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Is inflation driving up demand for affordable makeup products and dupes?

Inside Retail

The beauty industry has long been a domain where premium and affordable brands coexist, each catering to different customer segments. However, recent research from Mintel suggests that in the US, there is a subtle and evolving perception of value among beauty consumers.

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Why supermarkets are stocking breakout and trendsetting brands on their shelves

Inside Retail

Recently, the supermarket beauty aisle has undergone a makeover of sorts, with Australia’s leading supermarkets Coles and Woolworths now stocking digitally native self-care products. Beauty on a budget Alanna Hinds, managing director of Nobody’s Nobody parent company Stirling and Hinds defines the brands’ customers as both educated and savvy.

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Proudly made in China: How Chinese consumers are reclaiming domestic brands

Inside Retail

As the quality of living and workers’ wages reached new heights, Western brands spotted a golden opportunity and raced to set up shop in the East to reach China’s 1 billion consumers (and counting). Still, many Chinese citizens were unable to afford – or unwilling to pay full retail prices – for foreign-branded items.

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How Ulta Beauty Takes Product Innovation to the Next Level

Rangeme

The beauty enthusiast is at the heart of everything Ulta Beauty does. As a one-stop beauty destination with full-service salons in every store, the retailer provides guests with everything across the spectrum of categories and services. Net sales for Ulta Beauty increased 21 percent to $2.3

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Have we reached peak Christmas advent calendar?

Retail Gazette

These days shoppers expect more than just a square of chocolate inside, with some spending hundreds on calendars that house everything from beauty products to toys and books behind their daily windows. They produce bumper sales for retailers such as Harrods, Boots, and Net-a-Porter. Even pets have their own advent calendars.

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Message in a bottle: How social media has disrupted the fragrance sector

Inside Retail

While multiple categories within the broader beauty industry, like colour cosmetics, experienced a drop in sales during the pandemic, fragrance sales have grown exponentially in the past few years. Notably, the way many consumers discovered and purchased fragrances during the pandemic was online and on their phones. Data from Market.us

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Where COVID-19 Forced Online Retailers to Change Their Prices

Wiser

and Canada has drastically changed the relationship between retailer and consumer. By mid-March, nearly all brick-and-mortar retailers had closed locations or reduced hours, while people stopped congregating in public and began spending more time at home. Price changes. Health & Beauty. Current Price.