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  • Top shampoo players clean up

    In the regular shampoo category, Unilever and Procter & Gamble hold significant market share. Of the top nine manufacturers in the regular shampoo category, Unilever and its subsidiaries constitute $647 million, P&G $598 million, L’Oréal $334 million and Vogue International $135 million.

  • Electrotherapy devices dominate shelves

    IRI recently began tracking sales of TENS devices as part of its first-aid accessories grouping. Many retailers have created a synergistic merchandising adjacency of TENS devices and external analgesic rubs, which is particularly relevant as Chattem’s Icy Hot brand is a leader across both categories.

  • Rules of the Road: Entering China

    There was once a time when “Made in China” was not part of the U.S. experience, but that changed in the 1980s. No longer was our Chinese connection limited to fortune cookies and take-out.

    During my first trip to Beijing in 1985 as a major Multi-national company representative, I hosted a banquet. A senior government official attended. He arrived on a bicycle.

    Then, things changed; they really changed.

  • Congress passes Ensuring Patient Access Act

    ARLINGTON, Va. – The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday passed the Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act of 2016 (S. 483) in the same version passed by the Senate, making President Obama’s consideration and signature the final step before enactment.
     
    The legislation, advocated by both retail pharmacy and the pharma industry, would advance collaboration among health and enforcement authorities to achieve drug abuse solutions that maintain patients’ legitimate access to medications.

  • Walgreens Boots Alliance raises quarterly dividend by 6.7%

    DEERFIELD, Ill. - The board of directors of Walgreens Boots Alliance on Tuesday declared a regular quarterly dividend of 36 cents per share, a 6.7% increase over the year ago dividend. 
     
    The dividend is payable June 10 to stockholders of record as of May 18.
     
    Walgreens Boots Alliance and its predecessor company, Walgreens, have paid a dividend in 334 straight quarters (more than 83 years) and have raised the dividend for 40 consecutive years, the company noted.

  • GoGo squeeZ launches healthy kids effort

    NEW YORK -- A leading kids' snack brand is launching an effort to support school-based healthy eating and physical activity programs, just in time for Every Kid Healthy Week.

  • Adweek: Millennials prefer shorter mobile ads

    NEW YORK -- Ten-second mobile video ads have greater brand appeal and persuasion potential for millennial audiences, according to a report in Adweek. The magazine says a study conducted by IAB in partnership with Millward Brown Digital and Tremor Video found that brands running 10-second mobile video ads have greater appeal and persuasion potential with younger audiences. However, a slightly longer, 30-second spot did better with those between the ages of 35 and 54.

  • Arm & Hammer innovates in the cat litter aisle

    EWING, N.J. -- One of the most popular household brands in America is targeting cat owners who want cleaner smelling home.

    Church & Dwight Co. Inc., the makers of Arm & Hammer products, is launching new Arm & Hammer Clump & Seal MicroGuard Cat Litter. The new litter has innovative technology that seals and destroys immediate odor and prevents the growth of future bacterial odors.

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