Once Valued At $1B, Pat McGrath Labs Goes Up For Auction. Can It Be Revived?

The assets of Pat McGrath Labs, the makeup brand launched by legendary makeup artist Pat McGrath in 2015, will be auctioned off on Tuesday. The auction represents a steep fall from grace...

AI-Powered Customer Support In Beauty: From Response To Resolution

1- DEFINITION > 2- BACKGROUND & CONTEXT >...

Flaws Or Flawlessness: How AI Is Rewiring Perceptions And Shifting Beauty Standards

Technologies have always shaped the way humans view themselves and others. Cave drawings may have been the earliest signs of that impulse, but in more recent history, magazines and television spread and reinforced...

Can AI Make You Healthier? The Wellness Industry Assesses ChatGPT And Claude’s New Tools

Millions of people are already using artificial intelligence platforms to answer their burning (sometimes literally) health and wellness questions, and the platforms are hungry for even more health and wellness-related visits. OpenAI is making an aggressive move...

What The Honest Co.’s DTC Exit Reveals About The Channel’s Shifting Role

To The Honest Co., direct-to-consumer became a distraction, and the brand has now moved on from it. In news first reported by Retail Dive on Dec. 19, Honest, which launched as a direct-to-consumer business...

What Saks’ Bankruptcy Exposes About Luxury Beauty Distribution

After 150-plus years, Saks Fifth Avenue’s house has crumbled, leaving luxury beauty brands that depended on it for positioning and distribution in a precarious position. The luxury department store has filed for Chapter...