Beauty & Wellness Briefing: Brands are betting big on Coachella proximity marketing For beauty and wellness brands heading to the desert this weekend, including SuperGoop, Liquid I.V., Facile Skin, Joanna Czech, CoverGirl, Dove and TangleTeezer, among others, the name of the game is proximity marketing.
Private investigators and emerging tech are helping to crack down on beauty’s retail crime California Highway Patrol’s Organized Retail Crime Taskforce has recovered more than $41 million worth of stolen goods since the program launched in 2019. The task force is just one of many that have been launched across the country in the last few months as part of an aggressive crackdown on...
Confessions of a cosmetic packaging pro: ‘Refills are not as sustainable as we’ve been led to believe’ April is Earth Month, which means many brands and retailers will spend the next few weeks prioritizing the effective messaging of their environmentally-focused initiatives to consumers. But how can brands cut through the noise without accidentally exaggerating their impact? And which materials are actually better for the planet? Today's confessions...
How Ulta Beauty turned an experimental accelerator program into a successful pathway for young BIPOC brands The Fifteen Percent Pledge calls Ulta Beauty’s Muse Accelerator program a blueprint for positive systemic changes to the beauty industry. But how did the retail heavyweight take the program from idea to tentpole project in less than three years? As Ulta Beauty prepared to onboard three more mentee brands from...
Unilever enlisted Sofia Richie Grainge to promote Nexxus’s new TikTok-inspired styling range Unilever’s head of beauty marketing sat down with Glossy to discuss Nexus's new partnership with Sofia Richie Grainge, including the brand’s strategy behind the one-year contract, the dissemination of the marketing materials and the ad buy supporting it.
How to create and sustain a hero product’s viral moment, according to 3 top brand leaders What does it take to launch a viral product? And better still, how can a brand successfully turn a product’s sell-out moment into a hero franchise that can help bankroll the company's trajectory for years to come? During the Glossy Beauty Pop event in Los Angeles this week, senior reporter Sara...
As the ‘clean’ and ‘sensitive skin’ categories grow with minimal oversight, brands seek differentiation through third-party certifications As consumer values and needs evolve in an increasingly crowded beauty marketplace, more brands are turning to third-party seals to validate their ingredient, safety and environmental claims.
Confessions of a brand marketer: ‘The more willing you are to take a stand, the faster you’ll gain a loyal following’ Investing in brand marketing in the hopes of driving organic growth and sales, and maybe even going viral, has become a top priority for brands. But how can a company stand out in a saturated market without paying for views? What roles must they fill internally to sustain organic growth?...
Beauty & Wellness Briefing: How brands and manufacturers are preparing for new global regulatory changes Over the next few years, new global regulation of the beauty and wellness industries will dramatically change the way products are manufactured, tracked and marketed. Given the quick influx of new global legislation, it leaves little time for brands to audit their supply chains and business strategies for compliance.