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Can Ulta Beauty Help Bath & Body Works Reclaim Its Glory?
Does Bath & Body Works, the $4 billion-plus mall staple built on scented hand soaps, shower gels and three-wick candles, need reinforcement to stay relevant? As it confronts declining sales, waning mall traffic and a fiercely...
10 Factors Retail Buyers Weigh When Deciding Which Beauty Brands Earn Shelf Space
In 2018, Beauty Independent asked Kelly St. John, founder and CEO of strategic growth advisory KSJ Collective and former VP and DMM for beauty at Neiman Marcus, for 10 tips on how emerging brands could win...
When Everything’s Wellness, How Do Brands Compete?
In 2026, investors are no longer asking, “What is wellness?” They’re asking, “What isn’t wellness?” With estimates valuing the global wellness market at between $2 trillion and $6 trillion, panelists at Beauty Independent’s Dealmaker Summit...
Ulta Beauty, Violet Grey And Printemps On Beauty Retail’s Human Advantage In The Age Of AI
In the era of artificial intelligence, human intelligence and interaction may become beauty retail’s greatest competitive advantage. “As we get more digital and get more isolated, how do we make sure that we’re keeping a human...
Are Peptides Poised To Go From Gray Market To Gold Rush?
After dealing with breast implant illness, Los Angeles health and fitness coach and founder of supplement brand Micropause Emily Wagner was recommended peptides BPC-157 and GHK-Cu to aid tissue repair. She added in Retratrutide to help her...
How Beauty Insiders Think Sephora Accelerate Can Prepare Brands For More Than Launch Day
In a fiercely competitive beauty market where retailers are battling Amazon, TikTok Shop and one another for relevance, retail-readiness accelerator programs have become strategic pipelines for forging early relationships with emerging brands and helping guide them...
