A spate of new brands is marketing themselves as being for "melanin-rich skin." It’s a decision based on decades of people of color feeling excluded from the beauty market. The history is damning.

A favorite mall-brand body spray scent of the Y2K era, vanilla is back with an upscale twist. 

DoorDash is adding Sephora to its lineup of non-restaurant retailers, which will bring about 340 new brands to the app-based delivery service.

With Black Business Month drawing to a close, Glossy is continuing to amplify Black-owned businesses that are often left out of the conversation. This week, we are highlighting a handful of wellness brands committed to improving people's everyday lives and overall well-being.

This year, Kendra Bracken-Ferguson expanded her BrainTrust consultancy with the launch of Founders Studio, an accelerator for Black-owned beauty and wellness founders. So far, 29 Black business owners, including those behind Brown Girl Jane and Underfined Beauty, have signed on.

Rising costs, increased demand for efficiency and the global economic outlook have driven many fashion brands to reconsider their marketing approaches. By moving efforts in-house, brands can achieve greater control, streamline communication and reduce costs, but they also face challenges in maintaining innovation and creativity. 

When Natasha Oakley and her best friend, Devin Brugman, created their blog, A Bikini a Day, in 2012, they had no idea their passion project would eventually turn into a multimillion-dollar global brand called Monday Swimwear.

Estée Lauder Companies’ Fabrizio Freda is the second-most "overpaid" CEO among those at companies on the S&P 500, according to an annual ranking by a shareholder advocacy group.

Electric Picks is now 11 years old. But since it started putting out influencer collaborations four years ago, its brand awareness has greatly accelerated. The brand currently has 211,000 Instagram followers — its name recognition has grown based on the ripple effect of the influencers its worked with.

For those who choose to leave the house, New Year's Eve, is often a time to don your sparkliest apparel. And for the fashion set marking the start of 2023, that meant Retrofête. The brand was seen on Shay Mitchell, Alessandra Ambrosio and Cardi B, among many others.

As OnlyFans seeks a reputation beyond porn, it's building an ecosystem for beauty content, which has proven popular across all other major social networks like Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest and TikTok.

The best way to sell a product is often one-on-one. Doing so has been a key strategy for high-end luxury brands for centuries. And in recent years, with e-commerce booming and emerging technologies including AI chatbots putting more distance between brands and customers, those connections are more important than ever.