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Themes To Watch As Brands Contend With The End Of The Beauty Boom
Insights firm eMarketer has declared, “The end of the...

8 New Beauty Brands Launching At Credo
Pushing into categories beyond traditional beauty, Credo wants to be a one-stop shop for clean living devotees. At the end of 2024, the San Francisco-based NextWorld Evergreen-owned retailer launched a home vertical by adding candle and...

13 New Beauty Brands At Ulta Beauty
Ulta Beauty’s assortment building shows the beauty specialty retailer playing offense and defense to keep pace with competitors such as Sephora, Amazon and TikTok Shop and establish leadership in certain categories, notably wellness. Starting in 2021,...

CEO Kecia Steelman’s Early Priorities At The Helm Of Ulta Beauty
In one of her first moves as CEO and...

Innovations Propelling The Future Of The Over $40B Aesthetics Industry
Obagi, Alchemy 43 and Face Foundrie are at the forefront of the $40 billion-plus medical aesthetics market in the United States. Projected by insights firm Nova...

Post-Acquisition, RéVive Charts Expansion In China As The Country’s Beauty Sales Cool
Following its sale to Chinese beauty conglomerate S’Young Group from Tengram Capital Partners in October last year, RéVive is gearing up for significant growth this year by magnifying its presence in China through livestreaming...

How Amazon Is Changing Beauty Retail As We’ve Known It
After a 2024 in which several large beauty brands in the Estée Lauder portfolio gave in to the urge to join the Amazon ranks, the e-commerce giant is looking to lock in the top spot...