Retailers

Ulta Beauty has unveiled the eight early-stage brands participating in the third edition of its MUSE Accelerator program and a partnership with nonprofit Fifteen Percent Pledge on a $10,000 award for one of the brands. ...

Since Urban Outfitters branched into beauty in the 2010s, it’s stocked trendy products that occasionally border on kitschy. In 2016, the publication Women’s Wear Daily pronounced, “The merchandise that Urban is taking in isn’t the typical seen-at-Sephora stock.”...

Walmart is moving to arrange its haircare merchandise by hair type and phase out multicultural haircare sections long criticized as limiting the consumer reach and sales of products placed within them sold primarily to Black...

While the growth of beauty sales is projected to moderate in the near term, Richard Kirsch, co-founder and CEO of e-commerce destination eCosmetics, sees nothing but long-term upside for the industry. “The...

As Sephora, Walmart, Target and Amazon vie for beauty shoppers, Ulta Beauty is losing its edge with prestige beauty shoppers whose ability and willingness to splurge on skincare, makeup and haircare generally withstand economic cycles,

Nordstrom is taking aim at young millennial and gen Z consumers with a new beauty and lifestyle assortment. Featuring apparel and accessories along with beauty, the assortment contains makeup, skincare and...