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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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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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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

Chemist Warehouse has been accused of inflating product prices across the Black Friday weekend, signalling ‘savings’ which were actually higher than the standard prices advertised before and after the shopping event. off of recommended retail price), respectively.

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UK shoppers are taking 30 percent longer to make purchases as inflation bites

365 Retail

Despite this, the study by global review platform Trustpilot found 46 percent of consumers ‘have no choice’ but to go for items with a lower retail price – over factors such as quality – as they can’t afford to pay more. Shopping is now about getting value for money rather than splashing cash around. “We

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How to Sell to Retailers In the U.K.

Rangeme

The influential British magazine Retail Week has identified the desire for more adventurous flavours in food and drink as a critical trend for U.K. retail in 2021, enabling consumers unable to travel internationally to taste more cuisines. retailers. Getting in front of U.K.