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  • This retail channel is in a high-growth mode

    Beauty stores are hot — and shoppers around the globe can’t seem to get enough of them. 

    With hundreds of new door openings during 2015-2016, boutique beauty stores remain on a high growth trajectory, according to an upcoming study from market intelligence and research firm Kline.

    Vertically integrated beauty specialty stores offering an immersive, single brand experience and supported by cult-like followings of younger generations, including millennials, are seeing expansion across multiple countries, the report finds.

  • Beauty retailer on fast track

    The fast-growing NYX Cosmetics has opened a store at Brea Mall in Brea, Calif.

    The Los Angeles-based cosmetics brand opened its first brick-and-mortar location in 2015. It currently operate 23 locations throughout the United States.

    Menemsha Solutions provided both architecture and construction for the new store. 

  • This could be the must-have beauty product of 2017

    NEW YORK — The next big thing in beauty going viral on the Internet isn't actually makeup: It's a sponge.

    The Molly Cosmetics Silisponge is an oblong makeup "sponge" made from silicone. The outer shell is thermoplastic polyurethane, a flexible plastic that is resistant to oil and grease. 

  • Millennial women want more green beauty products

    A new Harris Poll survey reports that a majority of women over the age of 35 believe buying green beauty is important to them, while an even larger percentage of millennial women seek out cleaner, all-natural products.

    According to Allure magazine, the second-annual Green Beauty Barometer asked 1,126 women across the country, aged 18 and older, to “measure their attitudes and purchase behaviors toward all-natural beauty products.” And the results were loud and clear: Young women want cleaner, greener beauty.

  • Boxed.com teams with Unilever to support women on Giving Tuesday

    NEW YORK — Online club retailer Boxed.com is partnering with Unilever to deliver everyday essentials from Dove, Caress, Ponds, and Simple to women's shelters across the country this Giving Tuesday.

    The retailer will team up on the effort with WIN (formerly Women in Need), the largest provider of shelter for homeless families in New York City.

  • Beauty retailer outperforming all others in social media run up to Black Friday

    With the Black Friday weekend nearly here, there are clear winners when it comes to social media engagement.
     
    At the head of the class is Sephora, with 2.4 million consumer interactions (reactions, comments, shares, retweets, favorites) across Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Sephora’s top status is being driven by its success on Instagram, a site that reveals high consumer enthusiasm for the retailer’s offerings of makeup box sets and key brands, such as Bite Beauty and Urban Decay, as well as its own collection.

  • FDA issues sunscreen guidelines

    WASHINGTON — The FDA released on Thursday a set of guidelines aimed clarifying the ingredients that sunscreen makers must produce to prove the products are safe and effective.

    The new guidelines stem from requirements in the Sunscreen Innovation Act.

  • Panasonic unveils hair dryer with nanoe technology

    NEWARK, N.J. -- Panasonic is expanding its line of beauty tools offering advanced technology and unique features to benefit consumers. 

    The company is launching the new EH-NA27-K nanoe Compact Hair Dryer.

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