Lively’s Michelle Cordeiro Grant: Women deserve more lingerie options On this week's episode of The Glossy Podcast, Hilary Milnes sits down with Michelle Cordeiro Grant, the founder and CEO of Lively, at Shoptalk 2019. They discuss how to break into a crowded market, how Lively's social media channels have become a major part of its content strategy and where...
Greats’ Ryan Babenzien: ‘Streetwear doesn’t exist anymore’ On the first episode of our limited series, Glossy Trend Watch, fashion reporter Danny Parisi sits down with Ryan Babenzien to to discuss the evolution of streetwear, including the reason he believes it's now dead.
Bloomingdale’s Stacie Borteck: ‘We’re evolving to meet the needs of the modern beauty consumer’ In this week's episode of The Glossy Beauty Podcast, beauty editor Priya Rao sits down with Borteck to discuss the major changes to the Bloomingdale's beauty and fragrance experience, the unique events the customer has come to expect and the way beauty is expanding throughout the company's flagship. Edited highlights...
Anine Bing’s Annika Meller: Paid promotion is a slippery slope In this week's episode of The Glossy Podcast, Hilary Milnes sits down with Annika Meller, COO and co-founder of Anine Bing, to discuss what it was like to build a brand on Instagram in 2012, why paid promotions can be a slippery slope and why investing in more traditional marketing channels...
Uma Oils’ Shrankhla Holecek: ‘It took convincing to launch our wellness products’ On this week's episode of The Glossy Beauty Podcast, Glossy beauty editor Priya Rao sits down with Holecek to discuss how she carefully designed the retail strategy for Uma Oils, why she's not interested in influencers and why she's making the move toward more nuanced products like naval oils.
Untuckit’s Aaron Sanandres: ‘A modern retail strategy includes physical retail’ On this week's episode of The Glossy Podcast, Hilary Milnes sits down with Sanandres live at the NRF Big Show to discuss how customer data is being used to improve in-store experiences, what his approach is to selling on Amazon and why retailers need a physical footprint.
Founder Rose-Marie Swift: ‘There is no next phase for RMS Beauty’ On this week's episode of The Glossy Beauty Podcast, RMS Beauty's founder and CEO, Rose-Marie Swift, sits down with Priya Rao to discuss greenwashing, the myth of fast beauty and the importance on physical retail. Edited highlights below.
Knix’s Joanna Griffiths: Selling through retailers is doing customers a disservice On this week's episode of The Glossy Podcast, Hilary Milnes sits down with Knix founder and CEO Joanna Griffiths, live at NRF 2019, to talk about how making the switch to direct-to-consumer empowered Knix to create more products on its own terms, how the change affected the brand's marketing strategy...
Glow Recipe’s Sarah Lee and Christine Chang: ‘We’ve expanded past being defined as a K-beauty brand’ Editor Priya Rao sits down with Sarah Lee and Christine Chang, the co-founders and co-CEOs of Glow Recipe, to discuss how they're creating their own products, planning for expansion into Germany and beyond, and getting creative in the name of standout influencer activations.