As Covid-19 became a global pandemic, the fashion industry made an outsize play for gaming. For example, luxury labels like Valentino and Marc Jacobs created custom looks with Animal Crossing, after seeing inspired and often unauthorized designs show up in the game. It was only a matter of time before...

The first Dyson store opened in 2000 in Paris and there are currently 206 stores around the world, with another 25 opening in 2021.

With a dauntingly massive range of products and ingredients now available to consumers, a new skin-care brand joins the ranks of customized DTC brands offering a simplified, personalized approach. 

As pandemic restrictions lift and vaccinated workers become the majority, a reckoning is afoot, with people becoming more thoughtful about how they spend their time, money and energy. According to publicists, editors and brands alike, events need to be more carefully considered and intentional than before.

Oddity, the parent company behind DTC makeup brand Il Makiage, has secured a $130 million secondary-market private round as it seeks to diversify its investors and expand its business model. Il Makiage reported $260 million in 2021 revenue and is profitable, while Oddity plans to launch a new brand every...

With stay-at-home orders and social distancing in effect, content studios are closed, and models, photographers and brand representatives are unable to gather. This makes the creation of large and comprehensive campaigns practically impossible. Brands are therefore getting creative with their archives or content vaults to see what imagery can be...

Before the coronavirus pandemic became an international health crisis and upended all global economies, beauty brand incubators were flying high. Turnkey operations like Luxury Brand Partners, Maesa, Beach House Group and SOS Beauty were equipped with the know-how to quickly make exclusive or made-for-retailer lines and were seen as instant...

When Tev Finger pitched his idea to Estée Lauder — an in-house brand incubator that he would run — the company almost went for it. "I give a lot of credit. It's hard for a company that buys brands that are profitable to even contemplate taking a risk on incubators,"...

President Donald Trump’s statement on Friday that he would be “banning” TikTok in the U.S. via an executive order -- since revised to a 45-day deadline for a Microsoft acquisition -- has everyone in the TikTok ecosystem weighing their options. 

As DIY beauty surges, shoppers are become more confident in their at-home abilities. Now, brands that fall in tertiary categories, like hair extensions and eyelashes, are seeing a boom.

As a growing number of beauty brands turn to same-day delivery this holiday season, FastAF has launched with a bid to make the experience more upscale.

Vanterra Capital was better positioned than many businesses going into 2020. “The pandemic just pushed us to double down on our thesis,” said Steven Himmel, partner at Vanterra Capital, on the latest Glossy Podcast. “Everything that we were focused on before is even more relevant today." With its venture-specific fund,...