Modern Logistics announces delivery of pioneering plane
Modern Logistics, Brazil's pioneering multi-modal logistics company, has announced that its first aircraft will be ready to fly from May. A first of its kind in Brazil, Modern Logistics aims to provide commercial clients with complete logistics solutions including...
Natura ignores government pleas to invest in country’s economic growth
Brazil’s largest manufacturer of cosmetics, Natura, has ignored pleas from President Dilma Rousseff to provide corporate investment to help the Brazilian government jump-start economic growth. President Dilma Rousseff, whose approval rating is the lowest of any...
Brazilian cosmetics firm Natura lays off 1 percent of work force
Brazilian cosmetics firm Natura announced on Wednesday that it is was laying off 70 of its workers. The redundancies represent just under 1 percent of the firm's 7,000 employees in Brazil. The redundancies are a response to the slow-down of the economy and a drop in...
MAC teams up with Brazilian blogger to launch weather-resistant collection
MAC has teamed up with Brazilian beauty blogger Julia Petit to launch a makeup collection that claims to be resistant to humidity. For a country famed for Victoria’s Secret models Gisele Bündchen and Adriana Lima, tattooed 42-year-old Petit may seem like an unusual...
Venue change for in-cosmetics Brasil due to high visitor figures
Organisers of in-cosmetics Brasil have announced a new venue in anticipation of a significantly higher footfall than predicted. Reed Exhibitions will be holding this year’s trade show at Blue Pavillion of São Paulo's Expo Center Norte, a larger venue than the São...
Brazil speeds up cosmetics approval system
Brazil has loosened regulations affecting the cosmetics industry, meaning that products can be placed on the market without government approval. The government’s National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) has divided cosmetics products into two categories according...
Mary Kay expanding to Colombia
American direct selling cosmetics company Mary Kay has announced that it is expanding operations to Colombia. The company, which currently operates in 35 countries and has a network of 3.5 million Independent Beauty Consultants, has invested US$8 million into entering...
Sonoco acquires controlling stake in Brazil-based flexible packaging company Graffo
US global packaging manufacturer Sonoco has acquired a two-thirds stake in Brazil-based flexible packaging company Graffo. The transaction, which is expected to close in the second quarter of 2015, gives Sonoco a majority interest in Graffo and will enable Sonoco to...
Brazil-based iron ore company All Ore targets cosmetics market
Brazil-based iron ore company, All Ore, has announced plans to buy a cosmetics company and change its corporate purpose. The move, outlined by the company in regulatory filings published on Tuesday, is a reaction to bleak market conditions for mining firms in Brazil....
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