Erica La Sala
Beauty Products, Shopping Dynamics And Influencer Strategies That Will Dominate In 2023
Darian Symone Harvin, beauty editor at large for Image at the Los Angeles Times, predicts consumers may start to reevaluate where they shop for beauty products next year as retail spending contracts in...
How A Former Whole Foods Buyer Is Turning Metropolitan Market Into A Wellness Destination
Metropolitan Market wants to turn its wellness aisle into an upscale shopping destination. To spearhead the initiative, the grocery chain grocer tapped Shanon Herzer, a former broker and buyer for...
Ulta’s Sales Shine Again, Sephora Gets A New CEO And Consumer Spending Jumps: A Look At November 2022’s Retail News
The beauty industry seems to have an uncanny ability to get people to spend even when they’re getting pinched. The category rose to the top of the pack over the busy Black Friday/Cyber Monday period by...
Valuations Slide As The Pace Of Beauty M&A Slows, But Prestige Beauty Shows Resilience
Beauty brand valuations are tumbling from last year’s peak as investors turn a sharper eye to businesses that can effectively navigate economic challenges. To Nini Zhang, managing director of investment banking at Bank...
Indie Beauty Brands Saw Black Friday And Cyber Monday Sales Lifts Despite Pulling Back On Advertising
The beauty industry was handed a nice gift over Black Friday/Cyber Monday as consumers stocked up on scents, skincare, color cosmetics and more at prices befitting their slimmed-down budgets—and indie beauty brands were among those receiving the spoils....
Beauty Retailers Are Upbeat Heading Into A High-Stakes Black Friday
At Trellis Beauty, a clean beauty retailer with North Carolina locations in Raleigh and Durham, founder and CEO Tracy Trellis Gori is confident heading into the all-important Black Friday stretch despite persistent inflation weighing on...
Ulta Beauty’s Muffy Clince On The Rising Trends She Zeroed In On At Adit Live
Muffy Clince, director of emerging brands at Ulta Beauty, had wellness on her mind as she walked the floor of Adit Live, the trade show Beauty Independent parent company Indie Beauty Media Group put on from...
