The limited-edition collaboration consists of Dame’s Arc vibrator and an exclusive Hatch underwear and bra set selling only through Hatch’s e-commerce website.

In this edition of the weekly Research Briefing, we highlight our recently released 2023 holiday marketing and commerce strategies report that unpacks marketers’ top holiday plans.

One could argue that no company is better positioned to ride the waves of both new and pre-owned watches like the 1916 Company. Danny Govberg co-founded the online watch marketplace Watchbox in 2015, but this year, Watchbox merged with traditional jewelers Govberg Jewelers and Hyde Park Jewelers to form the...

With representatives from Kering, L’Oréal and Sotheby’s present at NFT Day, many of the talks took a look behind the curtain of fashion's and beauty's biggest NFT projects to date. For example, the first big fashion-focused panel centered on the next era of luxury brands and NFTs, based on explorations...

Soft-launched in May 2022, Playground, a sexual health and wellness company with one product, made a louder splash on Tuesday with its announcement of Christina Aguilera as co-founder and chief brand adviser. 

In comparison to fragrance consumers of previous generations, like baby boomers, millennial and Gen-Z shoppers have increasingly embraced non-heritage fragrance brands, especially those that are BIPOC-founded. This is largely due to factors like shopping accessibility, brand awareness, and societal and financial support for BIPOC-founded fragrance companies. 

Several fashion brands are currently engaged in or have recently settled lawsuits over copyright infringement. It's a touchy issue at the best of times but the rise of generative AI, an ongoing economic downturn and the establishment of new and lightly regulated online marketplaces all serve to make these lawsuits...

Last week, the Forever 21 x Barneys collaboration was unveiled, begging the question of whether parent company Authentic Brands Group has a portfolio that can hold up to its luxury ambitions. Meanwhile, NYFW kicked off, and John Varvatos joined Under Armour as chief design officer.

Two years after getting acquired by Procter & Gamble for an undisclosed sum, Mielle is releasing a new collection that's all about moisture — a major concern for textured hair-care clients, the Mielle team found.

“Where there’s a will, there’s a way,” Marcia Kilgore said of her journey from identifying unfair practices in beauty and launching Beauty Pie to raising $100 million in September. The funding is working to boost the company’s inventory and community.

Coming out of 2020, the makeup category continued to see challenges. But clean color cosmetics brand Ilia remained resilient and bucked the downturn, and CEO Lynda Berkowitz’s leadership was a key factor.

In June 2022, personal-care brand Curie formed the "Sniff Club." The Club started with 50 members, and it now has 1,000. Curie sends new products to Sniff Club members 3-4 months in advance of their launch dates and does not require them to sign NDAs.