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NEW YORK — Beauty companies are working hard to gain the trust of their consumers on all touchpoints, from product formulations to sustainable practices and brand message. A number of speakers at the WWD Beauty Summit at New York’s Conrad hotel on Wednesday emphasized how this is paramount today. “There’s a huge crisis of trust […]
1999: Marla and Barry Beck open Bluemercury as a start-up e-commerce site, with $1 million in seed money. 2000: The Becks learn the world isn’t quite ready for a beauty e-tailer. Bluemercury’s first retail store opens, in Washington, D.C.’s Georgetown neighborhood. (A Harvard Business School study credits the company with coining the term “clicks to […]
If you are (or have ever been) pregnant, you probably know that the search for stylish maternity clothing can be a daunting task (read: a huge bummer). Even more challenging: finding cute and well-fitted activewear—like leggings that won’t slide down—geared toward expecting moms. After all, moms-to-be deserve some stylish workout clothing options that inspire confidence […]
Is Kourtney Kardashian taking cues from Gwyneth Paltrow? In early April, Kardashian launched Poosh, a lifestyle web site named after the reality star's six-year-old daughter Penelope. Upon launch, Poosh drew comparisons to Goop, Paltrow's much talked-about wellness brand, for its name, branding as a lifestyle web site and star power. Those comparisons are likely to […]
PARIS — In the quest to expand its active beauty business capabilities, and to help meet the rising demand for “clean” products, Swiss fragrance and flavors supplier Givaudan will acquire AMSilk GmbH’s cosmetics business. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Givaudan said it expects to fund the transaction with existing resources. Source: Read […]
The sun seems to shine on Tom Ford wherever he goes, even inside the Beverly Hills restaurant Mr. Chow, where on Wednesday he hosted a party to celebrate his spring 2019 Soleil fragrance and beauty collection, which is about to go big with an online flagship April 25 on Alibaba Group’s Tmall. Source: Read Full […]
LONDON — Net-a-porter is harnessing the power of the facialist, who is quickly becoming the beauty industry’s new power house, given the ability to relate to women and build sizable online followings. Source: Read Full Article
YSL Beauty is tailoring its Beauty Hotel format to the desert. The beauty brand revealed today its first Coachella pop-up: an Instagram-friendly activation in California on Route 111 in Cathedral City, Palm Springs. Designed to look like a gas station — if gas stations were sleek and luxe — the YSL Beauty Station will feature […]
Glossier — which reached $100 million in sales in 2018 — has raised $100 million in a Series D round. The funding was led by Sequoia Capital, a venture firm that is also invested in Charlotte Tilbury, with participation from Tiger Global Management, Spark Capital and existing investors Forerunner Ventures, Thrive Capital, IVP and Index […]
QVC will enter the beauty festival fray this summer with Beauty Bash, its own iteration of the immersive, Instagram-ready beauty experience favored by Millennials and Gen Zers. About 6,500 attendees are expected at the three-day event, which will take place June 7 through 9 at the Fillmore event space in Philadelphia. Tickets, which go on […]