Retail Report

To survive a fiercely competitive and fragmented retail landscape, indie beauty e-tailers are reinventing themselves as B2B distribution partners and teaming up with large retailers through third-party marketplaces to spotlight their brands. ...

Consumers’ wallets may be tightening amid high economic anxiety, but they still showed up for beauty in a big way over Black Friday/Cyber Monday as deep discounts and desirable products unlocked strong demand. Indie beauty brands saw double-digit...

Target is betting that the industry’s lip boom still has room to run, rolling out dozens of new lip products for the holiday season in a bid to boost sluggish...

Kleonne aims to demystify skincare for confused dudes looking to build routines through careful curation, educational content and a straightforward user experience.  Launched on Sept. 23, the new British e-tailer offers...

Sephora was undoubtedly delighted when Mariah Carey, whose 31-year-old song “All I Want for Christmas is You” has become the harbinger of the holiday season, agreed to star in its holiday advertisement, but the...

Kelsie Johnston, one of the architects of TikTok Shop’s explosive growth in the United States, is turning her attention to the next wave in retail disruption: artificial intelligence-driven agentic commerce. Launched today, her new...