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How US start-up Subtl Beauty stacks up in a hypercompetitive beauty market

Inside Retail

Launched in 2018, Subtl Beauty is built around the idea of having all your makeup essentials — like concealer, blush, and powder — in one easy-to-use stack, or ‘stak’, as the brand dubs its hero product, rather than carrying around a bulky slew of items. Though not my ultimate calling, it sparked my passion for beauty.

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From Saks to start-up: How this brand founder aims to change women’s health

Inside Retail

Those experiences ultimately her to launch Elix Healing, the first menstrual wellness brand to combine Chinese medicine and clinical research for personalised herbal treatments for women’s hormonal health. Inside Retail : How did you come up with the concept for Elix Healing?

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Analysis: Why all retailers need a jab of health and wellness

Inside Retail

It seems that if you want to play at the top of your game, it’s a good idea to broaden your horizon. Similarly, as retailers and retail marketers, we need to benchmark ourselves against more than just our direct competitors. Why then should we just navel-gaze at our own category or even our specific industry?

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Meet Sugar: The “anti-establishment” beauty retailer Indian consumers crave

Inside Retail

It’s been quite a year for Indian beauty retailer Sugar, which has just concluded a $50 million Series D fundraise led by the Asia Fund of L Catterton. Consumers are at the heart of all we do. L Catterton’s strategic partnership with LVMH will also supercharge Sugar’s expansion in the near future. Celebrating uniqueness.

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Why Sephora’s French prestige failed to translate in South Korea

Inside Retail

With over 2700 stores across 35 countries and a booming e-commerce presence worldwide, Sephora is one of the leading omnichannel beauty retailers in the industry. When Sephora launched in South Korea, there were doubts about how the retailer would compete in one of the leading beauty capitals of the world. million), 14.5

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BREAKING: The Body Shop snapped up by Aurelius in cut-price deal

Retail Gazette

After posting six consecutive quarters of losses, executives at Natura revealed in September that The Body Shop was weighing on the its bottom line as consumers had shifted spending following the pandemic. The sale, which is expected to complete next month, is far below the ÂŁ500m price tag that Natura was understood to be targetting.

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Vida Glow partners with Heinemann for Sydney Airport pop-up

Inside Retail

Australian ingestible beauty brand Vida Glow will allow departing travellers to stock up, replenish and discover the brand at an interactive hydration station at Sydney Airport. ” The company also plans on launching with Dufry at Melbourne Airport in March and Lotte in Sydney in April. .”

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