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22 May

Juv Consulting Talks the Gen Z Paradox – WWD

Juv Consulting Talks the Gen Z Paradox – WWD
Increasingly isolated and more online than ever, understanding the Gen Z paradox is integral to appealing to them, in line with Ziad Ahmed, chief executive officer and founding father of the Gen Z-centric Juv Consulting. Ahmed, alongside Faith Andrews-O’Neal, Juv’s director of the Live, said tapping into Gen Z necessitates understanding the nuances of the cohort. In the beginning, that starts with beauty’s role of their lives. “Eighty-two percent of Gen Z respondents say that fashion is very important in establishing our identities,” Ahmed said. “We all know that fashion and wonder are powerful vehicles of self-expression for a generation that's trying to differentiate ourselves.” Ahmed posited that while Gen Z is maturing, it’s also solidifying — and difficult — its generational...
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13 May

THG Walks Away From Acquisition Talks With Apollo Global

THG Walks Away From Acquisition Talks With Apollo Global
Online beauty retailer THG, formerly often known as The Hut Group, has walked away from acquisition talks with private equity firm Apollo Global Management Inc., the corporate said in a press release Friday. Shares of THG plunged 16.49 percent to 62.42 pence after the announcement was made. Last month THG revealed that Apollo Global had made a preliminary bid. THG on the time described Apollo’s bid to accumulate the whole issued share capital of the retailer as “highly preliminary” and nonbinding. Apollo had until Monday under U.K. takeover rules to make a firm offer or walk away, but THG Friday said that there was “not any merit” to further discussions with the private equity firm as its buyout proposal was based on “inadequate valuations.” “Consideration and...
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8 May

James Marsden Talks Love of Watches and Playing Himself

James Marsden Talks Love of Watches and Playing Himself
James Marsden has had many acting roles in his roughly three-decade-long profession, nevertheless, his latest role in Amazon Freevee’s “Jury Duty” was a primary for him. Marsden plays himself within the TV series, which is a mockumentary that follows a bunch of jurors sitting on a trial. Marsden’s fellow jurors are also actors, as is your entire courtroom. Just one individual — the jury’s foreperson, Ronald Gladden — is unaware that the court proceedings are a prank.  While he plays himself, Marsden explained his role was a “heightened version” of himself that made fun of the “entitled Hollywood brat” stereotype, a job that he was surprised he enjoyed taking over. “It was very liberating,” Marsden said during a phone interview. “It was loads...
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29 Apr

Beautycounter Founder Gregg Renfrew Talks Clean Beauty Impact –

Beautycounter Founder Gregg Renfrew Talks Clean Beauty Impact –
Gregg Renfrew didn’t start in beauty, and it’s that outsider edge she credits her success to. “To are available in as an outsider to the industry, you might have a little bit of naïveté, but in addition curiosity that permits you the chance to challenge the established order,” she said. “That’s a part of the million the explanation why the corporate was so successful.” Renfrew founded Beautycounter in 2011 and sold a majority stake to the Carlyle Group in 2021, a transaction which valued the business at $1 billion. To her, timing was key to the brand’s success. “Timing is critically necessary, and our timing was spot on,” Renfrew said of Beautycounter’s entry to the market. “We got here in as a bunch...
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