MILAN, March 28 — Italian competition regulators said yesterday they have opened a probe into French luxury group LVMH and its Sephora and Benefit subsidiaries for promoting skin...
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cash of RM100 today! T&Cs apply.MILAN, March 28 — Italian competition regulators said yesterday they have opened a probe into French luxury group LVMH and its Sephora and Benefit subsidiaries for promoting skin care products to minors. “The investigations were opened over concerns that important information — such as warnings and precautions for cosmetics not intended for, or tested on, minors — may have been omitted or presented in a misleading manner,” the AGCM competition authority said in a statement. The companies are suspected of having “adopted a particularly insidious marketing strategy, involving very young micro-influencers who encourage the compulsive purchase of cosmetics among young people, a particularly vulnerable group”. In a statement to AFP, the companies said they would “fully cooperate” with the authorities and “reaffirmed their strict compliance with the relevant Italian regulations”.While not illegal to sell such products to under-age customers, the AGCM said “the frequent and combined use of a wide range of cosmetics by minors, without proper awareness, may be harmful to their health”. Sephora and LVMH premises in Italy were raided on Thursday, according to the AGCM. The companies could face substantial fines. Stephanie Mallet, president of the French Society for Paediatric Dermatology, told AFP that the investigation was “important”. “It’s not normal to allow something that has no benefit for the child and can even be risky for profit,” Mallet said. “When I hear people talking about ‘skincare’ and beauty routines for children, it makes me furious, because a child’s skin doesn’t need anything. It’s neither too dry, nor too oily, nor too red, nor too wrinkled. It absolutely doesn’t need anything other than washing with water and a gentle cleanser,” she insisted. — AFP ‘This is unbelievable corruption’: US lawmakers question fishy trades that moved oil, S&P futures before Trump’s Iran posts
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