Mintel Predicts Trends for Consumer Packaged Goods

Themes include reduction of some ingredients, defining natural and blurring category expectations.

State of the Industry: Bright Spots Remain in Down Market

By: Carrie Lennard, Euromonitor International

Heightened consumer price sensitivity impacts the global cosmetics and toiletries market.

Parents Look to Nature for Baby Care

By: Sara Mason

Natural and organic claims are a driving force behind growth of baby care, a market projected to expand by a billion dollars in the next five years.

Council Responds to Chemical Concern Surrounding Baby Product Chemicals

The Personal Care Products Council considered two chemicals "trace" or extremely low in personal care products; finding that the percentages are below established regulatory limits or safety thresholds and are not a cause for health concern.

Safety First for Baby Skin Care

Consumers looking for brand offerings in the baby and child skin care market put a high priority on safety, ease of use and price.

Global Baby Care: Mighty but Small

By: Alexander Kirillov

Euromonitor International explores trends in baby care products during the past year and looks at key growth opportunities in the global market.

Baby's Skin

By: Sara Mason

The baby care market reflects the consumer’s embrace of balancing luxury health and beauty care with natural and organic ingredients and processes.

Report Explores Growth of Baby Body Care

Packaged Facts cites growth of the $6.9 billion U.S. baby care market, in part, to Americans' embrace of luxury health and beauty care products; notes infant body care now emphasized in prestige outlets...