Retail Report
Bansk Group-Owned Solid Haircare Brand Ethique Reenters Target With A New Look And Efficacy Focus
Seven years after launching into 50 Target stores and about five years after leaving the chain, Ethique is reentering the retailer under new ownership with a refreshed look and strategy. The solid haircare brand is heading to...
Inside The Now Massage’s Framework For Scaling To 100 Locations This Year
When The Now Massage opened its first location in Los Angeles in 2015, co-founder and chief creative officer Gara Post wasn’t trying to build the next national chain. She was solving a narrower problem: massage concepts sat between...
Liberty Leans On Curation As It Expands Wellness For Curious, Affluent Shoppers
Liberty is the latest retailer to deepen its push into wellness as health and wellbeing increasingly function as markers of modern luxury and growth drivers for retail. Long regarded for its forward-leaning merchandising and...
Clinical Skincare, Body Care Dominated 2025 Online Sales At Sephora And Ulta Beauty
In 2025, online winners at Sephora and Ulta Beauty skewed clinical and functional, not simply trend-driven. According to new data from beauty e-commerce agency Navigo Marketing
As Other Retailers Retreat, Ulta Beauty Doubles Down On Wellness With In-Store Boutiques
As other retailers walk away from wellness, Ulta Beauty is giving the category a more prominent, dedicated space and visual identity inside stores with Wellness by Ulta Beauty shop-in-shop boutiques. Housing 58 brands, the...
Sephora’s Olive Young Partnership Ups The Stakes In The K-Beauty Battle
In its race to command the beauty trend cycle and be home to the industry’s next wave of hot-ticket products, Sephora has partnered with Olive Young, strengthening its claim as a destination...