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What Hiring In The Beauty Industry Looks Like Today
Flexibility is the name of the game in post-pandemic hiring, according to Rebecca Kartin Levin, VP of retail and digital business development at executive recruitment agency Martin Kartin and Co. Acclimated to work-from-home...
How To Properly Market Beauty Products To Kids, According To Beauty Industry Insiders
In its latest semi-annual survey of teens, investment bank Piper Sandler finds that teens are spending $324 annually on makeup, skincare and fragrance, up 33% from last year. One of the reasons they may be...
On TikTok Shop, Brands Are Looking To Cash In On TikTok Fame, But They May Get Stuck Battling Fraudsters
TikTok’s silly dance videos have turned into seriously big business. The platform that has 1.7 billion users worldwide—or about a fifth of the total number of people on earth—and the brands riding its algorithm for attention...
Starting With Regulatory And Retail Standard Compliance, Cosmex Strives To Be The “AI Operating System Of Formulation”
Cosmex is using the power of artificial intelligence to help beauty brands, manufacturers and cosmetic chemists sort through the thicket of government policies and retail standards to ensure their products are up to snuff with...
The Speed Trap: How Fast Beauty Has Compromised Product Quality
About five years ago, the beauty industry collectively decided it wanted to go fast—very fast. The skincare brand The Inkey List boasted to Women’s Wear Daily that it could bring a product...
Here’s How Beauty Brands And Agencies Think Amazon Should Change To Enhance E-Commerce Competition
In a landmark lawsuit against Amazon filed last month, the United States Federal Trade Commission is accusing the e-commerce giant of overcharging sellers on its platform and preventing them from lowering prices, among several activities...
