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Beauty Industry Vet Leah Hundsness Is Out To Make Maxine’s Revenge The Ultimate Aspirational Gen X Brand
After three decades in sales, marketing and merchandising roles at prestige beauty companies Too Faced, Sephora, Smashbox and Gucci Beauty, Leah Hundsness launched Maxine’s Revenge last year with a single product, a $33 highly pigmented serum-like concealer...
How E-Tailer ECosmetics Is Making Luxury Beauty Shopping Work Online
While the growth of beauty sales is projected to moderate in the near term, Richard Kirsch, co-founder and CEO of e-commerce destination eCosmetics, sees nothing but long-term upside for the industry. “The...
Arielle Shoshana Is Creating A Perfume Playground With Its Store And Big Personality Scents
A self-described perfumery school reject, Arielle Shoshana Weinberg made her way to the fragrance industry through a different door: By opening Arielle Shoshana, the first niche fragrance boutique in the Washington, D.C., area. At the 9-year-old...
“We Are Oversaturated”: How Investment Is Changing The Med-Spa Market
Aesthetic nurse practitioner Chris Bustamante, founder of med-spa Lushful Aesthetics, believes the bustling med-spa industry has hit peak saturation. In fact, he theorizes it reached peak saturation a year or two ago. “We are oversaturated,” he...
The Travel Retail Opportunity For Emerging Beauty Brands
It’s time for emerging beauty brands to explore travel retail, according to Gebr. Heinemann. One of the largest travel retailers in the world, Hamburg-based Heinemann operates branded shops...
As Luxury Fashion And Beauty E-Commerce Reconstitutes, Newby Hands Tells Us How Net-A-Porter Stays Close To Beauty Shoppers
Well before Moda Operandi jumped into beauty in January, and Farfetch entered and left the category within about a year’s span, Net-a-Porter established itself as an authority in the premium beauty sphere. Newby Hands, contributing global beauty director...
