2+ hour, 51+ min ago   (246+ words) Cartesian’s own logic, per Millet, illustrates how sponsors evaluate the category regardless of vertical. “A lot of the core franchising concepts map over from QSR. Success is built on delivering a high-quality product with strong consistency and working with sophisticated…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (983+ words) For much of the past decade, beauty has enjoyed an enviable ability to defy economic gravity. Consumers continued buying serums through inflation, traded up for prestige skincare during periods of uncertainty, and chased every new ingredient, aesthetic, and viral product…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1120+ words) While uncertainty continues to define the broader economy, panelists agreed that beauty remains one of the strongest consumer categories, with the industry showing no sign of slowing. From changing retail expectations to the rise of AI and new global growth…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (315+ words) BeautyMatter US Beauty Retail Delivers Solid First-Half Growth in 2026 - Fragrance led much of the beauty industry’s growth, with mass sales up 15% and units up 7%. - Prestige skincare grew 9%, fueled by 16% gains in body and sun care. - Hair serums surged nearly 60%, highlighting…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (694+ words) Ten years ago, K-beauty's rise was defined by novelty. Sheet masks, snail mucin, and 10-step routines introduced Western consumers to a new skincare philosophy, but many dismissed the movement as another fleeting beauty trend. Today's resurgence tells a very different…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (387+ words) Antoine Deconinck, the General Manager of Proya European Innovation Center and Managing Director of Proya Europe, called the London store “an important milestone” and “a significant moment in C-beauty’s transformation from ‘product export’ to ‘brand globalization.’” The brand’s stated dual…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (135+ words) ESW Beauty announced that Katie Fang and Aliya Rachinski have joined as its first creator equity partners. Katie Fang is one of Gen Z’s leading beauty entrepreneurs and content creators, known for building an engaged skincare community through educational content,…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (540+ words) TikTok has become far more than a platform for viral beauty trends. As social commerce matures, the app is increasingly shaping how beauty products are discovered, launched, and purchased, with new research suggesting it is evolving into one of the…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1243+ words) For years, beauty brands treated social media as the top of the marketing funnel and retail as the conversion stage. TikTok Shop has collapsed the traditional funnel. Discovery, education, and purchase now happen within the same scroll, forcing brands to…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (982+ words) As the beauty industry faces intensifying global regulations around ingredient usage, disclosures, and packaging, an ecosystem of early-stage artificial intelligence-enabled companies has emerged to help brands monitor, track, and plan for regulations. In May, two of these regulatory-compliance AI startups,…...