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Analysis and advice on the fast-evolving beauty business.

Exclusive: Khloé Kardashian Wants to Make ‘the Next Elizabeth Taylor’ Perfume

Celebrity-fronted perfumes have lost some lustre in the niche fragrance era. That isn’t deterring the serial entrepreneur and reality star.

Exclusive: Khloé Kardashian Wants to Make ‘the Next Elizabeth Taylor’ Perfume

Celebrity-fronted perfumes have lost some lustre in the niche fragrance era. That isn’t deterring the serial entrepreneur and reality star.


Gen Z’s New Humble Brag? Plastic Surgery.

‘They’re taking selfies of their plastic surgery appointments as if it’s a concert or a ‘get ready with me’ video,’ said one plastic surgeon. ‘They want everyone to know.’

Gen Z’s New Humble Brag? Plastic Surgery.

‘They’re taking selfies of their plastic surgery appointments as if it’s a concert or a ‘get ready with me’ video,’ said one plastic surgeon. ‘They want everyone to know.’


Shift in Drinking Habits Wipes $830 Billion Off Alcohol Stocks

Shares of the world’s top listed beer, wine and spirits makers have shed a combined $830 billion in a little more than four years as the industry grapples with monumental change, a Bloomberg analysis revealed.

Shift in Drinking Habits Wipes $830 Billion Off Alcohol Stocks

Shares of the world’s top listed beer, wine and spirits makers have shed a combined $830 billion in a little more than four years as the industry grapples with monumental change, a Bloomberg analysis revealed.


Estée Lauder Is Growing Again. Now Comes the Hard Part.

The US giant handily beat expectations and its own guidance in its latest earnings, but softness in the US and its hair and makeup businesses show it can’t take its foot off the gas yet.

Estée Lauder Is Growing Again. Now Comes the Hard Part.

The US giant handily beat expectations and its own guidance in its latest earnings, but softness in the US and its hair and makeup businesses show it can’t take its foot off the gas yet.


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.


Investors’ Conservative Panic Isn’t Silencing Queer Beauty Founders

After years of championing identity-led brands, founders are now grappling with a rise in conservatism putting LGBTQ+-owned businesses at risk.

Investors’ Conservative Panic Isn’t Silencing Queer Beauty Founders

After years of championing identity-led brands, founders are now grappling with a rise in conservatism putting LGBTQ+-owned businesses at risk.


Why Drugstore Beauty Is Succeeding Everywhere Except the US

Within a crowded beauty market, US drugstores are struggling to compete — while their overseas counterparts continue to thrive. To regain relevance and bring success home, American chains must evolve.

Why Drugstore Beauty Is Succeeding Everywhere Except the US

Within a crowded beauty market, US drugstores are struggling to compete — while their overseas counterparts continue to thrive. To regain relevance and bring success home, American chains must evolve.


Inside Industry Perspectives on the Convergence of Beauty and Wellbeing

Westman Atelier founder Gucci Westman, celebrity hairstylists Lacy Redway and Vernon François, and renowned make-up artist and founder of Makeup by Mario, Mario Dedivanovic, were among the leading beauty insiders and innovators who joined The Business of Beauty and Unilever Beauty & Wellbeing for an intimate breakfast in New York.

Inside Industry Perspectives on the Convergence of Beauty and Wellbeing

Westman Atelier founder Gucci Westman, celebrity hairstylists Lacy Redway and Vernon François, and renowned make-up artist and founder of Makeup by Mario, Mario Dedivanovic, were among the leading beauty insiders and innovators who joined The Business of Beauty and Unilever Beauty & Wellbeing for an intimate breakfast in New York.


Is the Bush Back? Only if You Can Sell It.

Skims’ controversial ‘bush thong’ is just one gimmick in a long line of brands using body hair for PR stunts and runway shocks, sparking online discourse about how personal grooming has — and hasn’t — changed.

Is the Bush Back? Only if You Can Sell It.

Skims’ controversial ‘bush thong’ is just one gimmick in a long line of brands using body hair for PR stunts and runway shocks, sparking online discourse about how personal grooming has — and hasn’t — changed.


Wellness Wants In on the Members Club Boom

A new wave of wellness clubs are cropping up across the world, offering ice baths, optimisation, saunas and socialisation. How big can the trend get?

Wellness Wants In on the Members Club Boom

A new wave of wellness clubs are cropping up across the world, offering ice baths, optimisation, saunas and socialisation. How big can the trend get?


Why Young Women Are Getting Facelifts

Customers in their 20s and 30s are being driven towards this invasive surgery by ‘filler fatigue’, the use of weight-loss drugs and the development of new surgical techniques.

Why Young Women Are Getting Facelifts

Customers in their 20s and 30s are being driven towards this invasive surgery by ‘filler fatigue’, the use of weight-loss drugs and the development of new surgical techniques.


What Will Happen to Kendo?

The news that LVMH might sell off its stake in Rihanna’s Fenty raises questions about the broader beauty incubator landscape.

What Will Happen to Kendo?

The news that LVMH might sell off its stake in Rihanna’s Fenty raises questions about the broader beauty incubator landscape.