beauty

Glossier Returns to Brick-and-Mortar With Seattle Flagship 4X the Size of its Original Pop-Up

Glossier will return to brick-and-mortar with three permanent locations scheduled to open this year. The first will launch in Seattle’s Capitol Hill…

4 Ways COVID-19 Gave Beauty Brands a Makeover

U.S. beauty spending took a hit across all categories in 2020, with makeup dropping 36%, skincare falling 13% and fragrance falling 21%,…

Beauty Is More Than Skin Deep In The COVID Era

The health and beauty sector is a bright spot in the otherwise struggling retail landscape — and industry leaders are trying to…

e.l.f. Beauty Purchases Clean Makeup Brand W3LL PEOPLE For $27 Million

e.l.f. Beauty will acquire W3LL PEOPLE, a cruelty-free clean beauty company, for $27 million in cash. W3LL People has a presence at…

JCPenney Tests In-Store Beauty Services, Wellness Classes At Texas Flagship Store

JCPenney has launched a new store concept with experiential retailing at its core in Hurst, Texas. The store was built around insights…

Suitability, Transparency And Inclusion Rank As Biggest Non-Price Beauty Purchase Drivers

The decision-making process behind buying a beauty product has numerous variables attached, and like many other shopping decisions, price wins out: 75%…

Despite 12% Sales Increase, Ulta Beauty Stock Dips 28% Amid Slashed Full-Year Outlook

Ulta Beauty had what would traditionally be perceived as a very strong quarter — net sales increased 12.0% to $1.67 billion, while comparable…

Walmart Enters Beauty Category With Private Label Skincare Line

Walmart has launched a private label skincare line, Earth to Skin, designed to offer beauty shoppers affordable skin products that only include…

Macy’s Will Expand AR-Powered Virtual Try-On Across Beauty Categories

Macy’s has unveiled new solutions designed to enhance the in-store and mobile customer experience at the Shoptalk conference being held in Las…

L’Occitane Purchases ELEMIS To Expand Skincare Offerings

L’Occitane will acquire ELEMIS, a UK-based beauty and skincare producer, for a maximum consideration of $900 million. The deal will strengthen L’Occitane’s omnichannel…

Murad Cuts Costs, Speeds Up Operations With Move To Cloud

Murad, a skincare retailer, is in the process of migrating its operations to the Oracle Cloud infrastructure to help improve both performance…

CVS Launches Beauty Concept Stores With Glamsquad

CVS has debuted a new store-within-a-store beauty format called BeautyIRL in four test stores in Florida, Connecticut and Massachusetts, as part of…

The 2021 Holiday Ecommerce Guide: Key Actions to Boost Success This Peak Season

Boost Productivity by Managing and Mitigating the New Stresses on Store Associates

Digitization of Daily Life Continues in 2021

56% of Consumers Plan to Host (and Grocery Shop for) Holiday Celebrations

The ROI Impact of Intelligent Labor Management: How Retailers are Empowering Frontline Employees

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