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Former Catch, MySale execs launch online beauty discounter On Trend Beauty

Inside Retail

Former MySale CEO Kalman Polak and ex-Catch beauty category manager Sarah Frazer are teaming up to launch an online space offering discounts and hard-to-find beauty brands. The website – Ontrendbeauty.com.au – is a response to consumer demand for the best big brand products for less, said Polak, co-owner of On Trend Beauty. “We

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Adore Beauty founders to step back from management roles

Inside Retail

Adore Beauty’s co-founders and executive directors, Kate Morris and James Height, are to step down from their roles as CEO and CTO, respectively, however, both will remain non-executive directors and continue supporting the company’s growth alongside CEO Tamalin Morton. million, aided by a record Afterpay Day sales event.

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How US start-up Subtl Beauty stacks up in a hypercompetitive beauty market

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Launched in 2018, Subtl Beauty is built around the idea of having all your makeup essentials — like concealer, blush, and powder — in one easy-to-use stack, or ‘stak’, as the brand dubs its hero product, rather than carrying around a bulky slew of items. Though not my ultimate calling, it sparked my passion for beauty.

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

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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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Fleeting beauty: Inside the downward spiral of BWX

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To say health and beauty conglomerate BWX has had a difficult few years could be an understatement. After purchasing hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of successful beauty brands and platforms, the business, which was valued at $860 million five years ago, is now worth about $36 million. It’s a long story.

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Who is THG, the British group that tried to buy out Adore Beauty?

Inside Retail

Meet The Hut Group (THG), the British e-commerce retailer that made news after a failed attempt to buy out Australia’s Adore Beauty. Adore Beauty is Australia’s number one pureplay online beauty retailer, stocking brands such as Estée Lauder, Bobbi Brown, Huda Beauty and Elf. per cent year over year. cash per share.

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

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API had been locked in a tug of war between Wesfarmers and fellow pharmaceuticals firm Sigma, which made a bid at keeping Wesfarmers out of the health space , but ultimately stepped out of the contest over the weekend after the retail business upped its ownership of API to 19 per cent and said it would vote against Sigma’s deal.