Shifting Trends and Challenges in the Professional Cleaning Industry
The professional cleaning industry has faced significant ebbs and flows over the past 4–5 years. Before 2020, facility cleaning primarily focused on appearance with less emphasis on health and safety. However, during the pandemic, the focus shifted toward more frequent cleaning, disinfection, and hand hygiene to ensure the safety of building occupants. Today, as the industry contends with new challenges, several divergent trends are emerging, with some driving increased sales while others resulting in decreased demand for professional cleaning products.
Healthy Crops and Maximum Yields Depend on Effective Nematode Control
Nematodes can be found in abundance in the soil and can be beneficial to plants, as they can eat fungus and bacteria and also improve the overall health of the soil. However, some nematodes can cause certain problems for plants or crops. The most commonly treated nematode pests are root-knot, lesion, cyst, stubby root, sting, and dagger nematodes. Fortunately, most species of nematodes either have no effect or are highly useful for plants. Many species of nematodes are ‘free-living’; i.e., living in soil, sea, and freshwater, and feed on bacteria, fungi, protozoans, and even other nematodes, and play a significant role in nutrient cycling and release of nutrients for plant growth. Other nematodes attack insects and help to control insect pests.
Key Personal Care Ingredient Trends for 2024 and Beyond
Like ripples in a pond that continue to expand long after a stone is thrown, the effects of the pandemic are still being felt across the personal care industry. As we explore the top trends in the personal care ingredients (PCI) market, we see a landscape transformed by shifting consumer behaviors, emerging sustainability imperatives, and the relentless pursuit of innovation.
Vitafoods Europe 2024: The Big Goodbye to Geneva
The Future of Nutrition Summit
The show was off to a remarkable start on Monday with the Future of Nutrition Summit, where I was pleased to be asked to share insights into how digital technologies are influencing the future consumer and join a panel looking at how this is translating through to new product development trends.
The Rise of Biopesticides: Trends, Growth, and Emerging Markets
The global biopesticides market continues to witness a significant surge, with sales over USD 3 billion, according to our published Global Biopesticides study. This growth is driven by several factors such as the increasing demand for organic food, need for sustainable farming practices, and push for environmental safety.
Transformer Oils Market Sees Increasing Use of Ester-Based Oils
Safety considerations, operational challenges, and the increasing importance of sustainability in the market are all strong factors in driving the demand for ester-based transformer oils.
Sustainable, Local, and Technological – Three Questions to Answer on China’s PCMO Market
The Chinese passenger car servicing market is rapidly changing, making it difficult for businesses to keep up with trends and make informed decisions. For companies already established in or looking to enter China’s PCMO market, three key questions should be addressed:
Trend Watch: What Is Beauty Sleep, and How Can You Capitalize on It?
The convergence of beauty and wellness continues to present attractive opportunities for beauty businesses to capitalize on. Beauty sleep—a term referring to the time that the skin takes to recover from the day’s pollution, sun exposure, and other environmental factors—has become a popular topic of conversation among consumers who are actively seeking ways to maintain a healthy skin barrier by optimizing sleep quality.
Why is Multi-Functionality Demand Rising in the Personal Care Industry?
Exploring the role of multi-functionality in the personal care market reveals why and how companies and products are evolving.
Demand for multi-functional ingredients is gaining traction among both formulators and consumers for several reasons. Firstly, multi-functional ingredients facilitate easier formulation design and offer a more favorable cost-benefit ratio. They provide benefits such as easy processing, time-saving advantages, cost-effectiveness, and require less coding, making them highly beneficial for formulators in the personal care industry.
Where Should Marketers Pivot to Succeed in the Medical-Dispensing Skin Care Space?
In recent years, the medical dispensing skin care market has experienced remarkable evolution, defying economic uncertainties and registering gains across all key markets analyzed by Kline+ Company. The global market has been growing at a staggering 15% since 2020, with North America remaining the largest and fastest-growing market, followed by Latin America.
