While Kering revels in debt reduction and the ability to focus solely on fashion, jewelry, leather goods and eyewear without the distraction of beauty, L’Oréal’s cosmetics-only portfolio is reaching gargantuan proportions.
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These popular stalwarts have weathered a history of challenging economic conditions. That’s the case once again this week when the retailer’s Q4 and full-year financial results not only exceeded analyst forecasts but did so with gusto.
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TikTok’s halo effect demonstrates how the platform’s influence extends far beyond its own checkout point. In fact, nine-figure beauty brands experienced double-digit growth in brick-and-mortar sales directly tied to their TikTok Shop activity.
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oin Shelley and Stephanie Berman, Vice President of Retail for The Hershey Company, as they reveal how Hershey has rebuilt its entire retail practice around the balance between emotional equity and the disciplined science of motivating consumers to engage and buy.
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Where is Generation Z actually spending their money? As their social media profiles function like supplementary resumes, they’re spending to build their personal brands online. Young people are investing in highly considered luxury purchases to help them achieve their professional goals by visualizing the life they want to lead, or the person they want to become, on digital channels.
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Every company that came along after them said they were the “Warby Parker of…whatever” and virtually every one of them failed, collapsed or morphed into a traditional business that had little if anything to do with DTC.
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Even well-off Gen Zs don’t have the once-promising career prospects as their millennial predecessors—and let’s be real, it’s hard to justify buying a $4,500 Murikami+LV bag with Afterpay if you have no prospect of money coming in.
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What distinguishes Korea’s retail expansion from China’s is not just aesthetics, but strategy. Chinese platforms have often relied on price leadership and logistical scale, pushing vast volumes of low-cost goods through digital channels. Korean brands, by contrast, have emphasized brand equity, storytelling and innovation.
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Athletes have always been role models. Veteran skier Lindsay Vonn has been a Rolex brand ambassador since 2009. But recently, luxury fashion houses have been joining the race to sign the next sporting icon. At Beijing 2022, 18-year-old freestyle skier Eileen Gu’s gold medal tally led to a high-profile partnership with Louis Vuitton. The Winter Games have amplified celebrity endorsements into an entirely new form of influence.
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The idea of full price retailers setting aside a dedicated promotional area in their stores goes back at least to the famous “O” tables (opportunities) merchandised by up-and-coming junior buyers at A&S including Allen Questrom and Mike Gould.
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