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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 world has opened back up, but the impact of this shift continues.

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Chemist Warehouse is eying the beauty sector. Should Priceline be worried?

Inside Retail

Additionally, Chemist Warehouse unveiled its store-within-a-store luxe beauty concept Ultra Beauty in June, indicating a much larger focus on the beauty sector and potentially a more competitive environment for both retailers in the future. . Priceline is very much centred around beauty,” Mortimer told Inside Retail.

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Wesfarmers bid to pick up Priceline owner API in health play succeeds

Inside Retail

Wesfarmers will acquire 100 per cent of Priceline Pharmacy-owner Australian Pharmaceutical Industries, signaling the retail conglomerate’s entrance into the wellness space. According to Wesfarmers, the aim of the buy-up is to enable the conglomerate to enter the “growing health, wellbeing and beauty sector”.

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Wellness booms and so does the share price of pharmaceutical retailers

Inside Retail

Wellness has become a priority for people in the wake of the pandemic as evidenced by the surge in demand for health and well-being products, which is projected to reach $5.2 Priceline is another Australian pharmacy that has increased its foothold in the beauty and wellness space under the ownership of retail conglomerate Wesfarmers.

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Beyond beauty: Why neuroaesthetics in retail matter to the bottom line

Inside Retail

Science makes the business case for beauty. What we declare beautiful is often thought to be in the realm of personal opinion; however, this may not be entirely accurate. Delving deeper, recent findings in the field of cognitive neuroscience reveal the neural processes occurring when we encounter something beautiful.

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Analysis: Why all retailers need a jab of health and wellness

Inside Retail

And I was recently reminded (while presenting to TerryWhite Chemmart) that one of the best areas for inspiration today is health and wellness. Health and wellness is a $2 trillion-plus category, growing at 5-10 per cent annually. Before I turn to why, let’s look at the ‘what’. What is the category exactly?

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“We have a lot of rebuilding to do”: Julie Mathers’ return to Flora & Fauna

Inside Retail

Just shy of a month since beauty conglomerate BWX fell into receivership, its e-commerce arms, Flora & Fauna and Nourished Life, have found a new home. Mathers explained that all three brands play within the same space of ethical and sustainable health and wellbeing, but each brings their own twist on the formula.