Retail Report
“Unprofitable Brands,” Burnout And Consumer Caution: Why Small Beauty Retailers Are Still Struggling
Strained over the past year, small beauty and lifestyle shops continue to buckle under the weight of persistent challenges. Faced with growing consumer caution, increased competition from brands, sliding sales, steep...
Thirteen Lune And J.C. Penney Restructure Partnership As Thirteen Lune Falls Behind On Brand Payments
J.C. Penney and Thirteen Lune are restructuring a partnership that has brought minority-owned beauty brands to the department store retailer. Under the new arrangement, J.C. Penney will interact with...
Saks Remains Behind On Vendor Payments As It Shrinks Emerging Beauty Brand Assortment
Saks Fifth Avenue still hasn’t paid some beauty brands almost a year after reports began circulating that it was late with vendor payments, and it’s whittling down its assortment of emerging beauty brands as it’s cutting...
Clean Beauty Retailer Clean(er) Beauty Shop Closes
Clean(er) Beauty Shop, formerly known as Trellis Beauty, is closing shop. Founded by beauty industry veteran Tracy Trellis Flores, the clean beauty retailer is shuttering its Raleigh, N.C., flagship on July 27, and its...
Retail Buyers Dish On Standout Brands And Products From Uplink Expo New York 2024
Retail buyers identified clinically backed skincare, lightweight...
Ulta Beauty And Credo End Partnership
Credo and Ulta Beauty have ended a partnership that brought a selection of clean beauty products to Ulta stores. Timed with the October 2020 implementation of Ulta’s Conscious Beauty platform that planted its flag...
