Dec 24, 2020Livestreaming goes global, and sustainability gets real: Glossy’s top beauty trends for 2021In this week’s episode of the Glossy Beauty Podcast, our editorial team takes a look ahead at what 2021 may have in store for the beauty industry, from the rise of livestreaming and TikTok influencers to genuine strides in product sustainability.
Dec 23, 2020‘Incredible growth’: Duer co-founder Gary Lenett on opening stores mid-pandemicMany of the fashion retailers who had plans to open brick-and-mortar stores in 2020 wish they could take it all back. Not so, for Duer co-founder Gary Lenett. "We just feel very, very fortunate to be in the position we are, given where most of the world is that," Lenett...
Dec 17, 2020‘The strategy has not changed’: Sally Beauty’s Carolyne Guss on the retailer’s pandemic-friendly rebrandingFortunately, Sally Beauty had embarked on a pandemic-smart strategy before it became an industry-rocking crisis. "We had a pretty extensive brand relaunch that we were in the throes of," Sally Beauty group vice president of marketing Carolyne Guss said on the Glossy Beauty Podcast. "[We were focused] on showcasing to...
Dec 16, 2020‘Power has transitioned’: Axel Arigato’s founders on the importance of listening to customersAxel Arigato co-founders Albin Johansson and Max Svärdh have worked from the bottom-up, in the literal sense. "The footwear market -- that's where we saw the gap," Svärdh said on the Glossy Podcast. "How can a shoe cost this much? We couldn't understand that," Johansson added. But like many companies...
Dec 10, 2020Instagram’s Kristie Dash on how beauty and video go hand-in-handAlongside food, no industry has driven the way companies and influencers use social media quite like beauty. "Beauty brands and creators have always been early movers in that space," said Kristie Dash, Instagram's manager of fashion and beauty strategic partnerships, on the Glossy Beauty Podcast. "And Instagram continues to evolve...
Dec 9, 2020Tamara Mellon’s co-founders: Fashion brands are at risk for being ‘eaten by digital’Luxury shoe brand Tamara Mellon opened a store in Soho a month before lockdown. "Great timing," company CEO Jill Layfield joked on the Glossy Podcast. But one effort that's stood the test of time better than a brick-and-mortar shop is the company's truck: a shoe closet on wheels that greets...
Dec 3, 2020‘I have to show up for everybody’: Tracy Anderson on owning her company’s directionIf there's one thing that makes Tracy Anderson's workout routines stand out, it's the iteration. Joseph Pilates "stopped at 350 moves," Anderson said on the Glossy Beauty Podcast. "And I've got thousands upon thousands of sequences." That extends to live workouts, which Anderson favors over the streaming approach. "I'm not...
Dec 2, 2020Alice + Olivia CEO Stacey Bendet on #ShareTheMicNow, ‘the most emotional’ project of her careerRunning a fashion company is work enough, but Alice + Olivia CEO Stacey Bendet has also made 2020 a year of initiatives that serve -- and push -- the entire industry. In May, the Glossy 50 honoree rolled out Creatively, a job platform and networking app for creatives. Then in...
Nov 25, 2020‘Difficult but not impossible’: CR Fashion Book’s Vladimir Restoin Roitfeld on launching in ChinaCR Fashion Book president Vladimir Restoin Roitfeld doesn't usually go the easy route. In the spring, as the pandemic threatened to make this a bye year for the company's fashion show, he pitched another event organizer threatened by the pandemic (amFAR, a non-profit working against HIV/AIDS) on collaborating on a...