Retail Report

Face Foundrie Plans To Nearly Triple Its Fleet Of Facial Bars This Year
Face Foundrie plans to reach many more faces this year. The express facial bar concept expects to roughly triple its brick-and-mortar footprint in 2023. Currently, it has 22 locations in 13 states, five of which...

Retail Sales Dive, Ulta And Sephora Win Big With Post-Pandemic Shoppers, And Revlon Could Exit Bankruptcy: A Look At December 2022 Retail News
Inflation has been decelerating, but elevated prices continued to plague consumers as they shopped last year’s holiday sales, spurring them to wait for deeper discounts and return items in greater quantities. Still, persistent economic uncertainty didn’t...

Skin Treatment Studio House Of Pietro Simone Opens In New York City
Don’t call it a med spa. Facialist and brand founder Pietro Simone’s new New York City face and body treatment studio, House of Pietro Simone, embraces the latest cutting-edge aesthetic tools such...

Credo For Change To Relaunch As A Career Accelerator Program In 2023
Credo for Change, the accelerator program clean beauty retailer Credo started in 2020, is changing its focus from BIPOC brand founders to people from underrepresented groups aspiring to careers in the beauty industry. The idea behind the...

How A Former Whole Foods Buyer Is Turning Metropolitan Market Into A Wellness Destination
Metropolitan Market wants to turn its wellness aisle into an upscale shopping destination. To spearhead the initiative, the grocery chain grocer tapped Shanon Herzer, a former broker and buyer for...

Ulta’s Sales Shine Again, Sephora Gets A New CEO And Consumer Spending Jumps: A Look At November 2022’s Retail News
The beauty industry seems to have an uncanny ability to get people to spend even when they’re getting pinched. The category rose to the top of the pack over the busy Black Friday/Cyber Monday period by...