Full Disclosure Archives | Beauty Independent The eyes, ears and voice of beauty entrepreneurs. Daily industry news, industry knowledge, trend reports and data-driven content. Here for the Fierce Sun, 14 Jan 2024 21:11:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 135095403 “We Are Oversaturated”: How Investment Is Changing The Med-Spa Market https://www.beautyindependent.com/oversaturated-how-investment-changing-med-spa-market/ https://www.beautyindependent.com/oversaturated-how-investment-changing-med-spa-market/#disqus_thread Tue, 16 Jan 2024 05:01:45 +0000 https://www.beautyindependent.com/?p=133167 Aesthetic nurse practitioner Chris Bustamante, founder of med-spa Lushful Aesthetics, believes the bustling med-spa industry has hit peak saturation. In fact, he theorizes it reached peak saturation a year or two ago.

“We are oversaturated,” he says. “I think that it’s now closing in on itself. Friends of mine who have been

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]]> https://www.beautyindependent.com/oversaturated-how-investment-changing-med-spa-market/feed/ 0 133167 The Travel Retail Opportunity For Emerging Beauty Brands https://www.beautyindependent.com/travel-retail-opportunity-emerging-beauty-brands/ https://www.beautyindependent.com/travel-retail-opportunity-emerging-beauty-brands/#disqus_thread Tue, 05 Dec 2023 22:20:12 +0000 https://www.beautyindependent.com/?p=130807 It’s time for emerging beauty brands to explore travel retail, according to Gebr. Heinemann.

One of the largest travel retailers in the world, Hamburg-based Heinemann operates branded shops at 123 airports and 213 border crossings. It also counts 51 airlines and 240 cruise ships

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]]> https://www.beautyindependent.com/travel-retail-opportunity-emerging-beauty-brands/feed/ 0 130807 As Luxury Fashion And Beauty E-Commerce Reconstitutes, Newby Hands Tells Us How Net-A-Porter Stays Close To Beauty Shoppers https://www.beautyindependent.com/luxury-fashion-beauty-e-commerce-reconstituted-newby-hands-net-a-porter-stays-close-shoppers/ https://www.beautyindependent.com/luxury-fashion-beauty-e-commerce-reconstituted-newby-hands-net-a-porter-stays-close-shoppers/#disqus_thread Wed, 01 Nov 2023 18:51:59 +0000 https://www.beautyindependent.com/?p=128296 Well before Moda Operandi jumped into beauty in January, and Farfetch entered and left the category within about a year’s span, Net-a-Porter established itself as an authority in the premium beauty sphere. Newby Hands, contributing global beauty director at the luxury fashion e-tailer, distills its formula for success in beauty down to understanding its

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]]> https://www.beautyindependent.com/luxury-fashion-beauty-e-commerce-reconstituted-newby-hands-net-a-porter-stays-close-shoppers/feed/ 0 128296 Why Marc Lore-Backed Wizard Believes Text Is The Next Big Thing In Beauty Shopping https://www.beautyindependent.com/why-marc-lore-backed-wizard-believes-text-next-big-thing-beauty-shopping/ https://www.beautyindependent.com/why-marc-lore-backed-wizard-believes-text-next-big-thing-beauty-shopping/#disqus_thread Tue, 18 Jul 2023 17:18:59 +0000 https://www.beautyindependent.com/?p=121013 SMS isn’t just for marketing anymore. Wizard is betting beauty shopping will accelerate at the speed of a text as conversational commerce revs up.

The Marc Lore-backed text commerce company has kicked into high gear with next-generation language processing tools like ChatGPT paving the way for more frictionless interactions between humans

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]]> https://www.beautyindependent.com/why-marc-lore-backed-wizard-believes-text-next-big-thing-beauty-shopping/feed/ 0 121013 “Bullish About Beauty”: How CVS Is Investing In Its Beauty Business To Grow Retail Sales https://www.beautyindependent.com/bullish-cvs-investing-grow-retail-sales/ https://www.beautyindependent.com/bullish-cvs-investing-grow-retail-sales/#disqus_thread Sun, 11 Jun 2023 21:20:02 +0000 https://www.beautyindependent.com/?p=118321 With coronavirus testing and vaccinations declining, CVS is leaning on beauty to prop up its retail business. “We’re very bullish about beauty moving forward, and it’s definitely a space that continues to drive growth for us post-COVID,” says Andrea Harrison, VP of merchandising for beauty and personal care at CVS.

The country’s largest

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But Von Maur isn’t most American department stores. Along with Boscov’s and Dunham’s, the privately held regional chain is one of

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