Millennial, Gen Z Consumers Spend for Back-To-School
In order to understand the way influential Millennial and Gen Z consumers shop during the all-important back-to-school season, Teen Vogue and the International Council of Shopping Centers partnered to...
View ArticleMen's Grooming Education Creates Industry Opportunity
The time has come for men to save face. While 80% of men use grooming products, facial skin care is the category with the biggest opportunity to expand usage, according to global information company...
View ArticleTop Ranked Beauty Brands Revealed
The U.S. beauty industry is a $56.63 billion dollar market, and social media has become a massive avenue for brands to market their products and engage consumers. Technology and data company Engagement...
View ArticleULTA Beauty's Loyalty Program Passes 16-Million Mark
ULTA Beauty'sUltamate Rewards loyalty program now has "16.1 million active members" and "drives well over 80%" of the national beauty retailer's sales, CEO Mary Dillon told analysts during her opening...
View ArticleFeatures: 100% Pure Wins!
The Professional Beauty Association successfully debuted its first-ever Beauty Pitch finals event during Cosmoprof North America/PBA Beauty Week 2015. by Liz BarrettThis year's PBA Beauty Week from The...
View ArticleJ. White & Associates Is Repping Betty Dain Creations & Bay Soleil
Manufacturers rep firm J. White & Associates is representing two new beauty suppliers—Betty Dain Creations in the West and salon-products distributor SalonCentric nationally, as well as Bay Soleil...
View ArticleDeAnna Pappas Is Gabriel Cosmetics' Celebrity Spokesperson For September
Did you miss this beauty news in one or more of the celebrity-watching consumer magazines in print or online? DeAnna Pappas (pictured) of "The Bachelorette" TV show on ABC is the celebrity spokesperson...
View ArticleIn-Store Shoppers Are Interested in Location-Based Services
Shoppers are very interested in wi-fi and location-based in-store services, such as mobile coupons (51%), shopping maps (45%) and associate assistance (41%), according to the eighth annual installment...
View ArticleShoppers Increase Spending This Holiday Season
This year’s holiday retail season is expected to be strong in the United States. eMarketer forecasts that U.S. retail sales in the months of November and December 2015 will increase 5.7% year over...
View ArticleFeatures: Give Your Store a Checkup
Business is going great, but don't let that stop you from updating the fundamentals in your store.by Steven Austin Stovall, Ph.D.Is this the year that you finally complete some of those back-burner...
View ArticleSubmissions Open Oct. 5 for Art and Olfaction Awards
The Institute for Art and Olfaction will open submissions for the third annual Art and Olfaction Awards on Oct. 5. The Art and Olfaction Awards are highly competitive and highly selective awards...
View ArticleHoliday Shoppers Expect More From Retailers
Holiday shoppers plan to shop both in-store (94%) and online (92%) this upcoming season, with 94% of consumers planning to shop from a computer and 49% making purchases from a mobile device, according...
View ArticleColeman-Harrison Debuts in the Midwest & the Northeast
After years of professional-beauty manufacturers' rep firms-sector consolidation and the race to become national (and international), a new, major player is suddenly on the scene in the Midwest and...
View ArticleFeatures: One-Size Fits All Websites: A Good Idea or Not?
While it's a tempting thought to opt for a one-size-fits-all website, think again. by Joe DysartWhile often ballyhooed as a panacea for today’s wide variety of computing device screen sizes,...
View ArticleHalloween Spending Expected to Reach $6.9 Billion
As retailers gear up for the holiday-season influx of shoppers, Halloween ought to be high on their list. More than 157 million Americans are expected to celebrate Halloween this year, spending an...
View ArticleNYX Cosmetics to Open First Digitally Enabled Retail Stores
NYX Professional Makeup is opening its flagship and first-ever retail store on Oct. 2 at the Westfield Santa Anita Mall in Arcadia, California. The cult brand will also open up additional stores...
View ArticleTotal Store Expo Presents a Host of Beauty Brands
Beauty Store Business had the pleasure of attending the National Association of Chain Drug Stores’ 2015 Total Store Expo, which took place at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver Aug. 22-25. The...
View ArticleJeffree Star wants more, more, more!
Jeffree Star Cosmetics launches two new liquid lipstick shades at Morphe Brushes. by Breanna Armstrong (@BreArmstrong)It was an exciting night for fans that were lined up around the Morphe Brushes...
View ArticleUltra/Standard Distributors Acquires TextureMedia
Ultra/Standard Distributors has a new acquisition: TextureMedia, a social-media haircare community for multicultural beauty consumers. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed.“TextureMedia possesses a...
View ArticleFirst-Ever Indie Beauty Expo Is a Success
The first-ever Indie Beauty Expo, which debuted Aug. 27 in New York City, is being called a rousing success, as it surpassed even the most optimistic expectations. “Finally, the category has a venue...
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