Video: Katie Sturino, Annie Lawless and Allison McNamara on how to sustain a hero product’s viral moment 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, senior reporter Sara Spruch-Feiner hosted...
Beauty & Wellness Briefing: How brands are successfully reaching women over 40 According to new 2023 data from market research company Mintel, women over 40 spend more money on most personal care and beauty categories, including skin care, body products and hair care, as well as oral care and deodorant. Brands successfully reaching this demo include Laura Geller, L'Oréal Paris and BeautyStat.
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.