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23 Dec

Goal’s Plans for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion – WWD

Goal is working to create advancement in diversity, equity and inclusion in partnership with brands to permit for a purpose-driven culture, said Cassandra Jones, senior vp for merch essentials and wonder at Goal Corp., through the WWD Beauty CEO Summit. “This experience starts with our core value of inclusivity,” she went on. “We amplify diverse voices, create equitable experience, grounded in authenticity and respect. This encompasses our every day commitment to supporting diverse brands in each aspect of our business. From investing in underrepresented entrepreneurs, to our accelerator programs, our brand launches, increasing visibility using our marketing efforts, all of us have the chance to create real change through guest experience…and the product assortment must proceed to evolve so that each...
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29 Oct

Tracee Ellis Ross on Creating Equity, Inclusivity in Beauty

Tracee Ellis Ross doesn’t just put her money where her mouth is. She puts mind, body, heart and soul there, too. The multihyphenate launched Pattern Beauty, hair look after curly, coily and tight-textured hair, in September 2019,  just months before COVID-19 shut the world down and the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis sparked a latest social justice movement. But fairly than deter her, for Ross — successful actor, producer, advocate and, now, entrepreneur — who had worked for a decade to bring the brand to life — those events helped catalyze  a fair larger role: becoming a number one voice in beauty for driving meaningful change around inclusivity and equity within the industry. “Tracee is such a magnetic force whose superpower  is inspiring...
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20 May

Inaugural Poet Amanda Gorman on Literacy as a Vehicle

For author and the Estée Lauder Cos.’ global changemaker Amanda Gorman, the intersection of beauty and literacy has at all times been clear. “Certainly one of the primary things I said to [Estée Lauder] after we first began talking was that I’m not here to be a reasonably face or a reasonably smile — I’m here to be a thought partner in what we’re doing,” said Gorman on the Beauty CEO Summit in conversation with Cori Murray. At 23, Gorman became the youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history, fascinating the nation along with her original poem, “The Hill We Climb,” at president-elect Joe Biden’s 2021 inauguration. Seven months later, she penned a contract with Estée Lauder because the brand’s first...
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