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Big Girl Cosmetics owes its glow to Oprah

Interview by
Stacey Vanek Smith
May 7, 2012
Seven years ago Kiley Russell sold the car she received as a lucky audience member at The Oprah Winfrey show. Today, that seed money has grown into a thriving cosmetics business.

Not easy getting clean and green

by
Eve Troeh
Mar 8, 2012
A new study finds harmful chemicals in many household products, including those called "green."

Chief Avon lady to be replaced

by
Bob Moon
Dec 14, 2011
Longtime CEO Andrea Jung will step aside as Avon faces management and growth challenges. She will remain chairman of the cosmetics firm.

The Greenwash Brigade wraps: What's changed in three years?

by
Jo Easton
Aug 22, 2010
Almost three years ago, Marketplace launched the Greenwash Brigade to explore the evolving green marketplace through the commentary of experts in...

Another "natural choice," this one from Hormel

by
Janne K. Flisrand
Mar 12, 2010
I'm the Brigadier who doesn't have a TV, so I'm always tromping around online to find the commercials we comment on. This week, however, I found...

Horizon Organic to consumers: sewage sludge is good for you!

by
Heidi Siegelbaum
Jul 22, 2009
Already plagued for falling prices and other woes, the organic food industry is now confronting 800-pound gorilla Dean Food's decision to create a...

"Natural" strikes again - and someone calls it out

by
Janne K. Flisrand
Apr 22, 2009
Amy Tennery at Slate's "The Big Money" highlights "Green claims that make us see red."...

New report: Greenwash grows in a bad economy

by
Janne K. Flisrand
Apr 15, 2009
(Images via Terrachoice) Greenwashing is up an average of 79% since 2007 (a rare expanding economic sector these days). Apparently, companies h...

Nature's Source feels so natural naturally - did I mention natural?

by
Heidi Siegelbaum
Apr 12, 2009
Ever wonder what "natural" means? S.C. Johnson just released a line of new cleaning products called Natures Source (tm) and in the company's press...

"Go green" goes down -- send greenwashing with it

by
Janne K. Flisrand
Jan 8, 2009
Sustainable Industries predicts that in 2009, going green will go down -- because everyone's done it. Thanks to its prevalence, it's harder for...

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