Procter & Gamble

US-based personal care company Procter & Gamble signs Hollywood actor and musician Jared Leto as their brand ambassador for the fragrance named, Hugo Just Different. He also takes over as the face of Hugo Man, previously repped by Jonathan...

US-based personal care company Procter & Gamble's hair care brand Pantene has started producing its first shampoo and conditioner bottles from plant-based plastic. Derived from sugarcane, as opposed to petroleum which is traditionally associated with plastic bottles, the plant-based...

French cosmetics major L’Oreal is going Indian with a vengeance. The firm, whose Indian unit has a turnover of Rs 1,000 crore, will spend the better part of this year launching some locally-developed products. This is part of its...

FMCG major Godrej Consumer Products Ltd. is planning to launch its international air freshener brand ‘Stella' in India. According to the company, if launched, Stella will compete with Procter & Gamble's Ambi Pure. Godrej is evaluating its strategies and...

UK-based Procter & Gamble has launched a free monthly online magazine in the UK in a bid to grow its online presence. The new e-zine, 'Beauty Recommended', will be edited by former 'Grazia' beauty editor, Annabel Jones, and will...

Christopher de Lapuente will become global president and chief executive officer of Sephora on March 31, succeeding Jacques Lévy, who has opted to retire. Prior to this, De Lapuente worked at Procter & Gamble starting in 1983. In 2004,...

Unilever has plans of selling off its Sanex deodorant business for as much as $1bn. In the queue to buy the brand are competitors Procter & Gamble, Henkel and Colgate-Palmolive and the deal may close in a matter of...

US-based, The Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) and Procter & Gamble have formed a collaborative partnership that will focus on research to characterise the systems biology of various skin conditions, including, skin ageing.The partnership will take advantage of the...

Gucci makes room for a full fledged beauty brand in its fragrance portfolio. The renewal of Gucci's licensing agreement with Procter & Gamble Prestige, went beyond fragrances. The current agreement pertaining to the worldwide production, sale and distribution of...

The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE: PG) announced second quarter diluted net earnings from continuing operations of $1.11 per share, an increase of 10 percent. Core EPS was up three percent to $1.13 per share, $0.02 per share above...