A year after introducing the 15 Percent Pledge, founder Aurora James said beauty is “at the forefront” of the industries driving it. 

Sponsored by Happy Returns, a PayPal company The dramatic shift from in-store to online shopping during the e-commerce surge of 2020 and 2021 also fueled an increase in the volume and cost of returns.  For example, according to Happy Returns’ ‘Returns Happen’ 2022 survey, more than 60% of shoppers under...

Formerly the editor-in-chief of Marie Claire, Aya Kanai brings her editorial eye to Pinterest. Since joining the company in September 2020, she has bolstered its beauty and fashion creator presence by driving a wave of new features.

Refy Beauty, founded by influencer Jess Hunt, is launching at Sephora. It's one of a small group of influencer-founded brands to launch at the prestigious beauty retailer.

Hillary Lloyd, vp of marketing and corporate responsibility in North America at The Body Shop, said the company is “recentering its mission” in 2022 to add on advocacy for self-love and mental wellbeing, social equality, climate activism and sustainability.

The Sephora exclusive skin-care brand partnered with influencer and former Vogue editor Jenna Rennert (@ItsJennaRennert; 107,000 Instagram followers) to create a three-product nighttime regimen in a co-branded kit, which launched Tuesday. It is notable that the nearly 40-year-old brand has not done a collaboration of this kind, given influencer collaborations...

When Beekman 1802 announced its majority-stake acquisition by Eurazeo Brands in early December, it thrust the European investment group back into the beauty industry spotlight. Eurazeo Brands is also the current owner of Nest Fragrances, and fashion brands Bandier and Herschel Supply Co.

According to Glossy-exclusive Launchmetrics data, the top-three premium beauty brands globally in June were MAC Cosmetics, Fenty Beauty and Huda Beauty. The top players currently make up 49% of the premium beauty market, in terms of MIV, a proprietary Launchmetrics metric standing for media impact value. MIV tracks the impact...

Starting out on Etsy and made by hand in the kitchen of co-founders Alex Kummerow and Julia Wills, skin-care brand Herbivore is now a rainbow-colored powerhouse with $15 million in Series A funding and distribution at Sephora. 

Geologie is one of several startups aiming to crack the code when it comes to selling skin care to men, hoping that Web3 technology and platforms will be the key to making skin care accessible, thereby attracting new shoppers and developing customer loyalty. 

As the vaccine rollout continues in the U.S. and a glimmer of the new normal begs to peak out of the folds of chaos, the fate of the beauty and fashion industries -- and whether or not they’re able to successfully rebound from Covid -- comes into question. Market research...

Once, a unique ingredient told consumers if a brand brought something new to the table — think: an Australian plum with the highest concentration of vitamin C around or a retinol formulated to be the least irritating. To a new school of brands, however, the ingredient itself is only half the...