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Ampro Names WNBA Star as Ambassador

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Courtesy of PR Newswire

Manufacturer of multicultural beauty and personal-care products Ampro Industries—also the maker of Ampro Pro Styl hair gel and new Shine 'n Jam Silk Edges—has added the starting point guard for the WNBA Tulsa Shock, Ivory Latta, to #TeamAmpro, which includes celebrity ambassadors entertainment entrepreneur MeMpHiTz and singer Antonia "Toya" Wright.

Ethnic Health, Beauty Category Accelerates

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Ethnic hair, skin and cosmetic products

Retailers should be gearing up now to continue to meet the increasing market demand for health and beauty products targeting people of color, according to the recent “Ethnic Hair, Skin, and Cosmetic Products in the U.S.” report from Packaged Facts, a division of MarketResearch.com that publishes consumer market intelligence.

Online Sampling Program Targets Women of Color

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Courtesy of My Shade of Brown

Online beauty-sampling program My Shade of Brown has launched, offering women of color premium-sized beauty, skincare and haircare samples specially tailored to their skin colors and hair types.

“A lot of women I knew, including myself, had what I like to call a ‘beauty junkyard.’ Women of color have to sample so many products to find ones that are just right for us. This was my inspiration behind starting my company,” said My Shade of Brown’s creator Meki Adefris, who is of Ethiopian descent.

14 Beauty Companies Win ICMAD's 2012 CITY Awards

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2012 ICMAD CITY Award winners

The Independent Cosmetic Manufacturers and Distributors’ seventh annual CITY (Cosmetic Innovator of The Year) Awards took place June 20 at the Manhattan Penthouse in New York City.

Fourteen winners were selected by a panel of industry experts who cast their votes based on innovative products, packaging, and advertising/marketing concepts from 2011.

Fisk Industries Acquires Zuri Cosmetics

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Fisk Industries and Zuri Cosmetics

Fisk Industries has acquired Zuri Cosmetics, an international brand that has provided cosmetics to women of color for more than 30 years.

Fisk intends to increase Zuri Cosmetics' distribution in beauty supplies and build its presence worldwide.

Fisk has provided beauty products internationally for about 40 years. Its brands include Cover Your Gray and Daggett & Ramsdell.

[Image: Courtesy of Fisk Industries]

Walgreens, Alliance Boots Partner

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Alliance Boots executive chairman Stefano Pessina (left) and Walgreens president

Drugstore chain Walgreen Co. and international pharmacy-led health and beauty group Alliance Boots have partnered to create what they’re calling the first global pharmacy-led, health and well-being enterprise.

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