January 18, 2012
Personal care product supplier Custom HBC, Waconia, Minn., announced that the company has added two new multi-line reps to cover territories in the Midwest and Mideast.
Personal Care
January 11, 2012
SnugZ USA has created an interactive video to educate distributors about the company's newest products for 2012. The video, available on YouTube, showcases six of the company's product categories: lip balms, bottles, bath and shower gels, lanyards, mints and gum, and the company's new candy line, SweetZ.
January 5, 2012
Ready 4 Kits, Keene, N.H., a leading supplier of first aid kits to the advertising specialty industry, today announced that it has secured a major investment from consumer products company Tender Corp., of Littleton, N.H.
December 14, 2011
SnugZ USA announced the addition of Kathy Vichakchon DiFrancesco as business development manager. She comes to SnugZ USA with five years of experience in the promotional products industry.
December 13, 2011
Clik Clak Co./World Packaging announced that its headquarters have moved from Brooklyn, N.Y. to 300 Wilson Avenue in Norwalk, Conn. The move was completed last week and the company is also retaining a satellite office in Brooklyn.
December 12, 2011
SnugZ USA announced the employment of Mercer Enterprises as the company's multi-line representative in the states of Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa. Mercer Enterprises is comprised of Doug Mercer, Bryan Mercer and John Rodriquez.
December 2, 2011
More than 400 companies selling cosmetic and other personal care products have removed potentially hazardous chemicals from them, after a seven-year campaign by a large coalition of consumer, health and environmental groups.
The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics said that those companies—all fairly small and in the industry's "natural products" niche—have met all or nearly all of its goals to make items from soaps and shampoos to cosmetics and aromatherapy safer for U.S. consumers.
The coalition worked with the companies to get them to remove substances banned by health authorities in other countries, particularly chemicals linked to cancer and birth defects.
October 19, 2011
Use retail trends as promotional inspiration for the teen and tween, holiday, personal care and nonprofit markets.
October 7, 2011
Newly published research reaffirms that the use of antibacterial wash products in the home environment does not contribute to antibiotic or antibacterial resistance, confirming previous research that showcased similar findings.
The study, published in the peer-reviewed International Journal of Microbiology Research, compared the use of over-the-counter antibacterial liquid hand and body cleansers and antibacterial bar soaps—containing the germ-killing ingredients triclosan and triclocarban—against the use of non-antibacterial cleansers.
The study discounts claims that the use of antibacterial wash products have contributed to the selection and spread of drug-resistant bacteria on human skin.
September 30, 2011
The Quality Certification Alliance (QCA) has awarded QCA Accreditation to Salt Lake City-based SnugZ USA.
