Despite the 12 months’s specific burdens on the sweetness industry, the CEW 2020 Beauty Awards proved the show must go on — even when done virtually over several days.
The awards, which began on Nov. 12, were probably the most recent CEW event to happen online, following the Women’s Leadership Awards in October. The organization took advantage of the digital forum’s potential, setting the stage for the awards themselves with broader industry context. Starting the ceremony was a trend presentation from the NPD Group, which homed in on areas of growth in an otherwise difficult 12 months for sales. Larissa Jensen, vice chairman of beauty at NPD, introduced the trends with data on prestige beauty’s landscape, including that the market has...
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