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Michael Ronen is the president and co-founder of Branded.

[interview]: Branded’s Micro E-commerce Business Acquisition Strategy

Branded is looking for digitally native e-commerce personal care, beauty, health and home businesses with outstanding brand potential—so-called “challenger brands.”

For full-year fiscal 2021, Ulta noted that net income increased to $985.8 million compared to $175.8 million in fiscal 2020.

Ulta Beauty Posts Strong 2021 Sales

The retailer has issued a fiscal year 2022 sales forecast range of $9.05-9.15 billion.

Jonathan Van Ness with the Shipt and Sephora 'Spring So Clean Collection.'

Nearly 500 US Sephora Stores Join Shipt Same-day Shipping

Beauty Insider members can earn rewards from their purchases on the Shipt marketplace at checkout.

Refillables and recyclables are among the formats included in Target's new sustainable packaging initiative.

Target Launches Target Zero Sustainable Packaging Initiative

Perticipating beauty and personal care brands include Burt’s Bees, Plus and Pacifica, as well as select products from Grove Co. and Target’s natural cleaning brand, Everspring.

BeautySpaceNK will roll out in Walmarts this summer, with the online shop-in-shop coming online in March 2022.

Walmart and Space NK Launch BeautySpaceNK

Beginning March 15, 2022, Walmart.com's BeautySpaceNK will feature more than 600 products from 15 brands across skin care, makeup, hair care, and bath and body, including some Walmart exclusives, with more to come throughout the year.

Fenty Skin Fat Water Pore-refining Toner Serum is part of the Ipsy exclusive program.

Ipsy x Fenty Brand Takeover

The partnership kicks off an Ipsy-exclusive program that will feature a new brand once a quarter with in-demand products.

Target is adding more than 250 Ulta Beauty at Target locations in 2022, eventually totaling 800 locations.

Ulta Beauty at Target Adding 250 Locations in 2022

“Since Target and Ulta Beauty partnered, our shop-in-shops have delivered more prestige beauty brands and industry-leading expertise to more guests,” says Christina Hennington, executive vice president and chief growth officer, Target.

THG is reportedly in financial trouble over its corporate governance, cashflow and value of its tech arm Ingenuity.

Report: Beauty Suppliers Restricting Products to THG

Dermalogica is said to be among the brands that have "reduced" supplies to the online retailer to protect their product's pricing.

Peace Out Skincare will be available on Amazon.

SuperOrdinary Collabs with Peace Out Skincare

SuperOrdinary will be launching the brand on Amazon, handling the distribution channel on behalf of the brands and introducing them to a host of new consumers.

Personalized beauty is expanding rapidly across all categories.

[on-demand briefing] Where is Personalized Beauty Going Next?

NielsenIQ and Routinely will discuss how customized, targeted solutions are driving value for brands, retailers and shoppers.

In 2021 alone, Harmay launched 100 new brands, including brands from L’Oréal Group.

China's Harmay Raises $200M for Beauty Expansion

The new investment will fund Harmay's expansion into new categories and markets and bost its digital presence and portfolio of brands.

ZitSticka's initial Target launch includes its Killa Kit Deep Zit Microdart Patch.

ZitSticka Expands Retail to Target

ZitSticka's Target launch includes two face masks, an SPF face serum and three patch treatments.

The hub features four categories: Skin, beauty, wellness and lifestyle and culture.

Clarins Launches Beauty Daily Digital Hub

Beauty Daily is a digital beauty hub and wellness destination where visitors can read insider tips from experts at Clarins, as well as dermatologists, makeup artists and more.

Lookfantastic is THG's online pure-play specialist beauty retailer.

Report: Private Equity Firms Express Interest in THG

THG's shares have reportedly declined 81%, as compared to one year ago.

Versed's products retail for less than $25.

Inside Versed's Walmart Expansion: Interview

"We’re thrilled to be able to make the Versed product more accessible to the 90% of Americans that live within 10 miles of a Walmart store and shop with us weekly," says Paula Ryan, senior merchandising director, beauty, Walmart U.S.

“Our guests turn to Target for the latest in beauty, and with the addition of nearly 40 new beauty brands, we are raising the bar on our premier beauty experience, with a strong focus on our commitment to Black-owned or -founded brands and Target Clean offerings,” says Cassandra Jones, vice president and general manager, beauty and cosmetics, Target.

Inside Target's Beauty Boom Strategy

The retailer has been on a hot streak adding clean, inclusive, wellness-oriented and inclusive brands in-store and online.

Like many of its retail peers, Sephora's wellness journey includes sexual intimacy products.

Sephora Launching Intimate Care Category

Sephora is breaking into the category with Maude and Dame.

According to a Snap press release, 'Snapchatters are now engaging with AR more than 6 billion times per day, and 93% of them are interested in using AR for shopping.'

Snapchat Launches Enhanced AR Shopping Lenses

Ulta Beauty and MAC Cosmetics were early beta testers on the enhanced AR offerings.