Household News

Scrubbing the floors and tidying up the living room are not generally seen as glamorous activities. This is mainly because people see cleaning as a fairly mundane task ...

The popularity of the recently released Netflix series, "Tidying Up with Marie Kondo" has brought minimalism to the forefront of consumerism, generating a surge in social media buzz, ...

Spurred by climate change and by international travel and trade, disease-bearing insects are spreading to wider parts of the world. Global warming is creating new habitats for disease-transmitting ...

Consumer demand for access to product information is a growing trend that has manufacturers going to greater lengths to provide disclosure. Radical transparency involves companies publicly sharing significant ...

Globally, 80 billion plastic bottles are produced every year, and around 80% of those will end up in landfills or oceans where they will remain for several hundreds ...

Color-changing textiles, wearable displays and body micro-move management are just a few new opportunities textile fiber science has come up with. Products that incorporate built-in odor control and ...

As the human population has grown, the number of pets has naturally increased as well. More than 72 million US households (about 58% of all households) have at ...

Fragrance is taken seriously in Arabic countries. The distinctive element of Middle Eastern perfumery is oud, or agarwood, a precious resin with an opulent aroma of tobacco, leather ...

Here, Jamie Rosenberg, Global Household & Personal Care Analyst at Mintel, outlines the two major trends set to impact the global home care industry this year and in ...

Coconut oil isn’t just used for cooking anymore, Tesco has launched a luxury toilet paper enriched with extracts of coconut oil, following popular trends found in food and ...

China’s air care market is moving beyond the basics to more advanced formats and features. Mintel forecasts China’s air fresheners market to grow in value between 2017 to ...

With the arrival of spring, consumers are looking for cleaning tips and suggestions and household brands are creating online campaigns and scheduling product launches that coincide with the start ...