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Has Any Retailer Replaced Barneys New York As The Go-To Beauty Brand Builder?
In a Wall Street Journal article that ran earlier this month, reporter Chavie Lieber wrote, “Barneys New York was always more than a department store. With a flagship on Madison Avenue and a dozen more locations across...
Gen Z And Millennial Beauty Spending Expected To Stay Strong As Shoppers Overall Cut Back
Shoppers are keeping tight grips on their wallets. According to new research from McKinsey & Co., 79% of consumers are reducing their spend across categories by purchasing fewer products and seeking discounts—or both. Dimpy Jindal,...
How Indie Beauty Brands Predict They’ll Do This Holiday Season
Earlier this month, we prodded beauty analysts and investors for holiday sales forecasts. They expressed optimism laced with concern about the state of the economy and the appetite for spending. “The season may be healthy, but not...
Ritual’s Lindsay Dahl Busts 5 Of The Biggest Sustainability Myths In CPG
Conventional wisdom often doesn’t hold up when the assumptions underlying it are put to the test. While scrutinizing the consumer packaged goods industry’s sustainability assumptions wasn’t the goal of product-level carbon footprint assessments commissioned by supplement brand
Exploring The Benefits And Opportunities Of Solid Beauty Products
The solid beauty space has evolved well past the modest bar soap. Formulation and application method innovations in tandem with a surge of eco-conscious shoppers have driven brands to wake up what has long been a sleepy category....
Squeezed Before The Writers And Actors’ Strikes, Hollywood Makeup Artists And Hairstylists’ Struggles Mount As They Drag On
To outsiders, Hollywood’s shutdowns began on May 2, when the Writers Guild of America initiated its strike, then escalated on July 14 when SAG-AFTRA joined the picket lines with similar demands such as greater residuals from streaming and...
