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Has Sustainability Become Table Stakes For Beauty Brands?
Ten to 15 years ago, a new wave of brands such as Josh Rosebrook, Indie Lee, Odacité, Tara Harper, RMS Beauty and W3ll People put clean beauty...
Ulta Beauty’s CEO Says Beauty Is Cooling Off. Should Everyone Panic?
Two months into Ulta Beauty’s fiscal year, CEO Dave Kimbell told analysts at a J.P. Morgan conference on Wednesday last week, “We have planned for moderation in total category growth to kind of the mid-single-digit range....
What Retailer Should Rhode Choose?
A lucky retailer will soon bag one of beauty’s biggest prizes, Rhode. Two years after starting in direct-to-consumer distribution, the skincare brand connected to Hailey Bieber is believed to be entering either...
Gen Z Is Petrified Of Aging. Is The Beauty Industry To Blame?
In a recent New York Times essay, Alexandra D’Amour, writer and founder of storytelling website On Our Moon, explores how mothers’ insecurities fuel their daughters’ self-loathing and expresses fear about the disdain of aging that’s being conveyed...
How Should The Beauty Industry Interpret And Respond To Valisure’s Latest Benzene Findings?
Valisure recently released information about tests it conducted on acne treatment products with benzoyl peroxide, including ones by Neutrogena, Clean & Clear, Proactiv and Equate Beauty, showing they can form benzene, a chemical linked...
How Beauty And Wellness Brands Are Preparing For The Possibility TikTok Could Be Banned In The US
In a rare show of bipartisanship in today’s fraught political environment, House Democrats and Republications came together Wednesday to approve legislation forcing TikTok’s Chinese owner ByteDance to sell the company to an American entity or...
