P&G’s www.shelfhelp.co.uk provides c-store retailers with expert merchandising advice in health and beauty and other categories

Razors giant provides one for all

FOR some men shaving may be a daily task, maybe even a chore – part of the basic grooming activity that ensures they look...

A breath of fresh care

Hygiene a driving force for impulse sales RETAILERS looking to sink their teeth into some increased impulse sales would do well to reassess their chewing...

Two hours of fresh breath

TWO hours of fresh breath guaranteed is the claim that accompanies the latest release from Smint. Smint Clean Breath is said to contain ingredients that...

Performance key in paper

PAPER products is a hugely competitive category with price deflation increasingly becoming a significant factor, says Ora brand owner Better All Round. And it says...
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...
Listerine

Ranging the wash

THE mouthwash category is broken down into three key sub-categories – basic, premium and super-premium, says SHS Sales & Marketing, which handles the Listerine...
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
Andrex

Leader aims to clean up

THE toilet tissue market is one of the UK’s largest grocery categories, worth over £1bn, and Andrex is the largest brand with a 36%...
Pantene bottles

Conditioner lands in UK

HAIR brand Pantene has launched a new conditioner range in the UK

Promos reduce paper money

PAPER products break down into three main sub-categories – toilet tissue, kitchen roll and facial tissue. It’s probably fair to say that toilet tissue is...

Lightening the load

VILEDA claims to have taken 56% of wet floor category sales in 2014 and has launched new products in its bid to remain the...

Laundry brands add PMPs

SOME of the biggest brands of laundry products have joined the list of lines available in price-marked packs. Proctor & Gamble has added prices to...
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...

Profit path to the cleaners

ACCORDING to Unilever’s Partners for Growth team, the household cleaning market is worth £647.1m with convenience stores accounting for £69.8m worth of those sales. Advising...
Pack shots of Fairy Skip the Soak Power Spray bottles.

Fairy Skips the Soak with Power Spray launch

Household cleaning products firm Procter & Gamble aims to transform the stress of cleaning the dishes with its new Skip the Soak Power Spray.
Pack shots of Dove Skincare and Bridgerton partnership including a 400ml Body Wash, 225ml Body Scrub and Antiperspirant Spray in Raspberry Rendevouz and Love & Meadows scents.

Dove skincare teams up with Bridgerton on limited edition range

Skincare brand Dove has partnered with Netflix TV phenomenon Bridgerton to launch a new limited edition range complete with two brand new scents.