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How beauty brand Glossier went from social media darling to social outcast

Inside Retail

Beauty’s first unicorn, a digital pioneer, the first Millennial-focused brand…five years ago, these were all buzzwords associated with the beauty lifestyle brand Glossier. The brand began as a spinoff from founder Emily Weiss’s notable beauty blog ‘Into The Gloss’. Social media darling no more. Mass layoffs.

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Is Jim’s Beauty set to flop like Harley-Davidson perfume – or could it be branding genius?

Inside Retail

It’s Jim’s Beauty , offering “professional beauty treatments in the comfort of your chosen space”. These services are usually offered in the client’s home, and are provided by franchisees, as will the beauty services – which will include facial, lash and brow and nail treatments, as well as waxing and teeth whitening.

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Bankrupt beauty: Lessons from Revlon’s supply chain failures

Inside Retail

For the 90-year-old beauty giant, the filing represents a final lifeline, as it attempts to rectify debt with creditors by borrowing over $370million. In 1970, it was the first American cosmetics company to feature an African American model, icon Naomi Sims, in their advertising. The democratisation of beauty.

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How Hue’s Nicole Clay is making the beauty industry more inclusive

Inside Retail

However, even though Black women, and the BIPOC community more broadly, are the largest driver of sales across multiple beauty product categories, they are often the least represented in the multibillion-dollar industry. per cent of total beauty industry ventures. per cent of total beauty industry ventures.

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“Incredibly smart”: Kmart targets Gen Z with updated beauty offering

Inside Retail

The face of beauty is shifting, with younger generations leading a step change in the way the industry approaches marketing and retail. They’re] the ones driving change across the industry,” Kmart’s beauty buyer Nicola Farrell told Inside Retail.

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What does the TGA’s health influencer ‘ban’ mean for business?

Inside Retail

From July 1, under new guidelines from the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA), social media influencers will no longer be paid to promote health and beauty products using their own personal experience. The post What does the TGA’s health influencer ‘ban’ mean for business? Short-term pain for long-term gain.

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As millennials embrace natural skincare, Jurlique sees an opportunity to grow

Inside Retail

Ask any beauty insider and they’ll tell you that natural skincare – where products are infused with ingredients found in nature rather than a lab – is trending. It sells both direct-to-consumer through a mix of online and stand-alone stores and via retail partners, including department stores and pharmacies.