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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...
Unilever And Beauty For All Industries Close In-House Brand Incubators
Unilever and Beauty For All Industries have folded in-house incubators formed to foster entrepreneurial energy within their bigger organizations and launch agile brands in high-growth categories. Unilever has shuttered The Uncovery, an...
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...
Masstige Skincare Brand Beyou Is Quietly Making A Big Splash At Target And CVS
Good skincare isn’t determined by where it’s sold, at least that’s what consumers today feel. Recent survey data from market research firm Circana shows 67% of them consider skincare brands on the shelves of drugstores...
AI-Powered Clean Beauty E-Commerce Company NakedPoppy To Shutter Online Store
NakedPoppy, the clean beauty e-tailer that enlisted scientists to scour product ingredients and harnessed artificial intelligence to match consumers with makeup suited to them, is shuttering its online store on Oct. 31. It’s...
Craft Beauty Lab’s Christina Mahar On The Cost And Speed Pressures Facing Beauty Manufacturers Today
When beauty industry experts stress the importance of differentiation for emerging brands, they’re generally referring to consumer propositions and marketing strategies—and those are important, but a robust supply chain may be one of the most underrated...
