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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.

Three Social-Marketing Experts Headline CPNA Panel

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Courtesy of Cosmoprof North America

Cosmoprof North America 2012 will offer a panel featuring three social-marketing experts as part of its lineup of educational sessions.

Topics to be covered include identifying the most appropriate social-networking platforms for one’s brand, how to implement programs that reflect one’s business model and ad-campaign messages, and how online consumer feedback can be utilized to gain insight about one’s company.

In Memoriam: Roger Perreault of Innovative Beauty Concepts

Beauty-industry veteran and co-owner of Innovative Beauty Concepts Roger Perreault, 69, passed away on May 31 at his home in Longs, South Carolina.

Perreault began his career in 1969 as a distributor sales consultant at the A.J. Houle Beauty Supply Co. (currently NEKA Salon Network) in Manchester, New Hampshire, where he eventually became a partner. In 1983, he sold his interest in the company and moved to California, spending the next 25 years immersed in the beauty industry.

Target Offers Mixed Chicks Hair Care

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Mixed Chicks co-founders Wendi Levy (left) and Kim Etheredge

Mixed Chicks hair care has begun a launch into 350-plus Target stores and in July will be expanding to more than 700 locations as well as on Target.com, the company says.

Target becomes the first mass retailer to offer the entire Mixed Chicks collection of cruelty-free and vegan natural products—which are specially formulated for multi-textured hair.

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