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...