Amid the looming recession, brands are being strategic by prioritizing leather in their fall 2023 collections. At the same time, new, more sustainable approaches to producing the material are coming to light.

In December 2020, Kohl’s and Sephora inked a long-term partnership to open 200 Sephora stores within Kohl’s stores in 2021 and 850 by 2023. Michelle Gass said Sephora was her top choice when eying partners to evolve Kohl’s beauty experience.

Beauty brands are still learning to navigate TikTok, but if there’s one “playbook” that's proven successful, it's the music-driven campaign, embraced by the likes of E.l.f. For Essence Makeup’s first TikTok campaign, it enlisted creative agency Movers + Shakers to help build a music-driven campaign, dubbed #unoriginalsongs.

Slack’s collaborative format has been shown to have uses beyond B2B, and similar consumer-facing apps have gained the attention of brands, as well. 

As health and wellness take more prominent positioning in the beauty industry, Marcia Kilgore's Beauty Pie is rounding out its assortment with supplements. On November 4, Beauty Pie will be launching five ingestible products in the U.K.: a collagen powder, a daily multivitamin, a Vitamin D3 capsule, a "Supergut" supplement...

After establishing dominance in the sleep and loungewear category for luxury clientele, Lunya is expanding its focus with an assortment of about 30 products across 18 third-party brands meant to enhance rest. Ashley Merrill, founder and chairwoman of Lunya, curated the assortment to bring Lunya's customers the "best of rest,"...

In the last couple of years, the quiet luxury trend has shed light on the shopping habits of high-net-worth consumers — namely, their prioritization of quality, history and rarity, and their desire to be part of an exclusive club.  But for nearly 100 years, primarily in Milan, Richemont-owned leather goods...

Fashion brands and retailers in the primary market are messaging resale value, as they settle into a new landscape where highly educated consumers are treating handbag purchases like buying real estate or a car. 

Poosh, which turns two this month, is celebrating on Saturday with its second annual Poosh Your Wellness virtual festival. Events set to be included are a facial yoga demonstration, a Kim Kardashian-led vegan cooking class and a future-journaling “manifestation” session. The twist: General admission tickets are free, and VIP tickets...

On Wednesday, Pacsun launched its second Roblox activation, in collaboration with metaverse developer The Gang. The building tycoon, the most popular format on Roblox, is the first ever to come from a fashion brand.

J.Crew has been going through a revamp since emerging from bankruptcy in 2021. That includes bringing in exciting new designers Brendon Babenzien and Olympia Gayot. But J.Crew CMO Derek Yarbrough said 2023 is all about leaning into the brand’s past.

This article is part of a cross-brand Digiday Media series that examines how the creator economy has evolved amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Explore the full series here. As more people in the metaverse create digital versions of themselves, it remains to be seen whether these reimagined worlds will create a...