Retail Report

Summer’s Over: Beauty And The Business Of College Bookstores
Over the summer, Crystal Batshon, a third-year marketing and communications student at Santa Clara University, was scanning the beauty selection at nearby Stanford University’s college bookstore. It had only two brands, E.L.F. Cosmetics and Burt’s Bees, and she...

Peace Out Offers Selfie-Perfecting Zit Stickers For Instagramming Millennials
Can an acne antidote be cool? Peace Out is counting on it. The brainchild of one-time pimple-ridden Enrico Frezza, the brand has entered Sephora out of the gate with a three-year exclusive retail...

These Teens Launched A Bath Brand At Ulta Beauty (We Feel Inept)
Sisters Isabel and Caroline Bercaw are going to have kick-ass college applications. While most teenagers are padding their credentials with sports and student council, the 16-year-old and 15-year-old co-chief creative officers led their...

Politics Getting You Down? Step Into Take Care For Reenergizing Me-Time
In the political battlefield of Washington, D.C., respite seems called for—and Take Care is offering it. From accomplished clean beauty merchant Becky Waddell,...

Teadora Adds A Touch Of Brazil To Seattle’s Pacific Place
The Teadora experience is on full display at Pacific Place in Seattle, but it won’t be for long. The Brazil-inspired skincare brand has set up a 200-square-foot temporary store at the...

Aillea Tests Its Retail Concept Beyond Denver With Atlanta Opening
After quickly establishing itself as a clean beauty retailer to be reckoned with, Aillea is taking a trip to Atlanta for its first store outside of Denver. Kathryn Dickinson, former vice president of...