Glossy Pop Newsletter: How 16-year-old Embreigh Courtlyn turned her friend group into a $2.2 million Target launch Target’s latest creator-led fashion bet is on a 16-year-old Alabama creator, her highly invested young fan base and a friend group whose trips, fallouts and reunions are followed like an ongoing TikTok reality show.
Peach & Lily brings ‘zombie cell’ innovation to Ulta’s skin-care assortment Peach & Lily is betting that “zombie cells” can become beauty’s next mainstream science story with a $59 senolytic moisturizer launching across more than 1,500 Ulta Beauty stores.
Snif and Ulta are betting male teenage ‘fragheads’ can become a serious retail business Snif is bringing its masculine-leaning Notewrks fragrance line to Ulta Beauty, betting that young male “fragheads” can become a meaningful new beauty customer.
Luxury Briefing: Why Zegna is outperforming Moncler in luxury’s uneven recovery For the Luxury Briefing, Glossy looked at the different second-quarter performances of Moncler and Ermenegildo Zegna Group. Moncler was held back by weaker tourism and delayed winter purchases, while Zegna benefited from strong DTC growth, high-spending clients and momentum in the U.S. Additionally, new Traackr data shows paid creator-marketing value...
American Eagle is turning RushTok and malls into its back-to-school sales engine For this back-to-school season, American Eagle is filling sorority houses with denim, sending creators into malls and selling limited-edition jeans in its physical stores as it attempts to turn the back-to-school frenzy into customer acquisition and denim sales.
The Nue Co. expects fragrance to reach 85% of sales as Ulta fuels growth Two years ago, fragrance generated around 20% of The Nue Co.’s sales. This year, the category is expected to account for 85% of total company net sales, as the wellness company redirects its inventory, marketing and product pipeline around its fastest-growing business.
Victoria’s Secret Pink’s Gen-Z-focused holiday strategy, with president Ali Dillon Pink wants to be the first stop on a Gen-Z shopper’s trip to the mall this holiday season. To get there, the Victoria’s Secret-owned brand is expanding beyond the pajamas, fleece and intimates it is best known for, using accessories, denim, beauty and collaborations to position itself as a broader...
Luxury Briefing: Private shopping is powering Toccin’s international expansion In this week’s Luxury Briefing, Glossy looks at how contemporary womenswear brand Toccin is using private shopping events, trunk shows and full-look selling to fuel its expansion. Also, what Richemont’s latest results signal about the widening divide within luxury. Plus, executive moves at Bottega Veneta, Balmain and La Perla, and...
Stripes Beauty expands to 448 Ulta stores as menopause care moves into the mainstream Six months after entering four Ulta Beauty stores, Stripes Beauty is expanding into 448 locations, marking the Naomi Watts-founded menopause care brand’s first major national retail rollout.