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Former Onda Beauty President Reopens Luxury Retailer Sommetbeauty In New York City
Four months after launching in Manhattan’s Tribeca neighborhood, Sommetbeauty is reopening in the Upper East Side. The luxury retailer from Jane Fernandez, former president of clean beauty retailer Onda...
Blissim Shows It’s Possible To Make The Beauty Subscription Box Model Profitable
French beauty subscription box service Blissim is thriving as similar companies in the United States contend with declining demand. Formerly the European arm of the beauty subscription box pioneer...
The Changes Former Sephora Chief Merchant Margarita Arriagada Wants To See In The Beauty Industry This Year
Valdé Beauty founder and former Sephora chief merchant Margarita Arriagada believes the beauty industry is on the precipice of major change. “We’re entering an era where everything that was conventional has...
Retailers Expected To Pull Back On Adding New Beauty Brands In 2024
Jessica Matlin, director of beauty at luxury fashion e-tailer Moda Operandi, forecasts retailers will be conservative with their beauty purchase orders in 2024. After launching its beauty vertical with some 55 skincare, fragrance,...
Sephora UK’s VP Of Global Merchandising On How Brands Fail And Flourish At The Retailer
According to Nigel Lawmon, VP of global merchandising for haircare at Sephora UK, brands that fail to gain momentum at Sephora tend to share one thing in common: T
“Bargain Basement”: The Beauty Industry Reacts To THG’s Biossance Acquisition
Biossance, the brand that raised awareness of Amyris’s lab-brewed squalane, has found a new home. THG Beauty, also known as The Hut Group, snapped up the brand for $20 million in...
The Travel Retail Opportunity For Emerging Beauty Brands
It’s time for emerging beauty brands to explore travel retail, according to Gebr. Heinemann. One of the largest travel retailers in the world, Hamburg-based Heinemann operates branded shops...
