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Mar 7, 2022
1 min

Walmart Teams Up With Space NK To Launch Prestige Beauty Featuring Top Beauty Brands

Walmart | March 7,2022 Walmart and British retailer Space NK are teaming up to bring prestige beauty products to Walmart.com and nearly 250 Walmart stores nationwide this summer. The unique collaboration, called BEAUTYSPACENK, leverages Walmart’s size and scale with the iconic British personal care and beauty company’s assortment of high-quality beauty brands and products. Customers will now have a convenient way to shop both beauty staples and prestige specialty items during

Mar 3, 2022
2 min

Walmart Launches Beauty Accelerator, Walmart Start

Retail Dive | February 24, 2022 To discover "the next big names in beauty," Walmart is launching a startup accelerator program with the aim of debuting the brands on Walmart's shelves. The experience includes a virtual classroom series, access to a brand management consultant, training on Walmart's ad platform Walmart Connect, and mentorship and networking opportunities. The company's goal is to launch all participating brands at its stores, though that opportunity is not gua

Feb 15, 2022
2 min

Target’s Beauty Assortment Just Got *Even Better* with Nearly 40 New Brands

Target | February 4, 2022 Target just introduced nearly 40 new beauty brands, including clean and Black-owned brands that give you more ways than ever to lose track of time shopping in the beauty aisles or on Target.com. Half of the new brands are exclusive to Target, with hundreds of new hair, nail, makeup, skincare, bath and body options to help you feel and look a-maz-ing. With most items $10 or less, Target can’t think of a more affordable, convenient way to try out the l

Jan 24, 2022
2 min

Valentine’s Day Gift Guide: The Most Thoughtful Wellness Gifts For Him And For Her

Forbes | January 24, 2022 If there’s one thing the pandemic has taught everyone, it’s that wellness and health should always be prioritized. In today’s fast-paced world, every day can be Valentine’s Day with champagne and late night dinners. So celebrate this year’s Love Day with something different: the most thoughtful gift that focuses on wellness for him and for her. Looking for something stylish and practical? These Knee-High Compression Socks by COMRAD in eye-catching ti

Sep 30, 2021
1 min

Target's Teaming up with Diverse and Women-owned Businesses

A Bullseye View | October 1, 2021 Target Forward is working to drive real change through a vision of “co-creating” for an equitable and regenerative future for all. Target is announces new program, Building Blocks for Better Products (B3P). With B3P, Target's helping nearly 30 women-or Black-, Indigenous-, and People-of-Color-owned or founded businesses create beauty and personal care products. Target works to reduce the opportunity gap for women and people of color in busine

Sep 26, 2021
1 min

Walmart Leans Into Beauty With Emphasis On Indie And Multi-Cultural Brands

Forbes | September 27. 2021 The merchandising vice president for Walmart U.S. Beauty, Musab Balbale is reinventing Walmart’s beauty business one brand at a time. Collectively, more than 40 new labels have been added to the category, including an emphasis on indie brands and brands owned by people of color. To name a few - C’est Moi, Dermageek, Erase Your Face, Evolution 18, Flawless, Fortify Plus, HanHoo, Mei Apothecary, Skin Proud, True Skin and VitaminSea Beauty. Diversity

Jul 20, 2021
1 min

Ulta Beauty at Target Launches in August — Get All the Gorgeous Details

A Bullseye View | July 21, 2021 Ulta Beauty at Target launches this August in more than 100 Target stores and on Target.com. Each “shop-in-shop” will be near the existing Target beauty section and will feature specialized displays, discovery zones and on-trend, season-specific products. More than 50 prestige brands will be featured, including Anastasia Beverly Hills, Ariana Grande, bareMinerals, Bumble and bumble, Clinique, Drybar, IT Cosmetics, Jack Black, Juvia’s Place, MAC

Jun 29, 2021
1 min

Shopper Demand For Clean Beauty And Increased Transparency Continues

Forbes | June 30, 2021 Today, shoppers are paying more and more attention to what ingredients are in beauty products to ensure they are safe. The clean beauty market has become a fast-growing category and demand is expected to continue to grow. “The declaration of a climate emergency has increased consumer awareness and grown demand for ethical and environmentally-friendly products. Infiltration of these products alongside wellness and self-care trends has increased the deman

Jun 7, 2021
2 min

Black-Owned Beauty Brands are Finally Seeing an Increased Presence at Major Retailers

Fortune | June 8, 2021 When Rose Ingleton launched her own skincare line two years ago, she couldn't break into the big chains and was forced to use her own funds and get financial help from family and friends. But things changed after the nationwide Black Lives Matter protests last year. Ingleton reconnected with beauty chain Sephora and now her products can be found on Sephora’s website, Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue. “There was this sudden awareness," Ingleton said.

