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Beauty

The 5 Reasons Why Beauty Has Never Been Tougher

This week, Priya Rao contemplates beauty’s latest disruptions.

Beauty

The 5 Reasons Why Beauty Has Never Been Tougher

This week, Priya Rao contemplates beauty’s latest disruptions.


Beauty

What’s Driving Saudi Arabia’s Beauty Transformation

The country has emerged as the GCC region’s largest cosmetics market as societal change spurs sales and homegrown brands.

Beauty

What’s Driving Saudi Arabia’s Beauty Transformation

The country has emerged as the GCC region’s largest cosmetics market as societal change spurs sales and homegrown brands.


Technology

Retailers Tap AI Shopping Traffic but Fight to Keep Customer Data

As shoppers increasingly turn to ChatGPT and Google's Gemini for product recommendations, retailers are racing to appear in chatbot results while resisting efforts to cede customer data that underpin online sales.

Technology

Retailers Tap AI Shopping Traffic but Fight to Keep Customer Data

As shoppers increasingly turn to ChatGPT and Google's Gemini for product recommendations, retailers are racing to appear in chatbot results while resisting efforts to cede customer data that underpin online sales.


Beauty

How Beauty Brands Scale Past Retail Exclusivity

Expansion beyond an exclusive retail arrangement brings new growth, but brands must have the resources to make sure both old and new partners remain happy.

Beauty

How Beauty Brands Scale Past Retail Exclusivity

Expansion beyond an exclusive retail arrangement brings new growth, but brands must have the resources to make sure both old and new partners remain happy.


Beauty

Is Blush’s Moment Fading?

Blush catapulted in sales growth over the past three years, earning its chops as a serious complexion product. Now it appears to be reaching a saturation point.

Beauty

Is Blush’s Moment Fading?

Blush catapulted in sales growth over the past three years, earning its chops as a serious complexion product. Now it appears to be reaching a saturation point.


Beauty

Are There Too Many Beauty Sales?

As Prime Day stretches into Prime Week, and retailers crowd the calendar with overlapping promotions, beauty brands are rethinking how to discount without eroding their long-term value.

Beauty

Are There Too Many Beauty Sales?

As Prime Day stretches into Prime Week, and retailers crowd the calendar with overlapping promotions, beauty brands are rethinking how to discount without eroding their long-term value.


Beauty

Beauty Brands Want to Own Their Space. It’ll Cost Them.

As department stores wane in popularity and specialty and e-commerce becomes more saturated, beauty brands are looking to open their own stores to regain ground and control the customer experience. Becoming a retailer, however, is very different to being a wholesaler.

Beauty

Beauty Brands Want to Own Their Space. It’ll Cost Them.

As department stores wane in popularity and specialty and e-commerce becomes more saturated, beauty brands are looking to open their own stores to regain ground and control the customer experience. Becoming a retailer, however, is very different to being a wholesaler.


Beauty

The Real Reason Ulta Beauty World Was a Hit

This week, Priya Rao dives into the latest experiential beauty festival, Beiersdorf’s Nivea problems and Salone del Mobile’s perfume plays.

Beauty

The Real Reason Ulta Beauty World Was a Hit

This week, Priya Rao dives into the latest experiential beauty festival, Beiersdorf’s Nivea problems and Salone del Mobile’s perfume plays.


Beauty

In a Pricing Pinch, Mass Beauty Brands Get Creative

Lower-priced beauty brands are feeling the pinch as fixed costs rise and customers reign in their spending. To grow, brands will need to rebuild creative muscle to improve product development and maximise marketing.

Beauty

In a Pricing Pinch, Mass Beauty Brands Get Creative

Lower-priced beauty brands are feeling the pinch as fixed costs rise and customers reign in their spending. To grow, brands will need to rebuild creative muscle to improve product development and maximise marketing.


Beauty

Opinion: K-Beauty Needs More Than Salmon Sperm, Snail Mucin to Win the US

The US is now the biggest overseas buyer of South Korean skincare and cosmetics, but incoming brands need to focus on retail presence and diverse consumers, writes Bloomberg’s Julianna Liu.

Beauty

Opinion: K-Beauty Needs More Than Salmon Sperm, Snail Mucin to Win the US

The US is now the biggest overseas buyer of South Korean skincare and cosmetics, but incoming brands need to focus on retail presence and diverse consumers, writes Bloomberg’s Julianna Liu.