Manhattan’s Gotham Strives To Be The Dover Street Market Of Cannabis Dispensaries

Manhattan’s latest cannabis dispensary looks more like the MoMA Design Store than a head shop—and that’s exactly what’s intended.  Founded by angel investor and serial entrepreneur Joanne Wilson, who’s backed Parachute Home, Food52, Eater...

As Consumers Get Candid About Aging, Ulta Beauty Spotlights Products For Its Impacts On Hair In Chain-Wide Displays

Dating back centuries, beauty businesses have sold products promising to counter the impacts of aging on the skin, whether they’re wrinkling, puckering, sagging or spotting, but the skin isn’t alone in being tormented by time. As they get...

From Farfetch Alums, New E-Commerce Platform Skindays Takes A Proud “Pro-Aging” Stance

Skindays wants skincare consumers peering into midlife to enter it with pride.  Founded by CEO Diana Stenbolt and chief digital officer Gemma Estrela, previous colleagues at luxury retail e-commerce platform Farfetch,...

Kosé-Owned Albion To Open First US Flagship On LA’s Abbot Kinney

Heritage J-Beauty brand Albion is setting up shop on one of Los Angeles’s trendiest stretches. This summer, the botanical-powered luxury skincare player will open its first flagship in the United States on Abbot Kinney Boulevard in the...

Online Marketplace Melanin Grace Opens Brooklyn Store

Melanin Grace, an online marketplace addressing women of color, has opened a store in Brooklyn’s Dumbo neighborhood. Located in Empire Stores, a bustling retail and dining destination housing food hall Time...

Amazon Enters The Black, Prestige Beauty Soars, And Beauty Companies Exit Bankruptcy: A Look At April 2023’s Big Retail News

Through persistent economic wobbliness, the beauty of the beauty industry has been its remarkable ability to remain pretty unaffected. Retail spending ebbed last month as consumers held onto their wallets due at least partially to interest...