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Beauty

What’s Next for Glossier?

For our latest online BoF Professional Membership event, please join BoF chief correspondent Lauren Sherman and beauty contributor Cheryl Wischhover, who will break down the ways in which Glossier lost its grip — and a potential path to recovery.

Beauty

What’s Next for Glossier?

For our latest online BoF Professional Membership event, please join BoF chief correspondent Lauren Sherman and beauty contributor Cheryl Wischhover, who will break down the ways in which Glossier lost its grip — and a potential path to recovery.


Beauty

Olaplex Created a $10 Billion Buyout Bonanza

A hair care start-up that was helped out of obscurity by an endorsement from Kim Kardashian is on track to earn its private equity owner one of the biggest and fastest payouts in the history of the industry.

Beauty

Olaplex Created a $10 Billion Buyout Bonanza

A hair care start-up that was helped out of obscurity by an endorsement from Kim Kardashian is on track to earn its private equity owner one of the biggest and fastest payouts in the history of the industry.


Beauty

Why The Ordinary Is Coming Out as Pro Sulphate

In launching its new hair care line, the brand is highlighting its inclusion of an ingredient — sulphates — that its “clean” competitors say they do not use.

Beauty

Why The Ordinary Is Coming Out as Pro Sulphate

In launching its new hair care line, the brand is highlighting its inclusion of an ingredient — sulphates — that its “clean” competitors say they do not use.


Workplace & Talent

Are Fashion Companies Holding Firm on Diversity Commitments?

This year will serve as the critical litmus test for consumers and fashion staffers alike to filter out the companies that don’t, and do, view diversity as a long-term exercise.

Workplace & Talent

Are Fashion Companies Holding Firm on Diversity Commitments?

This year will serve as the critical litmus test for consumers and fashion staffers alike to filter out the companies that don’t, and do, view diversity as a long-term exercise.


Beauty

What Estée Lauder’s Latest Investment Says About Its Acquisition Strategy

The conglomerate’s minority investment in UK-based beauty brand Haeckels speaks to a beauty acquisition space that prioritises earlier-stage companies and greater autonomy for brands.

Beauty

What Estée Lauder’s Latest Investment Says About Its Acquisition Strategy

The conglomerate’s minority investment in UK-based beauty brand Haeckels speaks to a beauty acquisition space that prioritises earlier-stage companies and greater autonomy for brands.


Global Markets

Lunar New Year, the Beijing Olympics and Fashion’s Complicated Opportunity in China

This week, everyone will be talking about the start of the Lunar New Year and Winter Olympics, Estee Lauder’s outlook for the beauty market and the latest data on retail’s labour shortage.

Global Markets

Lunar New Year, the Beijing Olympics and Fashion’s Complicated Opportunity in China

This week, everyone will be talking about the start of the Lunar New Year and Winter Olympics, Estee Lauder’s outlook for the beauty market and the latest data on retail’s labour shortage.


Beauty

The State of the Celebrity Beauty Brand

Collaborations with musicians like Iggy Azalea and Doja Cat weren’t enough to save BH Cosmetics, which filed for bankruptcy this month.

Beauty

The State of the Celebrity Beauty Brand

Collaborations with musicians like Iggy Azalea and Doja Cat weren’t enough to save BH Cosmetics, which filed for bankruptcy this month.


Beauty

What’s Next for Olaplex

With an IPO under its belt, the haircare brand is looking to keep the momentum going and new competition at bay.

Beauty

What’s Next for Olaplex

With an IPO under its belt, the haircare brand is looking to keep the momentum going and new competition at bay.


Beauty

The Year Ahead: Beauty’s Cautious Recovery

After being hit significantly by the pandemic, all categories within the beauty sector are performing strongly. However, the sector’s competitive intensity shows no signs of abating amid the growth in the year ahead.

Beauty

The Year Ahead: Beauty’s Cautious Recovery

After being hit significantly by the pandemic, all categories within the beauty sector are performing strongly. However, the sector’s competitive intensity shows no signs of abating amid the growth in the year ahead.


Beauty

The Beauty Industry Trends That Defined 2021

Makeup made a much-anticipated comeback as a slew of new celebrities launched brands and big box retailers continued to build up their beauty departments.

Beauty

The Beauty Industry Trends That Defined 2021

Makeup made a much-anticipated comeback as a slew of new celebrities launched brands and big box retailers continued to build up their beauty departments.


China

How 2021 Changed China’s Fashion Market

BoF’s annual round-up of the forces that reshaped the world’s biggest fashion market over the last 12 months.

China

How 2021 Changed China’s Fashion Market

BoF’s annual round-up of the forces that reshaped the world’s biggest fashion market over the last 12 months.


Marketing

How to Sell Sunscreen (With a Little Help From the NFT Craze)

Vacation Inc. leveraged the power of community that came when its sister project, internet radio station Poolsuite, dropped blockchain tokens.

Marketing

How to Sell Sunscreen (With a Little Help From the NFT Craze)

Vacation Inc. leveraged the power of community that came when its sister project, internet radio station Poolsuite, dropped blockchain tokens.