Retailers

QVC Parent Company Qurate Launches Gen Z Livestreaming App Sune With 27 Beauty Brands
In its latest bid to attract younger consumers, Qurate Retail Group, parent company of QVC and HSN, has introduced livestream shopping app Sune. In beta mode, Sune currently carries...

Dupeshop Wants To Help Beauty Consumers Be Savvier Shoppers
Beauty shoppers love good bargains, and Dupeshop is making it easy to find them online. Launched in 2021, the British beauty dupe destination features more than 300 reviews comparing

Skincare Consultation Platform Protea Enables People To Access Expert Aestheticians From The Comfort Of Their Home
With people stuck at home staring at their faces on Zoom, the onset of the pandemic initiated a wave of skin consultation digitization. It was during that time that business development specialist and proposal writer...

Retail Spending Retreats, Sephora Gets A New Partner And Dollar General Expands Beauty: A Look At March 2023’s Big Retail News
Heightened interest rates weren’t alone in roiling financial markets in March. The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank caused many e-commerce companies’ access to funds to be shut off, and they struggled...

Alchemy 43 Opens New Southern California Location, Aspires To Open Hundreds In The US
As part of its strategy to multiply units in geographic hubs, Alchemy 43 has planted a location in Corona del Mar, an upscale enclave of Newport Beach, its fourth location in Southern California and tenth...

Manhattan’s Contact Sports Reimagines The Sex Shop
New York City’s Contact Sports inhabits Babeland’s old retail location at 43 Mercer St., but that’s where its similarities with the legacy sex goods destination end. The new “sporting goods store” looks more...