This week, I examine the clinical claims arms race and its various motivations and players. Additionally, a mild week for executive moves but a busy week for the beauty industry nonetheless.  

In collaboration with the packaging waste solutions non-profit Pact Collective, as of Monday, Ulta Beauty has rolled out an expansion of its in-store take-back initiative to its more than 1,350 U.S. stores. The company and Pact first piloted the program, dubbed Beauty Drop-Off, in 2023. At the time, take-back services...

The announcement, which was shared across Fenty Beauty's social platforms on Thursday, marks a significant expansion for the celebrity-backed brand.

In the last three years, there has been a greater appeal to the industry thanks partly to the New Yorker diaspora of 2020 that saw Empire State residents decamp to the Sunshine State, plus the growing ethnic and generational diversity

For Harper, the journey to becoming a beauty founder was no easy feat. Up until 2016, Harper's professional career was rooted in the food industry, specifically seafood. Though she had no formal experience in beauty, her determination to not only launch a successful beauty brand but to also celebrate her...

Since the dawn of time, people have searched for a fountain of youth, a magical elixir or Philosopher's stone that would grant immortality. With the promise of advanced biological sciences, humanity is tackling aging head-on. The beauty and wellness industries are primed to absorb longevity sciences and repackage it for...

At Glossy Beauty Pop, attendees will have the chance to meet IRL, build relationships, experience cutting-edge beauty services and gain insight from fellow beauty leaders.

This week, a peek at how beauty brands took part in the bi-annual fashion extravaganza of New York Fashion Week.  It may be called New York Fashion Week, but beauty brands are finding ways to stand out during one of the biggest fashion moments of the year. Since 2020, the...

Another year, another series of monumental shifts and moments in the beauty industry. Some of these shifts and moments were harbingers and reflectors of changes in areas ranging from the influencer economy to the DTC world. Meanwhile, others were early predictors of a future ripe with opportunities to alter the...

The accelerator functions as a kind of Y Combinator for content creators by offering them the chance to develop products using Volition’s full suite of back-end and front-end services, ranging from product development to digital advertising.

Though Shark Beauty's tagline is "For all hairkind," for its Coachella activation, it tapped a specific demographic — young moms. For the festival, it flew eight young mom-influencers to Palm Springs where it hosted them at a house in Palm Springs, including Mayci Neely (1.3 million followers on TikTok), Bobbi...

Dominating the conversations at Glossy’s annual Beauty and Wellness Summit last week were discussions around the importance of brand relevancy and differentiation, and organic communities.