Retail Report

Since Urban Outfitters branched into beauty in the 2010s, it’s stocked trendy products that occasionally border on kitschy. In 2016, the publication Women’s Wear Daily pronounced, “The merchandise that Urban is taking in isn’t the typical seen-at-Sephora stock.”...

Walmart is moving to arrange its haircare merchandise by hair type and phase out multicultural haircare sections long criticized as limiting the consumer reach and sales of products placed within them sold primarily to Black...

As Sephora, Walmart, Target and Amazon vie for beauty shoppers, Ulta Beauty is losing its edge with prestige beauty shoppers whose ability and willingness to splurge on skincare, makeup and haircare generally withstand economic cycles,

Nordstrom is taking aim at young millennial and gen Z consumers with a new beauty and lifestyle assortment. Featuring apparel and accessories along with beauty, the assortment contains makeup, skincare and...

In the wake of the murder of George Floyd in 2020, Sephora, Ulta Beauty and Bluemercury signed the Fifteen Percent Pledge promising to dedicate at least 15% of their shelf space to Black-owned brands. Target pledged to invest...

The sexual wellness category was a casualty of luxury department store chain Saks Fifth Avenue’s efforts to cut costs and cull its non-luxury beauty and wellness assortment. In April, sexual wellness brands carried by Saks were...