Expert Dialogue
On The Brink Of Sephora’s UK Return, Wizz Selvey Sets The Record Straight On British Beauty Retail
Brick-and-mortar retail in the United Kingdom has yet to recover from pandemic-related closures. High-street foot traffic numbers registered a 3-year low last year and e-commerce players continue to take market share from physical stores. Over 17,000 British retailers...
The Power Of Authority In Professional And Traditional Retail Beauty Distribution
The beauty industry’s focus is shifting from celebrity to authority. In line with that shift, for its In Conversation webinar last week, Beauty Independent hosted a trio of leaders from brands grounded in...
What Is Blonde?: A Conversation With Tressie McMillan Cottom
Tressie McMillan Cottom, an author, sociologist and associate professor at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, started 2023 off with a bang. On Jan. 1, she ignited a conversation on TikTok about the...
Four Keys To Beacon Award Winner Common Heir’s Early Success
Just shy of its two-year anniversary, Common Heir has much to celebrate. The skincare brand’s sales have jumped 3X year-over-year thanks to retail expansion and direct-to-consumer strength.
Beauty Products, Shopping Dynamics And Influencer Strategies That Will Dominate In 2023
Darian Symone Harvin, beauty editor at large for Image at the Los Angeles Times, predicts consumers may start to reevaluate where they shop for beauty products next year as retail spending contracts in...
Uoma’s Sharon Chuter and Pacifica’s Brook Harvey-Taylor On Aligning Activism With Running A Business—And The Price They Pay For It
Increasingly, people are participating in consumerism based on their personal credos, whether they involve workers’, women’s or animal rights, environmentalism, racial equity, poverty alleviation or another issue. Nearly 85% of gen Zers, for example, say they buy based...
