South American cosmetics sales set to rise as controls loosen

Published: 14-Aug-2017

South American personal care markets are striving to grow as economies recover and governments abandon leftist controls. James Bargent and Charles Newbery report

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The macroeconomic slowdown experienced by Latin America in recent years has thrown the brakes on what had been impressive growth in the beauty and personal care sector since the turn of the century.

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