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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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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’. 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?

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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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Wellness booms and so does the share price of pharmaceutical retailers

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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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The digital-led trends that will drive consumers to check out in 2024

Inside Retail

Consumers empowered by social media are now dictating to brands which trends they need to meet. Niche aesthetics continues to take a front-row seat for both buyers and brands as they attempt to keep up with social media trends. The intersection of beauty and hygiene has fuelled a new category of luxury personal care.

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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.

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How beauty brands are powering growth on Tiktok

Inside Retail

While TikTok may be able to market just about anything, its robust community of makeup and skincare aficionados has rendered the platform a particularly valuable channel for beauty brands, with some of the industry’s buzziest names owing much of their success to TikTok hype. Campaigns aren’t the only ingredient in e.l.f.’s