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Climate excellence

HOUSEHOLD paper brand Sofidel has been recognised for its environmental efforts by a major European awards programme.
Pack shots of Cif Infinite Spray Anti-Bac Apple & Jasmine Spray and Lemon & Aloe Vera Spray.

Cif expands Infinite Clean line with Anti-Bac variants

Cleaning brand Cif has expanded on its Infinite Clean spray range with the rollout of its new Anti-Bac variants which claim to kill 99.9% of bacteria.

Face up the formats, clean up on wash day

As consumers shop more locally and for smaller amounts homecare and laundry has become a top-up and one-stop-shop c-store essential C-STORES have become essential to...

Fixing for a larger pack size

DENTURE brand Poligrip has launched its Flavour Free Fixative Cream in a larger format in the UK following success for the bigger pack size...
Pack shots of Hawaiian Tropic Glowing Protection 50SPF Face Cream and Hawaiian Tropic Hydrating After Sun bottles.

Hawaiian Tropic launches two new sun care essentials

Skincare brand Hawaiian Tropic has added a new 50SPF Face Cream and After Sun Nourishing Oil to its range in time for the peak summer months.

Sensitive pod

In what it calls the biggest innovation for the brand since it introduced gels in 2009, Procter & Gamble has launched Fairy Non Bio...
Men spend as much cash and more time on grooming than women and many now own hair dryers and hair straighteners according to surveys carried out for online grooming products and services sites.

Men fall in love with the mirror – Male grooming

MOISTURISER. Hair gel. Hair straighteners. All part of a woman’s regular grooming kit, right? Wrong. According to a new survey from socked.co.uk, 36% of chaps...

Laundry goes with the flow

DEVELOPMENTS in fashion, environmental awareness and washing machine and detergent technology have all changed the way people wash their clothes. That’s the view of...

Maximum opportunity

SURE Women has launched two new antiperspirants in its Maximum Protection range. And brand owner Unilever reckons sport and stress will provide opportunities to realise...

Concentrated effort

SHOPPERS are increasing the number of clothes care products they are buying and are buying them more frequently, according to Katharine Crossland, Unilever commercial...

Symbol meets with approval

SPAR's revamped own-label toilet tissue has been given the seal of approval by the Good Housekeeping Institute, the consumer goods testing organisation formed almost...
Comfort has added “odour defence technology” to make sure that the scent of laundry is the correct one. Cif has added wipes to its Easy Lift range of household cleaning products. Easy – owned by Jeyes – targets shoppers on a budget with a competitively priced range of cleaning basics.

Clean growth – Convenience store development for scented categories

It’s all about merchandising ... and fragrance, as household cleaning products adopt ever-more exotic smells to attract scent-sensitive customers WITH consumers more inclined than before...
Fabrite

Sheets to wash the sheets

AFTER powders, liquids tablets and capsules, the latest innovation in clothes washing is sheets. 151 Products has developed Fabrite, a non-bio super- concentrated washing powder...
15% of household shoppers end up not buying products because they cannot find them says PfG.

Hampered by too many choices

THE household category can be tricky for customers to navigate making it vital retailers make their store as shoppable as possible

A chance to clean up?

Want to cash in on the annual washing, brushing and polishing season? Well, if you’re retailing in spick and span Scotland maybe you should...

The sensitive edge of steel

AS spring edges into view and the days of thick black tights are numbered, the battle for the women’s shaving market is set to...