Joe’s Jeans’ Jennifer Hawkins on collaborating closely with influencers Joe's Jeans is heavily invested in working with influencers. It's a relationship that has to make sense to work, said Jennifer Hawkins, the brand's svp of marketing and innovation. "It's not just plucking someone off a list and saying, 'Let's do a collaboration,'" Hawkins said on the Glossy Podcast. "It's...
’It’s alright to tell the truth’: Unfair Podcast, episode 3 Glossy is proud to present Unfair, a podcast about the global skin-lightening industry and everything it touches, from the demand for lighter skin to the beauty companies selling to it. In episode three, Unfair explores the deep -- and often surprising -- history of the market for skin-lightening in the...
Clearbanc’s Michele Romanow: ‘You have to be a digital business and own your customer’ In Clearbranc president Michele Romanow's view, regular banks are pretty clueless. "Banks don't understand digital business," she said on the Glossy Podcast. "They understand if you're a restaurant with a pizza oven, and that if your business goes out of business, they can sell the pizza oven, as it has...
‘We certainly are at risk’: Unfair Podcast, episode 2 Glossy is proud to present Unfair, a podcast about the global skin-lightening industry and everything it touches, from the demand for lighter skin to the beauty companies selling to it. In episode two, Unfair covers the health problems and psychological harm these products pose to consumers at large. We hear...
‘Sales are up’: Bombas co-founder Randy Goldberg on selling socks as more consumers stay home People may not be getting dressed and going out like they used to, but for Bombas, sales are good. The sock company is beating the target it set for itself back in January, before the pandemic kept people at home (where socks are a little more optional). "Sales are up,"...
‘You’d be so much more beautiful if you were a few shades lighter’: Unfair Podcast, episode 1 Glossy is proud to present Unfair, a podcast about the global skin-lightening industry and everything it touches, from the demand for lighter skin to the beauty companies selling to it. In four episodes, Unfair will explore the industry’s origins, history, systems of regulation and its future.
‘Not replaceable’: Ami founder Alexandre Mattiussi on why he’s hosting an IRL fashion show Among the labels on the (outdoor) catwalk schedule for the upcoming Paris Fashion Week is Ami, the company founded in 2011 -- but which only got into womenswear in 2018. "I do this job, for nine years now, because of the show. The show is a magical moment. It's a...
Introducing Unfair, a podcast about the global skin-lightening industry Glossy is proud to present Unfair, a podcast about the global skin-lightening industry and everything it touches, from the demand for lighter skin to the beauty companies selling to it.
Foreo’s Beki Hoxha on following ‘the Apple model’ for beauty device pricing Eighty percent of Foreo's business comes from Luna, a small line of handheld gadgets that promise to clean the face through vibrating silicone bristles. Despite the demand for the brand as facials have only recently resumed in cities like New York -- "business is amazing," said Beki Hoxha, the vp...