Erica La Sala
Clinical Skincare, Body Care Dominated 2025 Online Sales At Sephora And Ulta Beauty
In 2025, online winners at Sephora and Ulta Beauty skewed clinical and functional, not simply trend-driven. According to new data from beauty e-commerce agency Navigo Marketing
Sephora’s Olive Young Partnership Ups The Stakes In The K-Beauty Battle
In its race to command the beauty trend cycle and be home to the industry’s next wave of hot-ticket products, Sephora has partnered with Olive Young, strengthening its claim as a destination...
CEO Denise Paulonis On How Sally Beauty’s New Store Format Is Taking On Amazon And TikTok Shop
Sally Beauty is in the midst of a glow-up. The 62-year-old beauty specialty retailer is reintroducing itself to shoppers through a new store format that encourages discovery and interaction. The format is...
What Saks’ Bankruptcy Exposes About Luxury Beauty Distribution
After 150-plus years, Saks Fifth Avenue’s house has crumbled, leaving luxury beauty brands that depended on it for positioning and distribution in a precarious position. The luxury department store has filed for Chapter...
Inkbox Co-Founders Explore Buyback As BIC Prepares To Shutter Brand
Co-founders Tyler and Braden Handley are exploring a buyback of Inkbox as BIC prepares to shutter the buzzy temporary tattoo brand this quarter and dismantle its skin-focused division. The potential buyback and closure come roughly...
New Report: Aesthetics Market Growth Cools With Maturation As GLP-1 Boom Tempers
The American aesthetics market is entering a more mature phase, marked by slower growth, greater category divergence and a shift toward operational efficiency rather than rapid expansion, according to a new report from med-spa data analytics...
Kiss Beauty Group Acquires Cool Girl Nail Brand Chillhouse
Chillhouse has a new home. The millennial and gen Z nail brand has been acquired by Kiss Beauty Group, parent company of mass-market nail and...
