Kohl's store-in-store beauty retail concept; first 200 locations opened in 2021, additional 400 opened this year continue to perform well
Sephora SAS (08/18)
Euromonitor envisions commerce in 2040, says stores will exist to sell impulse purchases and irregularly purchased convenience goods, technology like voice will guide consumers in-store, robots will be used for customer service and inventory management
Euromonitor International Ltd. (08/17)
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Household Products Packaging
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Rigid Packaging
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Personal care startup brand Roam selects Spectra’s Tall Square designs for its sexual healthcare products; the injection stretch blow molded bottles are made in 100% PCR PET, feature Touch print technology to help blind and visually impaired consumers
Spectra Packaging Ltd. (08/18)
Mold-Rite Packaging hosts groundbreaking ceremony in July for an addition to its facility in Twinsburg, Ohio, which will house injection molding cells; company produces child-resistant closures, dispensing closures, jars to a variety of end-markets
Twinsburg Bulletin (08/17)
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Plastic Packaging
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UK-based dairy, milk processor Freshways to replace colored milk bottle caps with clear plastic alternatives to improve recyclability; Waitrose and Aldi, in collaboration with Muller, recently made similar moves by trialing clear caps at select locations
Grocer (08/18)
Welsh government publishes draft bill banning single-use plastics like PS takeaway containers, straws, carrier bags, more; the draft legislation suggests sellers would be fined and local authorities could carry out test purchases and raid premises
North Wales Weekly News (08/18)
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Packaging Design
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Chinese regulator stipulates that businesses shall not sell blind boxes to juveniles under 8 years old, as part of broader efforts to regulate the billion-dollar industry; a blind box is a popular way of packaging toys, other items to keep contents hidden
ForeignAffairs.co.nz (08/18)
Just-launched limited-edition beverage Reed’s Harvest Spiced Apple Cider will come in pint-sized glass bottles featuring a ceramic, swing-lid resealable top; company says the packaging makes it easier than ever to enjoy beverages
GlobeNewswire (08/18)
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Reusable/Refillable/Storage Containers
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Study of coffee storage methods on freshness after opening finds packages with integrated screw cap performed best; using a clip, re-closing with tape or transferring beans into a container resulted in faster loss of freshness
Food Packaging and Shelf Life (08/18)
Ries launches its reusable travel bottles at Sephora, including its Essential Travel Bottle, bundles such as The Gym Set, The Hair Set and The Skin Set; expansion is Sephora's first move in the reusable travel bottle space for beauty products
Happi (08/17)
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Stock
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Latest: Aug, 18 2022
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Latest Value |
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Church & Dwight (CHD)
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88.73
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88.25
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0.54%
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4.70%
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Clorox (CLX)
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148.71
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148.64
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0.05%
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-11.71%
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Ecolab (ECL)
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175.38
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174.95
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0.25%
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-20.04%
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Henkel AG & Co. KGAA (HEN) :ETR
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63.95
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64.30
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-0.54%
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-15.86%
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Newell Rubbermaid (NWL)
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21.15
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21.10
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0.24%
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-13.85%
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Procter & Gamble (PG)
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149.77
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149.24
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0.36%
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4.52%
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Reynolds Consumer Products (REYN)
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28.86
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28.83
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0.10%
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-0.31%
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Scotts Miracle-Gro (SMG)
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81.88
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82.11
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-0.28%
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-47.14%
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Spectrum Brands (SPB)
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69.86
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68.40
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2.13%
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-11.13%
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Unilever plc (ULVR) :LON
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3,940.50
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3,921.50
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0.48%
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-5.36%
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