Retail Report

Liberty London Responds To Consumer Demand For Cruelty-Free, Organic And Vegan Brands With Conscious Beauty Campaign
After noticing searches for vegan beauty on its website spike 135% and sales of conscious brands rise 43%, Liberty London decided to respond to the intensifying interest in ethical consumption. This month, storied retailer initiated its first...

CBD E-Tailer Standard Dose Opens A Not-So-Standard Brick-and-Mortar Location In New York City
Online CBD retailer Standard Dose opened its first brick-and-mortar location last week in the NoMad section of Manhattan. To call it a store, however, would be a misnomer. There are no shelves lined with rows and rows...

New York Shop Consigliere Is On A Mission To Be Men’s Beauty BFF
While they don’t announce it, most beauty stores target women and cater to their preferences. Chad Beightol has opened Consigliere, a New York beauty shop specifically targeting men, to put guys at ease as they keep up...

French Brand Merci Handy’s Hand Sanitizers Kill Germs While Looking Pretty Killer
Louis Marty is busy listening. In March, the co-founder of Paris-based Merci Handy, a brand that turned boring hand sanitizers into the cheery stuff of social media, moved to New York to learn about American shoppers and...

Beauty Buyers Pick Their Favorite Products From IBE Dallas 2019
Beauty buyers representing more than 100 retailers—from luxury department store company Neiman Marcus to natural grocer Whole Foods Market and trendy online destination Revolve to clean beauty specialist Credo—descended upon event space Sixty Five Hundred for the third...

Don’t Bullsh*t The Buyer: 10 Tips For Building Your Wholesale Business
If a distribution partnership is akin to a marriage, a dishonest party can lead to a pretty nasty divorce. With indie beauty brands chattering a ton about transparency these days, buyers are beseeching them to extend the concept...