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AI-Powered Beauty Company Oddity Challenges Industry Norms, Files IPO 
AI-Powered Beauty Company Oddity Challenges Industry Norms, Files IPO 
June 26, 2023  |  IPO

Despite it being a ghost town in IPOville, Oddity, a beauty and technology company responsible for managing brands like Il Makiage and Spoiled Child, has...

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Amazon Trounces Walmart in Most Retail Categories — Is Health/Beauty Next?
Amazon Trounces Walmart in Most Retail Categories — Is Health/Beauty Next?
June 20, 2023  |  Amazon

Category by category, the jousting for share of consumer spending is a pitched battle for Amazon and Walmart. One holdout, beauty and wellness, where the...

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Charlotte Tilbury Goes Mobile With AI
Charlotte Tilbury Goes Mobile With AI
June 15, 2023  |  Retail

Ordering the right color foundation online can be hard, especially when you don’t know your shade to begin with — an issue makeup lovers know...

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Apparel and Beauty Retailers Slash Prices in Response to Disappointing Earnings
Apparel and Beauty Retailers Slash Prices in Response to Disappointing Earnings
June 13, 2023  |  Retail

It has been another rough quarter for nearly all merchants and retailers, but especially for businesses whose main sales center around nonessential items. Target’s much-anticipated quarterly...

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Beauty Sector Rethinks Digital as eCommerce Threatens In-Store Sales
Beauty Sector Rethinks Digital as eCommerce Threatens In-Store Sales
June 12, 2023  |  eCommerce

Sector brands and merchants may need to refine their digital approach to gain customer share as consumers seeking to bring beauty to their doorstep.   Moving...

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What Happens When a Rock Star and a Violinist Launch a New Beauty Product
What Happens When a Rock Star and a Violinist Launch a New Beauty Product
June 12, 2023  |  Retail

Launching a new product is hard, but launching a new molecule and formula is even harder, especially if there isn’t an already existing (and updated)...

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Beauty’s Digital Payments Makeover Being Driven by Permanent Behavioral Shifts
Beauty’s Digital Payments Makeover Being Driven by Permanent Behavioral Shifts
June 05, 2023  |  Payment Methods

The contemporary commerce experience has become an end-to-end, digitally seamless and frictionless experience. Merchant payment capabilities need to keep up with, and even help push...

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Jennifer Aniston, Lady Gaga Make Forays Into Retail as Fame Alone Can’t Guarantee Sales
Jennifer Aniston, Lady Gaga Make Forays Into Retail as Fame Alone Can’t Guarantee Sales
May 30, 2023  |  Retail

The proliferation of celebrity-backed brands in recent years has led to a saturation of the market, resulting in a diminishing impact on audience engagement. Celebrities,...

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How Digital Platforms Are Easing Spas’ and Salons’ Top Pain Points
How Digital Platforms Are Easing Spas’ and Salons’ Top Pain Points
May 12, 2023  |  Digital Payments

As salons and spas across the country recover from the pandemic’s impact, an industry insider explains how digital systems are improving the customer experience and...

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