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    Fairtrade for all

    Research has demonstrated that green tea is packed with beauty benefits that consumers can attain by drinking it as well as by applying it directly onto their our skin, which is great news for all you natural beauty retailers looking for a nifty way to tap in to next month’s Fairtrade Fortnight. Running from 29 […]

    March 30, 2016 Continue Reading
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    Retail revolution

    Black Friday, Cyber Monday, even the January sales have started appearing before we’ve sung the New Year in. Loud price slashing has always been most retailers’ preferred way of engaging with consumers, and once our interest is piqued we’re further enticed with BOGOFs, three-for-two deals and any other money-saving offer that can be dreamed up. […]

    January 8, 2016 Continue Reading
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    Pop up and listen

    In my July Beauty Buzz column Organic beauty retailing – the future is multi-channel I wrote about how high street fashion retailer H&M had become the latest store to relaunch its beauty collection, which included a subsidiary-conscious range of Ecocert-approved sustainable products. In celebration of this range, the forward-thinking retailer went one step further and […]

    October 28, 2015 Continue Reading
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    Are we nearly there yet?

    As this latest installment of my Beauty Buzz column goes to press, we are putting away the chairs  and closing the door on yet another hugely successful Round Table discussion hosted by the Natural Beauty Yearbook and Natural Products News magazine. Held once again on the first day of Organic Beauty Week, a select group […]

    September 23, 2015 Continue Reading
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    Repetition is key

    Keep it clear. Keep it transparent. And no, I’m not just referring to your well-cared-for complexion! That’s the mantra this September when the Soil Association embarks on yet another emboldened Organic Beauty Week, focused this year on the theme, Campaign for Clarity. Running from 14-21 September the aim, as always, is to “raise awareness of […]

    August 26, 2015 Continue Reading
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    Organic beauty retailing – the future is multi-channel

    The Soil Association’s Organic Market Report 2015, published in March, revealed that online shopping at independent retailers boosted the organic health and beauty sector by 20% in the last year, making it one of the strongest channels for growth. A fantastic statistic for the natural beauty industry to be able to quote, but it’s not […]

    July 13, 2015 Continue Reading
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    There is a new crowd on the scene

    They are hip, happening and there isn’t a tree hugger in sight – actually if it looks good on Instagram there might be. They’ve been looking after their bodies, practising yoga, meditation and mindful eating and have realized that it’s not just what goes into your body that counts, it’s also what goes onto your […]

    July 6, 2015 Continue Reading
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    #BeautyExchange

    Didn’t I have a lovely time the day I went to The Beauty Exchange?! It was great for a number of reasons, but mainly because I got to see some lovely people who I don’t usually get to see (other than a small square on my screen!) including – Zaga founder of FOM London, Tracey […]

    June 24, 2015 Continue Reading
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    Show and tell

    Another year, another inspiring and exhilarating show. At the time of going to press with this column the dust has not long settled on the fabulous Natural Beauty & Spa show, part of Natural & Organic Products Europe, held for the first time this year at ExCeL London. New kids on the block While it’s […]

    June 9, 2015 Continue Reading
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    Stand up and be counted

    It’s been more than six months since the team at the Natural Beauty Yearbook and Natural Products News magazine sat down around a round table with a handful of key industry figures and discussed the state of the natural and organic beauty market. In what was a lively, topical and engaging debate, one of the […]

    May 14, 2015 Continue Reading
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