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Beauty

Case Study | How to Launch and Grow a Hero Product

Despite the fast pace of makeup, skin care and haircare launches, it’s the brands with iconic, best-in-class products that dominate categories season after season. Executives from Nars, Too Faced and Tarte deconstruct how their brands’ best-sellers became heroes that scaled into volume- and revenue-driving franchises.

Beauty

Case Study | How to Launch and Grow a Hero Product

Despite the fast pace of makeup, skin care and haircare launches, it’s the brands with iconic, best-in-class products that dominate categories season after season. Executives from Nars, Too Faced and Tarte deconstruct how their brands’ best-sellers became heroes that scaled into volume- and revenue-driving franchises.


Beauty

Who Is Allowed to Sell Skin Care?

A slew of new entrants, from indies to LVMH-owned giants, are jumping from makeup into skin and “hybrid” concepts. But the road to skin care equity is harder than it looks.

Beauty

Who Is Allowed to Sell Skin Care?

A slew of new entrants, from indies to LVMH-owned giants, are jumping from makeup into skin and “hybrid” concepts. But the road to skin care equity is harder than it looks.


Beauty

Beauty’s Place in the Metaverse

Across the industry, brands are experimenting in the metaverse by launching NFTs, digital storefronts and virtual products for avatars in worlds like Decentraland and Roblox.

Beauty

Beauty’s Place in the Metaverse

Across the industry, brands are experimenting in the metaverse by launching NFTs, digital storefronts and virtual products for avatars in worlds like Decentraland and Roblox.


Beauty

The Great Makeup Crash of 2019

Many of the largest cosmetics brands are seeing US sales drop as new rivals enter the market even as consumers spend less on makeup.

Beauty

The Great Makeup Crash of 2019

Many of the largest cosmetics brands are seeing US sales drop as new rivals enter the market even as consumers spend less on makeup.


China

How Fenty Beauty Is Selling Cruelty-Free Products to China

Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty, Drunk Elephant, Charlotte Tilbury and others are using a variety of tactics to bypass a Chinese law that mandates animal testing for foreign brands.

China

How Fenty Beauty Is Selling Cruelty-Free Products to China

Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty, Drunk Elephant, Charlotte Tilbury and others are using a variety of tactics to bypass a Chinese law that mandates animal testing for foreign brands.


News & Analysis

How Nars Made Its Orgasm Last 20 Years

The 25 year-old brand is about to double the size of its business for the third time in the past decade, on the back of sexually charged products like 1999's Orgasm blush. Many of its ‘90s peers haven’t been so lucky.

News & Analysis

How Nars Made Its Orgasm Last 20 Years

The 25 year-old brand is about to double the size of its business for the third time in the past decade, on the back of sexually charged products like 1999's Orgasm blush. Many of its ‘90s peers haven’t been so lucky.


Beauty

Today's Instagram Star May Be Tomorrow's Cosmetics Mogul

A new generation of celebrity makeup artists hopes to parlay social media influence into big business. But it takes more than a couple million Instagram followers to become the next Pat McGrath.

Beauty

Today's Instagram Star May Be Tomorrow's Cosmetics Mogul

A new generation of celebrity makeup artists hopes to parlay social media influence into big business. But it takes more than a couple million Instagram followers to become the next Pat McGrath.


China

China Puts a Pretty Face on Shiseido's Sales

Widening losses in the US and Europe and a company supply shortage caused a 29 percent slide in fourth-quarter operating profit, despite an 8.9 percent rise in 2018 sales.

China

China Puts a Pretty Face on Shiseido's Sales

Widening losses in the US and Europe and a company supply shortage caused a 29 percent slide in fourth-quarter operating profit, despite an 8.9 percent rise in 2018 sales.


Beauty

Has Backstage Beauty Lost its Gloss?

Backstage beauty has become big business, but as access widens and the novelty fades, is it still worth the investment?

Beauty

Has Backstage Beauty Lost its Gloss?

Backstage beauty has become big business, but as access widens and the novelty fades, is it still worth the investment?


Marketing

How Beauty Brands Tap Backstage and Beyond

Hair and makeup companies are turning fashion week partnerships into powerful brand marketing tools.

Marketing

How Beauty Brands Tap Backstage and Beyond

Hair and makeup companies are turning fashion week partnerships into powerful brand marketing tools.