Circana Spotlights Black-Founded Beauty Brands’ Sales Spike During Black History Month
Circana data shows that Black-founded beauty brands have outperformed the rest of the U.S. prestige beauty market throughout the month of February for the past two years.
Circana data shows that Black-founded beauty brands have outperformed the rest of the U.S. prestige beauty market throughout the month of February for the past two years.
U.S. prestige beauty dollar sales grew by 14%, year over year, while mass market beauty sales experienced a dollar increase of 6% for the same time period.
The CEW Cheat Sheet lets you conveniently scroll through the morning’s biggest beauty, tech, and business-related headlines all in one place. Stay up-to-date on major acquisitions and industry moves; learn about brand launches and biotech innovations; and read through investigative reports on the state of the market or our new working norm.
The U.S. beauty industry, inclusive of mass and prestige, has experienced consistent double-digit dollar growth over the past year. But Circana’s Larissa Jensen says the resiliency of the prestige beauty consumer will make prestige beauty the standout in 2024.
Preliminary results are in for beauty’s overall performance in 2022, which was fueled by prestige beauty and sales of makeup, namely lip products. Sales of beauty products (mass and prestige) experienced 11% growth when combined; however, only prestige unit demand remained strong.