Procter & Gamble, rivals take refills into beauty aisle

P&G, with roughly $68 billion in annual revenue, said it has invested millions in creating and testing refills for detergents over the years and is now trying to push in to mainstream beauty and body care refills – which are virtually unheard of.It recently began offering some Olay face-cream jars with refill pouches on Olay.com, telling Reuters it has plans to expand the sales of the pouches in Europe early next year. “We’re learning on our legs so I don’t know that we’re in a position to say, ‘Hey, here’s the magic to selling refills,'” P&G spokesman Damon Jones said.

Beauty products retailer The Body Shop, owned by Brazil’s Natura Cosmeticos SA , says it plans to roll out “refill stations” in its stores globally next year, allowing shoppers to buy reusable metal containers to…

Hoda Kotb Shares Daughter Hope Is "Braver" Than She Imagined After Medical Scare

Hoda Kotb Says Daughter Hope Has a "Longer Road" Ahead

Hoda Kotb is reflecting on her daughter's medical scare and journey to recovery.

One year after the Today co-anchor's youngest daughter Hope, 4, spent more than a week in the hospital, Hoda shared the heartwarming note she gave her following her medical scare.

"I tuck away letters that I give to my children around their birthday time, I write a letter that describes what they are like at that particular age, and I was writing one for Hope," she told co-host Jenna Bush Hager on Today March 5. "I was just talking about how incredible and resilient she is and what she has overcome in the past year and how she is …