Fashion Startup Founder Pleads Guilty in $300 Million Fraud
Christine Hunsicker admitted she falsified financial statements to promote CaaStle Inc. as a valuable, growing business when in reality it was struggling.
direct-to-consumer
Beauty
Male Infertility Anxiety Is Driving the Latest Wellness Boom
Male wellness products have long been centred around muscle building, endurance and other athletic pursuits. Now, brands and consumers are switching their focus to virility, fertility and sexual peak performance.
Male Infertility Anxiety Is Driving the Latest Wellness Boom
Male wellness products have long been centred around muscle building, endurance and other athletic pursuits. Now, brands and consumers are switching their focus to virility, fertility and sexual peak performance.
Retail
The Stores Defining a New Era of Multi-Brand Retail
As department stores and online giants struggle, a new generation of independent boutiques are carving out their own path for success. Often that means eschewing easy online sales, investing in brick-and-mortar offerings and taking a chance on emerging labels.
The Stores Defining a New Era of Multi-Brand Retail
As department stores and online giants struggle, a new generation of independent boutiques are carving out their own path for success. Often that means eschewing easy online sales, investing in brick-and-mortar offerings and taking a chance on emerging labels.
Beauty
Tracy Anderson Launches Fragrance
The fitness mogul’s fragrance debut will be available to order directly from her e-commerce site starting Thursday.
Tracy Anderson Launches Fragrance
The fitness mogul’s fragrance debut will be available to order directly from her e-commerce site starting Thursday.
Beauty
How TikTok Shop Killed the MLM Model
TikTok Shop has created fresh opportunities for enterprising creators to make fast money, changing the landscape for both digital marketers and multi-level marketing companies.
How TikTok Shop Killed the MLM Model
TikTok Shop has created fresh opportunities for enterprising creators to make fast money, changing the landscape for both digital marketers and multi-level marketing companies.
Partner Content
How Marketplace Models Are Driving Growth in Beauty
At The Business of Beauty Global Forum, Front Row’s marketplace partnership VP of brand strategy, Alex Carmody, shared insights on how marketplaces can be used to build routes to core customers.
How Marketplace Models Are Driving Growth in Beauty
At The Business of Beauty Global Forum, Front Row’s marketplace partnership VP of brand strategy, Alex Carmody, shared insights on how marketplaces can be used to build routes to core customers.
Beauty
Why Australia Is the Next Step in Glossier’s Global Ambitions
After expanding to US and UK brick-and-mortar retail, the former DTC darling will be available in 70 Mecca stores beginning July 16.
Why Australia Is the Next Step in Glossier’s Global Ambitions
After expanding to US and UK brick-and-mortar retail, the former DTC darling will be available in 70 Mecca stores beginning July 16.
Beauty
Why Prestige Beauty Can No Longer Ignore Amazon
From Kiehl’s to Clinique, a flood of premium lines are giving in to the e-commerce platform, realising it’s too much of a growth driver to pass up.
Why Prestige Beauty Can No Longer Ignore Amazon
From Kiehl’s to Clinique, a flood of premium lines are giving in to the e-commerce platform, realising it’s too much of a growth driver to pass up.
Beauty
Beautycounter Will Not Return Until Late 2024
According to an email viewed by The Business of Beauty, the company will be on hiatus while it establishes a sustainable path to return as a new company.
Beautycounter Will Not Return Until Late 2024
According to an email viewed by The Business of Beauty, the company will be on hiatus while it establishes a sustainable path to return as a new company.
Beauty
Beauty E-Commerce Is Broken
Once thought of as long-term disruptors who would change the way we shop forever, multi-brand online retailers that sell cosmetics, skincare, fragrance and more are facing multiple headwinds.
Beauty E-Commerce Is Broken
Once thought of as long-term disruptors who would change the way we shop forever, multi-brand online retailers that sell cosmetics, skincare, fragrance and more are facing multiple headwinds.
Beauty
Skincare Products Don’t Have Sell-By Dates. Should They?
An increasingly science-conscious beauty consumer is realising what formulators have known for years: that active ingredients lose their potency far quicker than brands would like to admit. But are “use by” dates really the answer?
Skincare Products Don’t Have Sell-By Dates. Should They?
An increasingly science-conscious beauty consumer is realising what formulators have known for years: that active ingredients lose their potency far quicker than brands would like to admit. But are “use by” dates really the answer?
Marketing
Why Calvin Klein Needs More Than Jeremy Allen White to Grow
Calvin Klein’s recent viral campaigns have galvanised consumers but are slower in driving the business forward amid parent company PVH’s ongoing turnaround strategy.
Why Calvin Klein Needs More Than Jeremy Allen White to Grow
Calvin Klein’s recent viral campaigns have galvanised consumers but are slower in driving the business forward amid parent company PVH’s ongoing turnaround strategy.
Beauty
Rita Ora Launches Hair Care Line
Typebea was created as a joint venture with Australian beauty entrepreneur Anna Lahey.
Rita Ora Launches Hair Care Line
Typebea was created as a joint venture with Australian beauty entrepreneur Anna Lahey.
The News in Brief
Victoria’s Secret Forecasts Its Best Year Since L Brands Split
The underwear company is anticipating net sales of at least $6.85 billion in the current fiscal year, exceeding analyst estimates and marking the highest revenue since its split from L Brands Inc in 2021.
Uniqlo Aims to Grow Tenfold in India With Summer-Centric Clothes
The Japanese brand is accelerating its expansion in India to capture a greater share of the rapidly growing apparel market and affluent consumer base.
Oasis Pressures Kao in Latest Japan Activist Investor Push
Activist fund Oasis Management Co. is calling on the Japanese personal care company to convene an extraordinary general meeting, seeking a probe into its supply-chain risk management and internal control.
American Eagle Forecasts Sales Growth Above Estimates on Demand From Wealthy Shoppers
The retailer surpassed annual sales forecasts but expects a $60 million drag from import tariffs in the first half of 2026.
Missoni Family Exits Namesake Brand
The transaction gives FSI, a Milan-based private equity fund, a controlling share in the Italian luxury house, as more founder-owned brands turn to investors to fund growth and weather a tough global market.
Ross Stores Forecasts Annual Sales Above Estimates on Resilient Demand for Discounted Apparel
Spend growth at off-price chains is among the strongest in retail, with gains across all income segments.
Abercrombie & Fitch Forecasts Muted Annual Sales Amid Tariff Uncertainty
The retailer said it was accounting for the 15 percent tariff announced by US president Donald Trump after the Supreme Court struck down most of his earlier tariffs.