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NPD Highlights: Beauty Holiday 2015 Outlook
The U.S. prestige beauty industry has entered a phase of renewed growth, which has put the industry in a healthy position heading into the 2015 holiday season. Overall dollar sales are up 8% (January...
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135.8 Million Holiday Shoppers Expected This Holiday Weekend
Although nearly 60% of holiday shoppers had already started checking off their shopping lists by Nov. 10, millions more are eagerly waiting to hear what retailers have in store – and online – for the...
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Santa, Holiday Music In-Store Enhance Shopping for the Majority
Seeing Santa in the store with children enhances the holiday shopping experience for 66% of U.S. shoppers, according to LoyaltyOne nationwide survey research, which is designed to provide timely data...
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Unilever Sells Brands, including Motions, Just for Me, to Strength of Nature
Unilever has sold the Motions, Just for Me, Consort and Groom & Clean brands, and also the TCB brand in Africa, to Strength of Nature, for an undisclosed amount. TCB is currently sold in a limited...
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Four Beauty Trends With Global Impact by 2025
Looking ahead to 2025, Mintel Beauty and Personal Care has announced four key trends set to impact global beauty markets over the next decade, including implications for both consumers and brands.In a...
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Pantone Reveals Two Colors for 2016: Serenity, Rose Quartz
Pantone 15-3919 Serenity and Pantone 13-1520 Rose Quartz are both the Pantone Color of the Year for 2016, as announced by Pantone, an X-Rite company and the global authority on color and provider of...
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ULTA Beauty's Hair-Salon Business Keeps On Growing
Every ULTA Beauty store has a hair salon in it—and that core-service part of the nationwide beauty-retail chain's business continues to post impressive increases.In ULTA Beauty's financial results for...
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What's Driving Retail? Here Are Three Consumer Trends for Holiday, Beyond
Celeste Hilling, Skin Authority, CEO, Co-Founder & Product FormulatorThis is the first installment in a three-part series on high-tech shopping trends.What are the consumer trends that can bring...
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Beauty Pitch 2016 Returns to PBA Beauty Week
The Professional Beauty Association and Cosmoprof North America have announced the return of Beauty Pitch, to be held Saturday, July 23, 2016, in Las Vegas, during PBA Beauty Week. The event provides...
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Nearly $28 billion Has Been Spent So Far This Holiday Season
More shoppers showed up for Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday this year than ever before. Furthermore, nearly half of Thanksgiving and Black Friday shoppers spent more this year than they did in...
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Shopping Links Matches Beauty Brands With Beauty Bloggers
Shopping Links is a new online marketplace in the United States especially for the beauty, fashion and lifestyle industries.The high-tech ShoppingLinks.com platform connects brands and bloggers to...
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NYC Releases Gender Pricing Study Highlighting Inequities
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and New York City Department of Consumer Affairs Commissioner Julie Menin have announced the results of “From Cradle to Cane: The Cost of Being a Female Consumer,”...
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PriceLocal Provides Local Shopping at Amazon Prime Prices
Does your brick-and-mortar store sell beauty products that are also offered via Amazon Prime? If so, consider checking out PriceLocal—a new, free service that helps retailers compete with Amazon by...
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Three Ways to Engage Mobile for Retail Success Before Year-End
This is the second installment in a three-part series on high-tech shopping trends.by Celeste Hilling, Skin Authority, CEO, Co-Founder & Product FormulatorAs you’ve no doubt seen, this holiday...
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2015: The Year in Review
How well did you follow beauty news in 2015? Find out! Take this quiz and have some fun.by Marc Birenbaum1.) The Procter & Gamble Co. announced the signing of a definitive agreement to merge 43 of...
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BSB Top Online Beauty Products of 2015
Have a look at the most popular beauty products with BSB readers in 2015.by Manyesha BatistThese are the products that our readers found most interesting this year. Check 'em out. They may be the next...
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TKG Moves Into New Regional Office
Manufacturers rep firm The Kirschner Group has leased and moved into a new office space to accommodate its changing staff needs, technology updates and growing business. The new regional office is...
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Gallo Joins Andis as Marketing Product Manager
Danielle Gallo is the new Andis Co. marketing product manager. Gallo is responsible for overseeing products from inception to market and working across the organization to develop and meet the...
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NUDESTIX Receives Growth Equity Investment from ACG
NUDESTIX—the Canadian-based makeup brand launched in 2014 that’s now sold in Sephora, Bluemercury and more than 145 other beauty-retail brick and mortars as well as e-retailers—has received an...
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J. White & Associates Adds New Associate
Manufacturers rep firm J. White & Associates has added Priscilla Walters to its team. Walters joins the team with rich and diverse success in multiple markets, including finance, strategic...
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