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Beauty’s New Rules of Discovery Commerce

The Business of Beauty and TikTok Shop brought leading beauty executives and investors together in New York for an off-the-record discussion on the evolution of discovery e-commerce — and what it will take to build a winning creator strategy in 2026.
From left: Ajay Salpekar, general manager of brand and creator commerce for beauty at TikTok Shop; Kia Lowe, general manager of North America at Gisou; Courtney McGuinness Somer, CEO and founder of Lake & Skye; and Laurent Ohana, Senior Advisor at Ohana & Co. at The Business of Beauty x TikTok Shop community event in New York.
From left: Ajay Salpekar, general manager of brand and creator commerce for beauty at TikTok Shop; Kia Lowe, general manager of North America at Gisou; Courtney McGuinness Somer, CEO and founder of Lake & Skye; and Laurent Ohana, Senior Advisor at Ohana & Co. at The Business of Beauty x TikTok Shop community event in New York.
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