Skin Care

Can a Department Store Build Its Own Beauty Brand? Liberty Bets Yes.
The London-based retailer known for its mock Tudor facade has big ambitions for the beauty category with its new LBTY label. First up: a line of high-end fragrances inspired by the retailer’s renowned prints.

Can a Department Store Build Its Own Beauty Brand? Liberty Bets Yes.
The London-based retailer known for its mock Tudor facade has big ambitions for the beauty category with its new LBTY label. First up: a line of high-end fragrances inspired by the retailer’s renowned prints.

E.l.f. Acquires Naturium in $355 Million Bet on Skin Care
The purchase of the high-growth indie label marks the company’s first M&A deal since 2020.

E.l.f. Acquires Naturium in $355 Million Bet on Skin Care
The purchase of the high-growth indie label marks the company’s first M&A deal since 2020.

What Investors Are Looking for in a Beauty Start-Up
Private equity shops and venture capitalists are being more discerning with their dollars and yet capital is still critical for emerging brands seeking to stand out in a competitive landscape.

What Investors Are Looking for in a Beauty Start-Up
Private equity shops and venture capitalists are being more discerning with their dollars and yet capital is still critical for emerging brands seeking to stand out in a competitive landscape.

Who Will Buy Amyris’ Brands?
The bankrupt biotech manufacturer-turned-beauty conglomerate has put Biossance, Jonathan Van Ness’ JVN and other lines up for sale. Is anyone buying?

Who Will Buy Amyris’ Brands?
The bankrupt biotech manufacturer-turned-beauty conglomerate has put Biossance, Jonathan Van Ness’ JVN and other lines up for sale. Is anyone buying?

Why the Bottom Fell Out of China’s Luxury Beauty Market
After years of outsized growth in prestige cosmetics, consumers have pulled back on the typically recession-proof category.

Why the Bottom Fell Out of China’s Luxury Beauty Market
After years of outsized growth in prestige cosmetics, consumers have pulled back on the typically recession-proof category.

Farfetch to Close Beauty Division
The luxury marketplace had hoped to take a “leading position” in the space when it launched cosmetics, skin care and hair care in April 2022 but found it harder than expected to attract shoppers.

Farfetch to Close Beauty Division
The luxury marketplace had hoped to take a “leading position” in the space when it launched cosmetics, skin care and hair care in April 2022 but found it harder than expected to attract shoppers.

What is the Next Great Luxury Beauty Brand?
After a series of multi-billion dollar M&A deals, global beauty giants are taking an alternative route: reviving sleeper labels at the top end of the market.

What is the Next Great Luxury Beauty Brand?
After a series of multi-billion dollar M&A deals, global beauty giants are taking an alternative route: reviving sleeper labels at the top end of the market.

The Business of Beauty Global Forum: Where Will Growth Come From?
At the second session of The Business of Beauty Global Forum, speakers including Sephora Americas chief executive Jean-André Rougeot and Mielle Organics founder Monique Rodriguez charted beauty’s next stage of growth.

The Business of Beauty Global Forum: Where Will Growth Come From?
At the second session of The Business of Beauty Global Forum, speakers including Sephora Americas chief executive Jean-André Rougeot and Mielle Organics founder Monique Rodriguez charted beauty’s next stage of growth.

The Business of Beauty Global Forum: How Do We Create Connection?
During the third session of The Business of Beauty Global Forum, Pamela Anderson, Isayama Ffrench and Glossier chief executive Kyle Leahy unpacked how to build unique brands and drive authentic relationships with customers.

The Business of Beauty Global Forum: How Do We Create Connection?
During the third session of The Business of Beauty Global Forum, Pamela Anderson, Isayama Ffrench and Glossier chief executive Kyle Leahy unpacked how to build unique brands and drive authentic relationships with customers.

Lessons From Day One of The Business of Beauty Global Forum
Speakers including John Legend and TooD Beauty founder Sharareh Siadat laid out their vision for a more inclusive beauty industry during the first session of The Business of Beauty Global Forum.

Lessons From Day One of The Business of Beauty Global Forum
Speakers including John Legend and TooD Beauty founder Sharareh Siadat laid out their vision for a more inclusive beauty industry during the first session of The Business of Beauty Global Forum.

The BoF Podcast | Five Themes Shaping the Global Beauty Industry
BoF’s Imran Amed sits down with Priya Rao, executive editor of The Business of Beauty, to go inside the findings of our new report ‘The State of Fashion: Beauty.’

The BoF Podcast | Five Themes Shaping the Global Beauty Industry
BoF’s Imran Amed sits down with Priya Rao, executive editor of The Business of Beauty, to go inside the findings of our new report ‘The State of Fashion: Beauty.’

Is Tanning Back?
Once associated with the artificial orange hue of 2000s-era celebrities, brands now pitch tanning lotions and oils as skin care products in an effort to shake the stigma around the category and make tanning more inclusive.

Is Tanning Back?
Once associated with the artificial orange hue of 2000s-era celebrities, brands now pitch tanning lotions and oils as skin care products in an effort to shake the stigma around the category and make tanning more inclusive.