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The Hero Playbook: How Beauty Leaders Balance Iconic Staples with High-Impact Innovation

Fourteen conversations with beauty leaders reveal how to protect and renovate core bestsellers, engineer clinical efficacy, build genuine cultural equity, and turn single-product hits into enduring multi-category franchises.

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Cymbiotika Increases National Access With Walmart Expansion

Following its 2025 launch at Target and its launch in Whole Foods Market and Ulta earlier this year, it is clear the wellness company is headed in the right direction.

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The New Beauty Shelf Is AI. Is Your Brand Showing Up?

Ingredient transparency, clinical credibility and retail content are emerging as key drivers of AI visibility, according to 5W’s 2026 Beauty AI Visibility Index.

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The TikTok Takeover: How an App Ate the Lunch of Beauty Retail’s Elite

Generating $1.58B in sales, TikTok Shop is a competitive threat forcing Amazon, Sephora, and Ulta to completely rewrite the rules of commerce.

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Beauty’s Digital Reordering: TikTok Shop Surges as Amazon Holds, But No Longer Dominates Growth

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The Retail Insurance Rules Beauty Brands Can’t Ignore

"Rising insurance costs are changing how beauty brands operate in a pretty fundamental way."

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2026: The Year AI Decides Beauty’s Winners and Losers

"Leaders must view AI as a core operating capability for managing trend volatility, not a digital innovation project."

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Toner Pads, 5 PDRN Eye Patch Makes Debut in COSRX Amazon Beauty Line

COSRX expands Amazon beauty line with upgraded toner pads and its viral 5 PDRN eye patch — simple, effective skincare.

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Building a Science-Forward Beauty Brand Is Harder Than Ever. Here’s What I've Learned.

The companies that will thrive in the coming decade are those that treat science not as a decorative flourish but as a foundational element of their identity.

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Dupe Culture Meets the Courtroom

What the Benefit vs. e.l.f. mascara ruling reveals about the legal limits of beauty dupes.

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Ulta Beauty Pushes Deeper Into Wellness With Cymbiotika

In Q4 fiscal 2025, skin care and wellness grew to 24% of Ulta results, per the company.

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The K-shaped Skin Care Market Playbook

As inflation fatigue, selective splurging and value-conscious upgrading converge, American beauty shoppers are no longer trading strictly up or down.

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Sephora’s Skin-First Makeup Brand Now Available Online

To achieve that standard, Lixr omits both water and silicones, opting instead for highly concentrated blends that do not rely on synthetic preservatives.

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Indies Set the Pace, Conglomerates Hold the Shelf—2026 Lessons for Beauty

Conglomerates defend share, while indies drive upside.

The New Rules of Winning at Sephora—Category by Category

For brands operating in—or evaluating entry into—the Sephora channel, future growth will depend less on scale and more on clarity, restraint and strategic intent.

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Menopause Goes Mainstream: Cara Kamenev, Stripes Beauty’s CEO, on a Bold Ulta Expansion

The launch also reflects a broader industry reckoning: women navigating menopause remain one of beauty’s most underserved consumer groups, despite their spending power and influence.

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Arbelle introduces a framework for profitable beauty personalization

Leading brands are already cashing in on personalization. Discover Arbelle’s step-by-step framework showing how beauty AI delivers loyalty, higher conversions, and data insights that fuel profitable brand growth.

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ChatGPT: The New Beauty Guru?

New data from Spate unveils how beauty enthusiasts are using ChatGPT across makeup, hair care and skin care, revealing a need for new brand strategies.