Retail Report
Two Allergan Alumni Create Proof Aesthetics To Be The “Glossier Of Med-Spas”
Allergan alumni Winnie Eastwood and Gardenia Perez have teamed up to launch med-spa concept Proof Aesthetics. Beginning with a location in Carlsbad, Calif., it’s targeting a young, diverse clientele that its co-founders feel...
Annie Jackson Steps Into CEO Role At Credo To Expand Its Clean Beauty Message And Store Roster
Annie Jackson, a chief architect of Credo from day one, is taking over the reins as CEO of the clean beauty retailer. She moves into the role occupied by Stuart Millar, previously...
Cos Bar Set To Open At Shen Beauty’s Former Location To Heighten Its New York Profile
Cos Bar is expanding its presence in New York City. The luxury beauty specialty retailer is opening its second Big Apple location on Thursday in Brooklyn’s Cobble Hill neighborhood at a...
Neighborhood Goods Takes Measures To Cut Costs As Brands Claim It Owes Them Money
Neighborhood Goods isn’t doing so good. Six beauty, wellness and apparel brands carried by the retailer, which calls itself the “modern alternative to—and evolution of—the department store,” informed Beauty Independent anonymously that it...
Beauty Retailer Ayla’s Distinct “Quiet Luxury” Approach Is Keeping It In Business
So much has changed since Dara Kennedy, previously global marketing manager at Elizabeth Arden, established beauty store Ayla online in 2011 before opening its San Francisco location two years later. Back then, Credo didn’t exist,...
Beauty’s Steep Discounts: A Death Spiral Or Sensible Sales Stimulant Amid Consumer Caution?
Beauty brands are in a promotional frame of mind as Black Friday and Cyber Monday inch closer, rolling out deep and lengthy discounts that raise questions about the degradation of brand equity and retail partnerships.
