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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 01:43:01 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>It's lit: L'Or&amp;#233;al unveils new light tech-powered beauty tools at CES 2026</title>
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	<description>L'Or&amp;#233;al Groupe unveiled two new beauty tools powered by light technology at CES 2026. The tools — Light Straight + Multi-styler, an infrared-powered hair styling tool, and LED Face Mask, a silicone mask that emits light — were also named CES 2026 Innovation Award honorees.</description>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 09:45:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>Identity and heritage drive A-beauty’s $44bn rise in MEA region</title>
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	<description>The meteoric rise of African and Arab beauty (A-beauty) in 2025 has been largely driven by young people’s embrace of their identity and heritage. According to data analytics company Euromonitor International, the shift toward a cultural identity saw A-beauty grow by $44bn in 2025.</description>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 10:01:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>Fanta partners with horror icons for Halloween campaign</title>
	<link>https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/fanta-partners-with-horror-icons-for-halloween-campaign-391138a</link>
	<description>Fanta is rolling out a spooky new design in select regions (not including Africa) for Halloween 2025, teaming up with four iconic horror movie characters to serve up a frightfully fun twist.</description>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2025 11:10:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>Hershey, Nestle, other cocoa companies defeat appeal of child slavery lawsuit</title>
	<link>https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/hershey-nestle-other-cocoa-companies-defeat-appeal-of-child-slavery-lawsuit-812983a</link>
	<description>A federal appeals court on Tuesday, 22 July, rejected a proposed class action by eight Malian citizens who sought to hold Hershey, Nestle and five other companies liable for child labour on Ivory Coast cocoa farms.</description>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2025 14:56:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>Ghana's food and beverage prices see significant drop</title>
	<link>https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/ghana-food-and-beverage-prices-see-significant-drop-928884a</link>
	<description>Speaking at a stakeholder engagement with the Minister for Finance, the Executive Secretary of FABAG, John Awuni, confirmed that prices of essential products such as sugar and rice have started to drop.</description>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2025 09:26:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>Chris Wulf-Caesar returns to Unilever Ghana as CEO</title>
	<link>https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/chris-wulf-caesar-returns-to-unilever-ghana-as-ceo-897873a</link>
	<description>Unilever Ghana has named Chris Wulf-Caesar as its new CEO, marking a return to the company where his journey in FMCG industry began.</description>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 28 Mar 2024 09:18:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>Kenya's grocery retail sector is a beacon of innovation and growth</title>
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	<description>Kenya's grocery retail sector is among the most sophisticated on the continent. And by driving an exceptional shopper experience, it looks ready to take on the world.</description>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 06 Oct 2023 07:24:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>Global food prices rebounds in July</title>
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	<description>The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has reported that global food commodity prices rose in July, influenced by the termination of the Black Sea Grain Initiative and new trade restrictions on rice.</description>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 07 Aug 2023 09:15:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>Retail sales drop 1.4% for May</title>
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	<description>Retail trade sales showed a 1.4% decrease year-on-year in May 2023, Stats SA reported Wednesday, 19 July.</description>
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	<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jul 2023 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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	<title>Cocoa prices hit highest in 12 years in New York</title>
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	<description>Chocolate-making raw material cocoa's prices rose to the highest in more than 12 years in New York on Tuesday, only a few weeks after its prices jumped to the highest in 46 years in London, as traders and chocolate producers face restricted supplies.</description>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jul 2023 09:31:00 +0200</pubDate>
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