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12 Aug

D.S. & Durga Introduces Tennis-themed Fragrance Ahead of U.S.

D.S. & Durga Introduces Tennis-themed Fragrance Ahead of U.S.
D.S. & Durga’s next serve is a limited-edition, tennis-themed fragrance. Launching Tuesday ahead of the U.S. Open, Crush Balls retails for $280 for a 50-ml. bottle and features notes of green grass, rosemarin, white cotton and hedge flowers. “There’s something so inexplicable concerning the feeling of just smashing a ball with a racket versus, say, throwing a ball hard or hitting one with a bat — you might have to be so good at baseball to try this,” said D.S. & Durga cofounder David Moltz, who's more of a racquetball guy himself (the courts in Bed-Stuy’s Herbert Von King Park are his go-to spot) but whose wife and cofounder Kavi Moltz hails from a tennis family. “I’ve desired to do a...
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4 Aug

India is Rare Beauty’s Second Largest First Week Launch

India is Rare Beauty’s Second Largest First Week Launch
Rare Beauty launched in 34 countries in lower than two years. “Once I say that, it’s hard to imagine,” said chief sales officer Kim Magee. With Sephora as its retail partner (and Space NK within the U.K.), the Southern California brand is now present in 36 countries. First got here North America, within the U.S., Canada and Mexico, then Europe in any respect Sephora locations online, and in brick-and-mortar shops in France, Spain and Germany. The Asia-Pacific area was next, followed by the Middle East, U.K. and Brazil. “Early on, we decided to take one step at a time,” explained chief executive officer Scott Friedman. “So we focused on North America, in Sephora specifically. But based upon our conversations with their team mainly...
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28 Jul

How Lipstick Sales Are Faring within the U.S., in

How Lipstick Sales Are Faring within the U.S., in
From the return of lip gloss to the growing movement toward skincare infused lip offerings, lip makeup is within the midst of an evolution. In honor of National Lipstick Day, a fast glimpse into how lipstick is faring amidst all of it. Data from Circana shows lip makeup was the fastest-growing segment within the U.S. makeup market in the course of the first half of 2023, growing 35 percent in prestige and 21 percent in mass. Lipstick sales specifically grew 14 percent in the course of the period. Ulta Beauty reports the lip category is “one where we see the most important growth,” namely driven by a consumer shift toward multitasking formulas, oils and glosses. Nonetheless, vp of merchandising Kaitlin Rinehart noted...
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30 Jun

A Sephora U.S. Timeline – WWD

A Sephora U.S. Timeline – WWD
1998: The primary Sephora within the U.S. opens at 555 Broadway in Recent York City on July 17, with an assortment of 190 brands. 1998: First Store Open 1999: Sephora.com goes live to tell the tale Oct. 14. Today, it's the second largest beauty e-commerce site globally, behind only Tmall. 1999: Website Launch Courtesy Photos 2000: Mailboxes across the country get a blast of beauty with Sephora’s first catalogue. 2000: Catalog Courtesy Photos 2002: Lip gloss mania sweeps the U.S. Sephora sells close to at least one tube per minute. 2002: Sephora Lip Gloss Courtesy Photos 2004: The primary Sephora in Canada opens in Toronto’s Eaton Centre. There are actually greater than 100 stores across the country. 2004: First Canada Store Courtesy Photos 2005: On March 8, Sephora opens its a hundredth store in...
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