May 31, 2021
1 min

Sephora is Betting that Social Commerce will Catch on in the US

Quartz | June 1, 2021 Last June, Sephora took a big step on Instagram debuting its Instagram shop. The 20 million follower count could now find and buy its beauty products directly through the social app. What it has learned in almost a year since speaks to both the challenges and potential for social commerce in the US. “Every indication is that it’s going to be big,” said Carolyn Bojanowski, Sephora’s general manager of e-commerce. In China the social-commerce market is wel

Mar 24, 2021
1 min

Target’s Beauty Glow Up is Helping Every Guest Find What They Need

A Bullseye View | March 24, 2021 Target guests shared they want inclusive brands, personalized products and clean and transparent ingredients matter. Target is listening. More than 30 brands have arrived sine the new year, brands that are even more diverse, innovative, sustainable and affordable. Target leads the industry with 50 Black-owned or founded brands, and 90 brands on shelves and Target.com that serve diverse guests. First, Target focused on bringing more inclusive p

Feb 3, 2021
1 min

DTC Brand Native Launches Hair Care Line

Retail Dive | February 3, 2021 As with many DTC brands, Native is broadening its product selections. Expanding into new categories is a growing trend among e-commerce brands, as is partnering with big-box retailers to make products available in physical stores. Personal care brand Native announced their release of its first hair care line. The new collection became available exclusively at Target stores nationwide on Monday, including shampoo, conditioner and hair masks. In i

Jan 19, 2021
1 min

Ipsy to Invest $7M in Black-Owned Brands

Retail Dive | January 19, 2021 Following protests against systemic racism and police brutality last year, Ipsy and many other retailers have promised to support and invest in Black-owned companies. Brands immediately came out with statements, with some pledging financial support to organizations fighting racial injustice or to Black-owned businesses. Aurora James, founder and creative director of accessories brand Brother Vellies, called on multi-brand retailers to make the 1

Nov 23, 2020
2 min

Beauty and the Pandemic

Numerator | November 23, 2020 Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but even during a pandemic, people want to put their best face forward and maintain a level of self-care. However, the Beauty channel has experienced a dramatic downturn during the COVID-19 crisis. Almost across the board, beauty retailers saw a significant drop in household penetration and spending. Where did shoppers go for beauty supplies when specialty stores had to close during the shutdown? How ha

Nov 10, 2020
1 min

A New Ulta Beauty Experience is Coming to Target

A Bullseye View | November 10, 2020 Target announces their latest partnership with your favorite Ulta Beauty products in an exciting new beauty experience. Pictured is an early concept that’s currently being designed to be located near the beauty section. The new shop-in-shop destination will begin rolling out at 100 Target stores nationwide and on Target.com in 2021. Guests will discover new limited-edition products, along with skin care and hair care basics—all while shoppi

Nov 6, 2020
1 min

Twitter Releases First Beauty Report

WDD | November 6, 2020 Twitter published its first beauty survey, reporting an increasingly young and diverse consumer. Users who engage in beauty conversations are 43 percent male and 56 percent Generation Z, according to the report. Diversity is a key differentiator for the beauty community on Twitter, said Stacy Minero, global head of Twitter ArtHouse at Twitter. “When you look at the top 20 influencers leading the beauty conversation, 70 percent of them are Black, Latinx

Jun 29, 2020
1 min

Unilever, Johnson & Johnson, and L'Oreal Starting a Movement Across the Beauty Industry

Business Insider | June 30, 2020 In the past week alone, several major consumer packaged goods and cosmetics conglomerates announced plans to pull skin-lightening creams from shelves and remove words like "whitening," "lightening," and "fair" from existing products that valorize lighter skin. Their efforts come on the heels of global protests over the killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor by police officers and support for the Black Lives Matter movement. For the beauty

May 7, 2020
1 min

J.C. Penney in Financial Trouble but Makes Up with Beauty Partner, Sephora

The Dallas Morning News | May 7, 2020 J.C. Penney resolved outstanding legal issues with Sephora last Thursday, May 7th - just one day shy of the day they were said to meet in court. The two retailers were scheduled to meet in U.S. District Court on Friday, May 8th to dissolve a temporary restraining order that prohibits the beauty brand from pulling out of more than 650 Penney stores before the end of their contract, which ends in 2024. Instead, the two companies said they

Jan 28, 2020
1 min

TpH by TARAJI – Target’s New Exclusive Haircare Brand

A Bullseye View, January 28th, 2020 From hair milk to scalp scrubs, actress Taraji P. Henson has you covered with her new line of haircare products available exclusively at Target. TpH by TARAJI includes 18 affordably priced products for many hair types and is available now in stores and online. Read the full article here #Retail #Target #HairCare #Beauty

Jul 15, 2019
1 min

Target Introduces Target Clean Icon

A Bullseye View, July 15, 2019 This month, Target introduced its Target Clean logo for products in beauty, household, baby care and personal care that contain no amounts of commonly unwanted chemicals. This makes it easier for shoppers to make simple purchasing decisions. Target has nearly 4,000 products that qualify for Target Clean in the beauty and personal care aisles from guest-favorite brands like Harry’s, Pacifica, Red Earth, S.W. Basics, Smartly, Up & Up, Versed, Yuni