Forget desk-to-dinner. Today’s brands are facilitating smooth transitions from the gym to work to work event to date, and everywhere in between. Modern consumers are busy, and wardrobe changes aren’t an option. The go-to solution is increasingly athleisure, and even brands that have long ignored the trend -- or the...

As Target moves to position itself as a destination for beauty, it’s taking a cue from beauty stalwarts like Sephora and Ulta, and investing in augmented reality.

Beauty is the fifth most-searched category on Pinterest. However, the company regularly hears from its 200 million monthly users that searching for beauty images and tutorials that match their skin tone is next to impossible. In response, the social network is adding an “inclusive discovery feature” that allows users to...

At Monday’s Glossy Forum, brand executives from DTC companies, wholesale brands and retailers came together to discuss the effect of "the direct-to-consumer era” on their companies, as well as the fashion and beauty industries as a whole. We gathered some of the best speaker and attendee comments of the day,...

Since its expansion into the U.S. in July, Elemis has been focused on appealing to younger, modern consumers. This has entailed revamping its brand image and updating its e-commerce functionality to be more mobile-friendly

Late last year, Bloomingdale’s unveiled a major new concept: a rotating shop-in-shop section called The Carousel that would see curated collections of pieces from a variety of big and small brands centered around a theme. Now on its fourth iteration, Bloomingdale’s says The Carousel has been an important lesson, not...

Yahoo Lifestyle is rolling out the next step of its “NowWith” program, a “celebrity-driven platform” that hosts a series of shoppable short videos featuring different celebrity influencers along with brand and retailer partners. In addition to the previously announced series starring Nicole Richie and affiliated with the lifestyle brand Wylde...

Despite beauty being a $445 billion industry, the guidelines on chemicals allowed in products are minuscule, and have gone largely unchanged since the Food, Drug and Cosmetics Act was passed in 1938. But, thanks to a group of insiders who’ve made it their mission to repair the system, change is...

Cruelty-free brands are increasingly finding novel loopholes that allow them to sell in China without having to test on animals and violate their brand ethos.

For its first-ever activation at the film, interactive and music festival, Rent the Runway has partnered with West Elm in a multitude of ways. To debut the brand’s expansion into the home category via the access of West Elm’s soft goods on RenttheRunway.com, the two companies are hosting a pop-up...

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Each quarter, the Glossy team explores key themes and topics from the rapidly evolving beauty and fashion industries and breaks them down for you. In this report, we looked at the changing face of retail and the top five trends shaping the industry.