Erica La Sala
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...
Sacheu Owner Gloss Ventures Raises $15 Million In Series A Funding, Forecasts $100 Million In Sales In 2 Years
Gloss Ventures, the beauty incubator behind Billie Eilish-loved viral TikTok makeup brand Sacheu Beauty and gen alpha skincare brand Glossmetics, has raised a...
Beauty Specialty Retail’s Gen Alpha Attack Plan
At Ulta Beauty, a teenage rebellion ousted Dave Kimbell, at least that’s the take at publication Puck, which chalked up his prompt exit as CEO last week at least in part to 11-year-olds pillaging Sephora’s instead...
Target Gives Dupes Its Stamp Of Approval With MCoBeauty Launch
The hype around the “Wirkin,” or the dupe of the Hermès’ Birkin bag sold on Walmart’s e-commerce marketplace at less than 1% of the price of an authentic Birkin, has pushed the discussion of consumer demand...
How New CEO Kecia Steelman Can Improve Ulta Beauty’s Business
Ulta Beauty is charging into 2025 under new leadership. Announced on Monday, Dave Kimbell is stepping down as CEO three years after assuming the position and 11 years after starting his tenure...
Beauty’s TikTok Doomsday Prepping
While the clock is ticking on TikTok’s fate in the United States, which under a law signed by president Joe Biden in April last year must be divested by Chinese parent company ByteDance or be removed...
Multipurpose Skincare Brand The Better Skin Co. Shutters After 9 Years
The Better Skin Co., a skincare brand with multipurpose, gender-neutral products once available at Ulta Beauty, Bloomingdale’s, Costco and Urban Outfitters, is closing. Announced on Facebook, the closure...
