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The Business of Beauty’s executive editor unpacks how shifting ideals, new players and cultural movements are transforming the global beauty and wellness industries.

Glossier’s Clean Slate; MCo Dupes Sephora and More

I give you a little bit of everything this week — Glossier’s fewer, better merchandising strategy, MCo’s global domination tour, P&G and Church & Dwight’s portfolio review plans and Ju Rhyu’s new mega-role.

Glossier’s Clean Slate; MCo Dupes Sephora and More

I give you a little bit of everything this week — Glossier’s fewer, better merchandising strategy, MCo’s global domination tour, P&G and Church & Dwight’s portfolio review plans and Ju Rhyu’s new mega-role.


How a Big Risk Paid Off for Patrick Starrr’s One/Size

This week, I take a look at the need for innovation in beauty, Drunk Elephant’s proposed comeback and Carisa Janes’ new makeup line.

How a Big Risk Paid Off for Patrick Starrr’s One/Size

This week, I take a look at the need for innovation in beauty, Drunk Elephant’s proposed comeback and Carisa Janes’ new makeup line.


Mona Kattan Is Enjoying Her Freedom

This week, I give you my thoughts on Neutrogena’s new owner, Skims’ beauty hire and a boycott brewing on TikTok, alongside a candid Q&A with the Kayali founder on buying back her brand.

Mona Kattan Is Enjoying Her Freedom

This week, I give you my thoughts on Neutrogena’s new owner, Skims’ beauty hire and a boycott brewing on TikTok, alongside a candid Q&A with the Kayali founder on buying back her brand.


Can Target Win Back Beauty Shoppers?

The Midwestern retailer’s wider struggles are well documented; below, I offer an inside look of what’s really working (and not) in beauty and wellness.

Can Target Win Back Beauty Shoppers?

The Midwestern retailer’s wider struggles are well documented; below, I offer an inside look of what’s really working (and not) in beauty and wellness.


Kering, L’Oréal and the Seduction of Luxury; Inside Amouage’s Success Story; Is Meghan Markle Launching Beauty?

This week, I’m covering everything from the fight for designer beauty brands (and if it's really worth it) to the Duchess of Sussex’s plans for As Ever.

Kering, L’Oréal and the Seduction of Luxury; Inside Amouage’s Success Story; Is Meghan Markle Launching Beauty?

This week, I’m covering everything from the fight for designer beauty brands (and if it's really worth it) to the Duchess of Sussex’s plans for As Ever.


Kylie’s Comeback; Kenvue’s Woes

This week is all about two very different American beauty stories: one looking at its past, the other confronting its future.

Kylie’s Comeback; Kenvue’s Woes

This week is all about two very different American beauty stories: one looking at its past, the other confronting its future.


Live from Paris! LV Beauty, The World of Officine Buly and Kris Jenner

This week, I’m in the French capital, talking to beauty insiders about the high bar for luxury beauty and the 11-year-old brand masquerading as centuries old. Also, my thoughts on beauty’s new ultimate influencer.

Live from Paris! LV Beauty, The World of Officine Buly and Kris Jenner

This week, I’m in the French capital, talking to beauty insiders about the high bar for luxury beauty and the 11-year-old brand masquerading as centuries old. Also, my thoughts on beauty’s new ultimate influencer.


Estée Lauder’s SoHo Takeover; The Death of the Great American Beauty Brand

This week, I’m eyeing the battle for fragrance relevance and pondering Coty’s makeup mess.

Estée Lauder’s SoHo Takeover; The Death of the Great American Beauty Brand

This week, I’m eyeing the battle for fragrance relevance and pondering Coty’s makeup mess.


Inside the Foundation Wars, Nykaa Lands Deepika Padukone, Bobbi Brown Tells All

This week, I go deep on makeup and the global retail wars.

Inside the Foundation Wars, Nykaa Lands Deepika Padukone, Bobbi Brown Tells All

This week, I go deep on makeup and the global retail wars.


A Chat With Sephora, and More

In the first edition of her weekly newsletter, The Business of Beauty’s Priya Rao dives into the global retail wars, why L’Oréal needs to be thinking three decades ahead, whether Gap Beauty has a prayer and why the latest wave of beauty M&A feels so anticlimactic.

A Chat With Sephora, and More

In the first edition of her weekly newsletter, The Business of Beauty’s Priya Rao dives into the global retail wars, why L’Oréal needs to be thinking three decades ahead, whether Gap Beauty has a prayer and why the latest wave of beauty M&A feels so anticlimactic.