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10 Oct

Fenty Beauty Is Now at Ulta Beauty at Goal

Fenty Beauty Is Now at Ulta Beauty at Goal
Fenty Beauty is in expansion mode. After entering Ulta Beauty last yr, the sweetness brand is now expanding into Ulta Beauty at Goal, the retailer’s partnership with Goal Corp. It debuted last week in all shop-in-shops with roughly 70 stock keeping units. It comes at a time of success for that partnership. On the corporate’s most up-to-date earnings call for the second quarter, Christina Hennington, Goal’s executive vice chairman and chief growth officer, noted that Goal’s core beauty business was up double-digits while Ulta Beauty at Goal sales had doubled. “We've got had a robust beauty business for years, and our guest has loved the invention that we’ve brought in with Ulta Beauty at Goal,” said Jill Sando, executive vice chairman and chief...
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7 Oct

Ulta Beauty’s Michelle Crossan-Matos Talks Wellness, Joy – WWD

Ulta Beauty’s Michelle Crossan-Matos Talks Wellness, Joy – WWD
Ulta Beauty’s wellness assortment isn’t just doing well — it’s convalescing. “We make wellness accessible and we democratize it. We’re in all 50 states across the country, we serve each beauty enthusiast on the market,” said Michelle Crossan-Matos, the retailer’s chief marketing officer, in conversation with Jenny B. Fantastic, executive editor, beauty, WWD and Beauty Inc. “Our mission is to take the guesswork out of wellness and to assist people understand their very own wellness journey.” Crossan-Matos outlined the retailer’s game plan for tackling wellness needs, which starts with the buyer. “The business is booming, the expansion has been incredible — hence why we keep expanding,” she said. “We take cues from the communities we serve. We see how they need this to be far...
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29 Sep

Deon Libra Launches Cleanser, Joins Ulta Beauty Muse Accelerator

Deon Libra Launches Cleanser, Joins Ulta Beauty Muse Accelerator
“Smoove” skin is on the horizon at Deon Libra.  The brand, founded by Devin McGhee Kirkland and Brit Kirkland, is bringing its first recent product to market since launching in November 2022. Smoove, $38, is an exfoliating cleanser for the face and body.  For McGhee Kirkland, who can also be the brand’s chief executive officer, cleanser was at all times a part of Deon Libra’s road map.  “We’ve been formulating cleanser for 2 years,” she said. “Big Up [the brand’s oil body serum, $63] was at all times going to be our hero product, but I at all times thought for those who’re going to provide any individual a skincare product and a self care product, you must give them a foundation. For...
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25 Sep

Ulta Beauty Desires to Spark Joy – WWD

Ulta Beauty Desires to Spark Joy – WWD
Ulta Beauty has tapped lawyer, podcast host and writer Mel Robbins to launch The Joy Project. After listening to feedback from associates who repeatedly witness guests struggle with negative self-talk, Ulta was inspired to know how the inner critic could possibly be affecting people’s ability to experience joy and overall well-being, the corporate said. Cue The Joy Study, commissioned by Ulta, which examined a sample of how 5,000 adults and youths experience joy and the common barriers to experiencing it on a each day basis.  It found that 73 percent of those surveyed experience negative self-talk, 70 percent experiencing it don’t recognize negative self-talk once they’re actively doing it, and 91 percent discover negative self-talk as a primary obstacle of their ability to...
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