Beneath the Surface

For all the handwringing over the death of “clean beauty,” a number of brands early to the category are still plugging away more than a decade after it became part of the beauty industry lexicon, 

Long before Mumbai-based Indē Wild’s launch event on April 9 at Sephora’s Fifth Avenue store in New York City began at 2 p.m., the line stretched several blocks as 5,000 fans poured into the location and quickly...

Beleaguered American consumers are cutting back across categories to manage escalating costs for gas, housing, groceries and healthcare, but beauty spending is holding up. For mass-market brands and retailers, that durability presents a clear...

Of all the chic sauna and contrast therapy destinations that have opened up in Manhattan recently, one stands out from the rest of its cohort: Instead of a large sauna that can fit 100 people at...

Despite ongoing economic pressure, beauty ended 2025 with mass and prestige sales growing within a single percentage point of each other, a convergence that indicates a new consumer definition of value. According to market research firm Circana,...

K-Beauty’s resurgent second wave is creating a ripple effect across the global beauty industry. In neighboring Japan, several cosmetic, skincare and haircare brands are making moves into the United States, attracting consumers as well as retailers and...