CFDA’s Steven Kolb Involved in Altercation with PETA Protestors
The trade body’s president physically restrained animal rights activists after they stormed a Cos runway show at New York Fashion Week.
Inside Beauty
Retail
How Fashion and Beauty Can Better Engage with Black Businesses
Four months after renewed demands for racial justice hit the fashion and beauty industries, what — beyond symbolic gestures — has been done, and what will it take to make initiatives like the 15 Percent Pledge work?
How Fashion and Beauty Can Better Engage with Black Businesses
Four months after renewed demands for racial justice hit the fashion and beauty industries, what — beyond symbolic gestures — has been done, and what will it take to make initiatives like the 15 Percent Pledge work?
Beauty
Why Basics Like Toothpaste and Deodorant Are More Important to the Beauty Industry Than Ever
From razor blades to tampons, companies are raising the bar in essentials, set to become even more important to brands as a global recession sets in, writes Sarah Brown.
Why Basics Like Toothpaste and Deodorant Are More Important to the Beauty Industry Than Ever
From razor blades to tampons, companies are raising the bar in essentials, set to become even more important to brands as a global recession sets in, writes Sarah Brown.
Beauty
How Big Brands Can Adopt a Start-Up Mindset
In beauty’s entrepreneur-driven era of personal connection and authenticity, nothing’s less cool, or more (perhaps unfairly) maligned than being part of the system. Sarah Brown talks to the pros about how to rethink business as usual.
How Big Brands Can Adopt a Start-Up Mindset
In beauty’s entrepreneur-driven era of personal connection and authenticity, nothing’s less cool, or more (perhaps unfairly) maligned than being part of the system. Sarah Brown talks to the pros about how to rethink business as usual.
Beauty
Why ‘Masstige’ Could Be Beauty’s Most Important Category
A growing middle ground is propelling beauty into a post-prestige world where under $20 products now appeal to the most devout luxury consumers.
Why ‘Masstige’ Could Be Beauty’s Most Important Category
A growing middle ground is propelling beauty into a post-prestige world where under $20 products now appeal to the most devout luxury consumers.
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Beauty
How Doctor Brands Cash In on Authority
Clinically minded skincare brands — inspired by in-office treatments and cutting-edge science — have taken centre stage on today’s exploding skincare frontier. Sarah Brown asks: Do these (generally tiny) brands pose a credible threat to the establishment?
How Doctor Brands Cash In on Authority
Clinically minded skincare brands — inspired by in-office treatments and cutting-edge science — have taken centre stage on today’s exploding skincare frontier. Sarah Brown asks: Do these (generally tiny) brands pose a credible threat to the establishment?
Beauty
Inside the Battle to Be the Next Sephora
Specialty beauty boutiques are proliferating at a dizzying rate. Can they all last and who will win?
Inside the Battle to Be the Next Sephora
Specialty beauty boutiques are proliferating at a dizzying rate. Can they all last and who will win?
Beauty
9 Tips For Mastering the In-Store Experience
Retail may be in flux, but beauty customers are still buying big at physical stores. Sarah Brown examines how beauty's savviest brands keep shoppers shopping.
9 Tips For Mastering the In-Store Experience
Retail may be in flux, but beauty customers are still buying big at physical stores. Sarah Brown examines how beauty's savviest brands keep shoppers shopping.
Beauty
When Radical Transparency Bites Back
Total transparency has been Deciem founder Brandon Truaxe’s calling card since the beginning. But what happens when it creates an online firestorm?
When Radical Transparency Bites Back
Total transparency has been Deciem founder Brandon Truaxe’s calling card since the beginning. But what happens when it creates an online firestorm?
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Beauty
How Not To Ruin Your Brand Once You’ve Sold It
Is it possible to sell your brand without selling out? Sarah Brown talks to a group of key beauty founders about the new rules for navigating corporate waters and protecting your company — and yourself.
How Not To Ruin Your Brand Once You’ve Sold It
Is it possible to sell your brand without selling out? Sarah Brown talks to a group of key beauty founders about the new rules for navigating corporate waters and protecting your company — and yourself.
Beauty
Beauty’s Augmented Reality Revolution: What’s Real, What’s Hype, What’s Next
Beauty brands are betting heavily on AR, and the early ROI is promising.
Beauty’s Augmented Reality Revolution: What’s Real, What’s Hype, What’s Next
Beauty brands are betting heavily on AR, and the early ROI is promising.
Beauty
Men Still Stump the Beauty Industry
The men’s grooming market remains sub-scale, but shifting cultural attitudes and the growth of niche men’s lines suggest change is afoot, writes Sarah Brown.
Men Still Stump the Beauty Industry
The men’s grooming market remains sub-scale, but shifting cultural attitudes and the growth of niche men’s lines suggest change is afoot, writes Sarah Brown.
Beauty
Unpacking the Fenty Frenzy
Sarah Brown examines what the blockbuster success of Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty says about the industry’s race problem.
Unpacking the Fenty Frenzy
Sarah Brown examines what the blockbuster success of Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty says about the industry’s race problem.
The News in Brief
GQ Philippines Names Danyl Geneciran Editor in Chief
The former Vogue Man Philippines editor will helm GQ’s 23rd international title, whose debut issue features covers starring Darren Criss, Jordan Clarkson and Erwan Heussaff.
Human Made Discloses $3.6 Million Undercover Purchase Price and Long-Term Financial Targets
The Tokyo-listed company will pay $3.6 million in cash for 100 percent of Undercover, with founder Jun Takahashi relinquishing corporate duties to focus solely on design.
Arizona Accuses L’Oréal of Concealing Cancer Risks Linked to Hair Relaxers
The beauty conglomerate faces over 12,000 similar lawsuits filed by individuals that have been consolidated in a Chicago federal court.
Space NK Names New CEO, Andy Lightfoot Steps Down
Chief marketing officer Emma Simpson-Scott will succeed Lightfoot, who is leaving the UK retailer after seven years at the helm.
EssilorLuxottica Managers Defend CEO After Heir Lashes Out
Twenty top lieutenants to CEO Francesco Milleri came to their boss’s defense in an escalating feud with Leonardo Maria Del Vecchio, a son of the founder who abruptly left a senior role at the company.
Zara Owner Looks to US for Next Phase of Growth
Inditex is investing in the US as a key growth market, CEO Oscar Garcia Maceiras told Reuters, with store revamps and new openings planned across its Zara, Massimo Dutti and Bershka brands.
Activist Investor Takes New Stake in Bath & Body Works
The activist investor is recommending the personal-care and fragrance store chain to explore a sale, claiming it has been undervalued and hampered by unstable management.