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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. This growth has been driven, in part, by inflation.

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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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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

The state of the fragrance market The rise of niche fragrance brands comes at a time of overall growth in the sector. 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. Data from Market.us

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Where COVID-19 Forced Online Retailers to Change Their Prices

Wiser

eCommerce retailer websites between January 19th and April 6th, 2020. In total, Wiser reviewed nine categories to analyze the impact of COVID-19 on prices. Health & Beauty. Multiple eCommerce retailers were grouped into these categories based on the type of products sold. Prices Hold Steady in 5 Categories.

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Chemist Warehouse accused of price tampering during Black Friday sales

Inside Retail

A Chemist Warehouse spokesperson told Choice that the issue was that the Cyber Week sales landed in between two other sales campaigns, meaning, what Choice said identified concerning pricing behaviours were, in fact, “simply the dovetailing of marketing activities”. off of recommended retail price), respectively.