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Estée Lauder Knows How to Cut Costs. Can It Also Rebuild Growth?

Tuesday’s second-quarter earnings detailed the conglomerate’s plans to streamline the business, with more job cuts and corporate restructuring to come. Getting the company back to growth will mean closing the intention gap.

Estée Lauder Knows How to Cut Costs. Can It Also Rebuild Growth?

Tuesday’s second-quarter earnings detailed the conglomerate’s plans to streamline the business, with more job cuts and corporate restructuring to come. Getting the company back to growth will mean closing the intention gap.


Why Drugstores Still Aren’t Beauty Hubs

American pharmacies once aimed to transform their stores into beauty destinations, but after years of unmet promises and underwhelming results, beauty brands are reconsidering their reliance on the drugstore and are exploring different avenues for growth.

Why Drugstores Still Aren’t Beauty Hubs

American pharmacies once aimed to transform their stores into beauty destinations, but after years of unmet promises and underwhelming results, beauty brands are reconsidering their reliance on the drugstore and are exploring different avenues for growth.


The Business of Beauty Haul of Fame: Show, Don’t Smell

Can’t sniff a new fragrance? You might be more likely to buy it.

The Business of Beauty Haul of Fame: Show, Don’t Smell

Can’t sniff a new fragrance? You might be more likely to buy it.


Kids Are Having Birthday Parties at Sephora Now

Beauty retailers are playing host to skincare-obsessed tweens and teens on their special day. Can scavenger hunts, makeup tutorials and goodie bags create lifelong customers?

Kids Are Having Birthday Parties at Sephora Now

Beauty retailers are playing host to skincare-obsessed tweens and teens on their special day. Can scavenger hunts, makeup tutorials and goodie bags create lifelong customers?


How Skincare Products Can Prove Their Value

In the face of discount-seeking consumers and dupe culture, brands are doing more to prove their formulas are worth their premium prices.

How Skincare Products Can Prove Their Value

In the face of discount-seeking consumers and dupe culture, brands are doing more to prove their formulas are worth their premium prices.


Kim Kardashian’s Skky Partners Takes Minority Stake in 111Skin

The private equity firm made a “significant” minority investment in the UK-based skincare brand.

Kim Kardashian’s Skky Partners Takes Minority Stake in 111Skin

The private equity firm made a “significant” minority investment in the UK-based skincare brand.


The Business of Beauty Haul of Fame: A Crisis for Hollywood Makeup Artists

For red carpet professionals, the fires are the latest in a series of trials.

The Business of Beauty Haul of Fame: A Crisis for Hollywood Makeup Artists

For red carpet professionals, the fires are the latest in a series of trials.


Big Beauty Brands Embrace AI Skin Analysis

Beiersdorf, Clarins and L’Oréal are among the beauty companies betting big on the technology as AI mania continues and its capabilities grow.

Big Beauty Brands Embrace AI Skin Analysis

Beiersdorf, Clarins and L’Oréal are among the beauty companies betting big on the technology as AI mania continues and its capabilities grow.


The Top Beauty Trends to Watch in 2025

From fragrance layering to men’s styling products, trends on the rise in the new year hinge on the future of the social media landscape.

The Top Beauty Trends to Watch in 2025

From fragrance layering to men’s styling products, trends on the rise in the new year hinge on the future of the social media landscape.


The Business of Beauty Haul of Fame: Revenge of the Cheap Shampoo

The new “everything shower” costs less than a latte — and about as much as a drugstore shampoo and conditioner, Faran Krentcil writes in Haul of Fame.

The Business of Beauty Haul of Fame: Revenge of the Cheap Shampoo

The new “everything shower” costs less than a latte — and about as much as a drugstore shampoo and conditioner, Faran Krentcil writes in Haul of Fame.


Beauty’s Top M&A Targets for 2025

After a slow year for acquisitions, brands and investors alike are hoping that 2025 will yield bigger exits. But with most strategic buyers like L’Oréal and Estée Lauder operating with an even narrower lens, only a select few firms will make it.

Beauty’s Top M&A Targets for 2025

After a slow year for acquisitions, brands and investors alike are hoping that 2025 will yield bigger exits. But with most strategic buyers like L’Oréal and Estée Lauder operating with an even narrower lens, only a select few firms will make it.


The Best of BoF 2024: Where Skincare Will Go Next

One of the biggest winners in the years following the pandemic, the skincare category has started to normalise, with consumers looking for more instant results, niche brands and in-office treatments.

The Best of BoF 2024: Where Skincare Will Go Next

One of the biggest winners in the years following the pandemic, the skincare category has started to normalise, with consumers looking for more instant results, niche brands and in-office treatments.