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Why Brands Started Taking TikTok Shop Seriously

In the last year, TikTok Shop’s sales have ballooned as startups and established labels alike latch onto the platform for sales growth. But sellers will need standout products and content to avoid getting lost in a crowded marketplace.

Retail

Why Brands Started Taking TikTok Shop Seriously

In the last year, TikTok Shop’s sales have ballooned as startups and established labels alike latch onto the platform for sales growth. But sellers will need standout products and content to avoid getting lost in a crowded marketplace.


Beauty

The Self-Tanning Brands Winning Over Women of Colour

Gen-Z beauty consumers of colour are embracing self-tanning products. Their goals might not be to darken their skin, but to enhance radiance and glow, and even flip the script on colourism. To capture this new market, brands must play catch-up.

Beauty

The Self-Tanning Brands Winning Over Women of Colour

Gen-Z beauty consumers of colour are embracing self-tanning products. Their goals might not be to darken their skin, but to enhance radiance and glow, and even flip the script on colourism. To capture this new market, brands must play catch-up.


Luxury

Victoria Beckham’s Brand Is Only Getting Bigger

As Beckham prepares for a star turn in a Netflix docuseries this autumn, her brand surpassed £100 million in annual sales, driven by strength in both beauty and fashion, even as the wider luxury industry suffers a slowdown.

Luxury

Victoria Beckham’s Brand Is Only Getting Bigger

As Beckham prepares for a star turn in a Netflix docuseries this autumn, her brand surpassed £100 million in annual sales, driven by strength in both beauty and fashion, even as the wider luxury industry suffers a slowdown.


Beauty

African Beauty Brands Head to the Lab

The African beauty market is dominated by natural and botanical brands, but a new crop of emerging indies are hoping to bring science-backed rigour to the continent and engage a new generation of shoppers.

Beauty

African Beauty Brands Head to the Lab

The African beauty market is dominated by natural and botanical brands, but a new crop of emerging indies are hoping to bring science-backed rigour to the continent and engage a new generation of shoppers.


Beauty

Walmart’s Vision of Beauty for Everyone

With its vast store network and broad customer reach, Walmart’s vice president of beauty Vinima Shekhar told The State of Fashion: Beauty Volume 2 that the mega retailer is leaning on logistics and a more premium assortment to reclaim its US beauty market share.

Beauty

Walmart’s Vision of Beauty for Everyone

With its vast store network and broad customer reach, Walmart’s vice president of beauty Vinima Shekhar told The State of Fashion: Beauty Volume 2 that the mega retailer is leaning on logistics and a more premium assortment to reclaim its US beauty market share.


Beauty

Ami Colé Is a Sign of a Broken System for Black Beauty Founders

The beloved brand’s closure isn’t just another cautionary tale. It’s proof that even with an aspirational and credentialed Black founder, following a formulaic launch-and-scale playbook doesn’t guarantee success.

Beauty

Ami Colé Is a Sign of a Broken System for Black Beauty Founders

The beloved brand’s closure isn’t just another cautionary tale. It’s proof that even with an aspirational and credentialed Black founder, following a formulaic launch-and-scale playbook doesn’t guarantee success.


Beauty

Beauty Retailers Race to Redefine the Rules of Engagement

As online marketplaces grow, speciality and mass retailers face mounting pressure. With assortments blending and channels blurring, standing out is only getting harder.

Beauty

Beauty Retailers Race to Redefine the Rules of Engagement

As online marketplaces grow, speciality and mass retailers face mounting pressure. With assortments blending and channels blurring, standing out is only getting harder.


Beauty

A 36-Year-Old Beauty Mogul Is South Korea’s Newest Billionaire

APR Corp. has become a dominant force in the global K-beauty market, turning its founder, Kim Byung Hoon, into South Korea’s newest billionaire.

Beauty

A 36-Year-Old Beauty Mogul Is South Korea’s Newest Billionaire

APR Corp. has become a dominant force in the global K-beauty market, turning its founder, Kim Byung Hoon, into South Korea’s newest billionaire.


Beauty

BoF Masterclass |The State of Fashion: Beauty Volume 2

Watch on demand a BoF Professional Masterclass that explores the topic in our latest report, “The State of Fashion: Beauty Volume 2.”

Beauty

BoF Masterclass |The State of Fashion: Beauty Volume 2

Watch on demand a BoF Professional Masterclass that explores the topic in our latest report, “The State of Fashion: Beauty Volume 2.”


Beauty

How Kiko Milano Built Pricing Power

The Italian cosmetics giant has deftly engineered a premiumisation strategy, and has elevated its distribution, product selection and points of differentiation, heavily reducing discounts and promotions in the process. Chief executive Simone Dominici explained how it deployed its strategy in The State of Fashion: Beauty Volume 2.

Beauty

How Kiko Milano Built Pricing Power

The Italian cosmetics giant has deftly engineered a premiumisation strategy, and has elevated its distribution, product selection and points of differentiation, heavily reducing discounts and promotions in the process. Chief executive Simone Dominici explained how it deployed its strategy in The State of Fashion: Beauty Volume 2.


Partner Content

Strategic Reinvention: Growing a Beauty Brand with Staying Power

At The Business of Beauty Global Forum, Front Row’s chief revenue officer Christopher Skinner and Tatcha’s chief marketing officer Nicole Frusci joined BoF’s Alice Gividen on stage to explore building a lasting beauty business in an ever-changing market.

Partner Content

Strategic Reinvention: Growing a Beauty Brand with Staying Power

At The Business of Beauty Global Forum, Front Row’s chief revenue officer Christopher Skinner and Tatcha’s chief marketing officer Nicole Frusci joined BoF’s Alice Gividen on stage to explore building a lasting beauty business in an ever-changing market.


Beauty

How to Rebrand Without Losing Your Fans

When growth plateaus, beauty companies may remix their logos, colour schemes and even products in the hopes of appealing to a wider audience or re-engaging their core. But finding a new brand identity can sometimes mean upsetting fans of the old one.

Beauty

How to Rebrand Without Losing Your Fans

When growth plateaus, beauty companies may remix their logos, colour schemes and even products in the hopes of appealing to a wider audience or re-engaging their core. But finding a new brand identity can sometimes mean upsetting fans of the old one.