Beauty’s Newest Crop Of “Green” Innovators Comes From Outside Industries
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
Natural and organic entrepreneurs brought insight and experience from distant industries, and a fresh approach to personal-care marketing, to Natural Products Expo West. New ideas in packaging, ingredient transparency and consumer appeal push “green” into new territory.
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