Nivea has employed an elaborate — and somewhat cruel — prank on German bystanders to advertise a new product. An unassuming woman sitting at the airport looks up to see someone reading a newspaper ...

The offensive remarks have prompted a boycott movement, with angry consumers posting videos and photos of themselves binning their Nivea products in an attempt to “cancel” the skincare brand.

The billboard and TV spot shows a Nigerian beauty pageant winner using a product called Natural Fairness Body Lotion. Critics are describing the... Dove isn't the only skin-care company caught up in a ...