Beneath the Surface

As COVID-19 stretches around the world, global links in the beauty industry’s supply chain are coming apart. The first frays in the chain were centered in China, where the outbreak in January and February inhibited supplies, particularly packaging,...

As the coronavirus pandemic spreads, brand messages that made sense even a day ago may be unwise. The communications and sales strategies pursued over the next 90 days could make or break small beauty businesses. Above and beyond...

The global march of the coronavirus has fearful consumers frantically snapping up hand sanitizers at offline and online retailers. COVID-19 has impacted at least 108 countries around the world, infecting more than 153,000 people and resulting in 5,789...

Before they became known as gadgets geared toward enhancing sexual pleasure and spicing up people’s sex lives, vibrators were primarily marketed as health and beauty devices. The earliest vibrators were advertised as treatments for everything from uterine...

At Walmart, women can shop for milk, bread, eggs, socks and school supplies along with sex toys. The brand PlusOne debuted at the megachain two years ago, and Walmart is far from the only mainstream retailer that’s...

In a recent blog post on its CBD and Tepezcohuite Body Oil, Life Elements highlights a review that raves, “This bottle of magic works as lubricant. The oil’s not advertised as that, nor have I seen another...