Ulta Beauty's Monica Arnaudo, Maria Salcedo, Michelle Crossan-Matos, and Kelly Mahoney. Photo Credit: Yvonne Tnt/BFA.com
Ulta Beauty Kicks Off Holiday Push with Festive Soiree for Brand Execs, Press
The retailer pulled back the curtain on its holiday haul with a bit of help from OZ, exclusives, emerging brands, and minis with enormous appeal. Is it enough to combat concern over a beauty slowdown?
The retailer pulled back the curtain on its holiday haul with a bit of help from OZ, exclusives, emerging brands, and minis with enormous appeal. Is it enough to combat concern over a beauty slowdown?
Calling itself “the beauty destination of the future,” the UK luxury department store’s newly renovated beauty hall at the London flagship aims to revolutionize in-store shopping. Offering over 200 beauty services and plenty of experiential activations and personalization (there’s even a bespoke lighting system for optimal cosmetics shade matching), the retailer is elevating the customer experience to new heights.
Exciting innovations in beauty retail are happening in 2024. Retailers are reimagining interactive destinations, offering a blend of entertainment, education, and social interaction. The shift is driven by a confluence of factors: tech-savvy consumers, the rise of social, and an increasing demand for interactivity.
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Tweens push beauty sales beyond what typically delights during the all-important Holiday period, seeking out skin care brands such as Drunk Elephant, Sol de Janeiro, and Glow Recipe.
Glosslab, the membership-based nail studio offering waterless manicures and pedicures, is on an aggressive expansion drive to more than double its existing brick-and-mortar footprint.
Eight years after co-founding the beauty industry’s first sustainably focused retail chain, Credo Beauty, Annie Jackson has been named CEO by the company’s Board of Directors.
The movement starts with associate training to address customers’ negative self-talk—right in the stores’ aisles. The Joy Study revealed 91% of respondents said counterproductive thoughts is the main culprit denying them happiness.