Why Content Creator Jen Luv Thinks Beauty Brands Shouldn’t Dismiss The Power Of YouTube

Even in the age of TikTok, Jen Garancheski, better known as beauty influencer Jen Luv, thinks YouTube shouldn’t be written off. After all, for many people, YouTube has basically become television. Some 2.5 billion people...

Saks Fifth Avenue And Neiman Marcus Are Finally Uniting. Should Beauty Celebrate?

In a beauty retail landscape in which sales are increasingly concentrated at the top, Saks Fifth Avenue’s takeover of Neiman Marcus is the latest concentrating factor. Following months of negotiations and years of attempted mergers...

Leading Beauty Marketers On The Limits Of Performance Marketing

For beauty marketers, the struggle of figuring out when to push short-term results or focus on long-term brand building is real.  “Sometimes one of the things that you’ll want to do might not have...

Judy Zegarelli, Creator Of Lipstick That Changes Color In Contact With pH, Dies Of Pancreatic Cancer At 76

Judy Zegarelli, product developer and founder of contract manufacturer Cosmetic Group USA, died on May 14 from pancreatic cancer. She was 76.  “Judy was an absolute legend on the...

Retail Buyers Dish On Standout Brands And Products From Uplink Expo New York 2024

Retail buyers identified clinically backed skincare, lightweight...

Ulta Beauty And Credo End Partnership

Credo and Ulta Beauty have ended a partnership that brought a selection of clean beauty products to Ulta stores.  Timed with the October 2020 implementation of Ulta’s Conscious Beauty platform that planted its flag...

Former Onda Beauty Colleagues Open Brooklyn Store And Spa Rowm Beauty

Former Onda Beauty colleagues Mariless Gutierrez and Rowaida Younes have opened premium spa and retail concept Rowm Beauty in Brooklyn. The 1,000-square-foot space, which made its debut in February, couples two...