Extensively talked about for over a year now, Ethereum is preparing to transition into the proof-of-stake model that is reportedly less energy-intensive. Ethereum, the most popular blockchain, is expected to complete the merge in Q2 of this year. Like physical garments, NFTs have a sustainability impact, so this change has...

With the digital world and technology shaping the way customers shop, the same can be said for experiential retail. 

This past week saw some changes in the leadership of the CFDA, raising the question of where the organization goes from here. Also in this weekend's briefing: acquisitions in the intimates space, exotic leather on its way out, cryptocurrency payments on their way in, dispatches from the Glossy E-Commerce Forum...

After a turbulent year, how will the beauty industry’s hiring trends change in 2024?

By Suzanne Zuckerman. This story was originally published in WorkLife, our sibling publication. The office is dead. Long live the office.  Last week, New York City real estate blog Curbed ran the headline, “The Office is Half-Dead,” summing up all the confusing, conflicting news about whether the RTO push is ramping up or stalling out. How can...

Emily Weiss launched Into The Gloss as a blog in 2010 and, over the next decade, it forever changed the beauty industry through addictive profiles, no-B.S. reviews and a voyeuristic look into the medicine cabinets of New York City "it" girls. After years of growing pains and radio silence, ITG...

Laura Lee's Laura Lee Los Angeles is in the Glossy Pop guide to influencer-founded brands, covering the fashion, beauty and wellness companies started by people who built their careers on social media.

Marianna Hewitt and Lauren Ireland's Summer Fridays is in the Glossy Pop guide to influencer-founded brands, covering the fashion, beauty and wellness companies started by people who built their careers on social media.

On January 16, the influencer Aysha Harun (458,000 followers) posted a video to TikTok labeled, "Did I accidentally get sent an unreleased Glow Recipe product?" Harun is on Glow Recipe's diversity board for which she is paid an annual fee, but she was not paid to post this video. And,...

This week, Adidas advertised its new sports bra campaign with a series of nude photos, Prada partnered with French video game publisher Ubisoft on an in-game event, and the fashion publication InStyle had its print magazine shut down.

On this week’s Glossy Beauty Podcast episode, Maison Francis Kurkdjian CEO Marc Chaya discusses how the brand is disrupting traditional gender norms in fragrance, how Baccarat Rouge 540 became such a massive hit and why the brand doesn’t work with traditional celebrity ambassadors.

As inflation has driven costs up, URBN’s portfolio has split. Its higher-price brands like Anthropologie and Free People have flourished, while lower-priced Urban Outfitters has struggled. In its most recent earnings, URBN revealed that Anthropologie grew its revenue by 7% and Free People by 4%, while Urban Outfitters’ revenue dropped...