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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A Bullseye View, May 15, 2019 An innovative new skin care brand is joining Target’s beauty assortment. Versed relies on powerful, clean ingredients that fight everything from dryness to acne to aging, and it’s making its debut at Target this Sunday. Versed comes from the same partner of Target-exclusive apparel and accessories line Who What Wear. Read the full article here: https://bit.ly/2WJO8Yl #Target #NewBrand #Versed #Beauty #SkinCare

Allure, March 12th, 2019 With increasingly busy schedules, the demand rises for beauty products that work fast without lacking in quality. Thanks to sister duo Simona and Diana Kubasova, Amazon has just the answer. Fast Beauty Company (FBC) made its debut on Amazon on March 5th, 2019 as the newest Amazon exclusive beauty line. The line includes a variety of different sheet masks for various parts of the face, neck and décolletage all made from highly-concentrated ingredients

Retail Dive, Februrary 21st, 2019 According to a Garnier press release, 10 Walmart store locations will be piloting Garnier's Virtual Shade Selector, a tool that uses 3D technology from L'Oréal's Modiface unit to help shoppers choose and "try on" hair color products, beginning February 2019. The Virtual Shade Selector was originally launch as an online tool, but the brand is now rolling out a shelf-based version for in-store use. Shoppers can use the shelf-based display to le

A Bullseye View, January 28th, 2019 Late last year, Kristin Ess, a celebrity hairstylist, launched her line of hair tools at Target, including blow dryers, curling irons and flat irons. This launch was followed by her scalp care collection. Now, she’s back with eight signature hair glosses, retailing for $14 each. Read full article here: https://bit.ly/2HlzYpg #Target #hair #beauty