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Why health, fitness and beauty brands are getting real (and funny)

Inside Retail

Health, fitness and beauty. A simple image search for health and fitness reveals screeds of bronzed, impossibly-toned bodies, paired with motivational slogans encouraging people to try harder, reach further, strive, dominate, or ‘just do it’. The pandemic mindset-shift for fitness. He was raw, honest and brilliantly witty. “If

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

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

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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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Luxe-for-less leader MCoBeauty talks international expansion

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Founded in 2016, luxe-for-less beauty brand MCoBeauty has seen massive growth over the past several years, and is expecting revenue growth of up to 90 per cent in 2023. That’s really our brand strategy. IR: How do Australian beauty brands entering the US market tend to perform? SS: It depends on the strategy, really.

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Eyes on Asia: Why Australian beauty brand The Quick Flick entered Singapore

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The Australian beauty brand known for its eyeliner products, The Quick Flick, has expanded its reach into Asia with Singapore as its first destination, tapping into the city state’s US$1.13 billion beauty market. The Quick Flick’s products are being distributed in partnership with local beauty e-commerce platform Powella.

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Immersive, inclusive and interactive: Sephora goes virtual

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Global beauty and skincare retailer Sephora has announced it will relaunch one of its largest beauty events, Sephoria, Virtual House of Beauty. People who attend will be able to play games, learn about new beauty products, join masterclasses and connect with brand founders and Sephora experts.

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

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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’. More than 30 products later and with a valuation of US$1.8