beauty / Skin Care

The largest beauty retailer in the US announced it will not renew its shop-in-shop partnership with Target. While initially popular, poor execution, changing shopping habits and overlap between the two stores’ locations and customers brought the collaboration to a halt, experts said.

As companies lower their forecasts, brace for tariffs and undertake layoffs, the industry is realising its tried-and-true categories and markets will need reinforcements.

Despite warnings from medical professionals, many young people are embracing tanning trends, resorting to dangerous practices like sunbeds and unregulated nasal sprays.

The premium skincare brand will use the funds to further product development and support a slate of new hires.

Over the past half decade, beauty has attempted to ride the menopause wave with mixed results. A new crop of brands is seeking success by embracing hormones, ageing Millennials and telemedicine.

Korea’s medical tourism sector is thriving — but strict defamation laws, cultural differences and nationwide doctors’ strikes present unique challenges to foreigners seeking medical and aesthetic treatments in the global beauty capital.

Beiersdorf chief executive Vincent Warnery explains how the company is offsetting China and US headwinds through new product launches, hero ingredients and expansion into fast-growing markets for The State of Fashion: Beauty Volume 2.

The attention-grabbing new store on London’s Oxford Street is the British chain’s most ambitious gambit yet, and joins a flock of global beauty retailers debuting flagships packed with experiential elements.