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The Longevity Illusion: FIT’s 2026 Think Tank Exposes the Credibility Gap in Beauty Innovation

A call to action to restructure product development and communication pipelines around verified performance, educational clarity and experiential depth.

Ariana Grande Grows Cloud Franchise with New Cloud Aurora Fragrance

Following the success of Cloud Pink in 2023, Cloud has become Grande's top-selling fragrance line.

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The Top Sites ChatGPT is Using for Beauty Recommendations

Reddit dominates as editorial and retail sites shape AI visibility. But that's not the whole story.

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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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The Hybrid Generation: Why Gen Alpha Refuses to Choose Between AI and Stores

The future is interdependent by design, where AI, social discovery and physical retail form a single decision loop.

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e.l.f. Dives Into Hair with Mass Entry, Prestige Play and a $6–$10 Disruption Bet in a Split Hair Market

Early hair test-and-learn drops reportedly saw 96% positive sentiment and high new-to-brand conversion

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The New Alchemy: Why Longevity is Beauty’s Next Billion-Dollar Battleground

Brands must transition from being simple product providers to becoming indispensable, lifelong partners in a consumer’s personal growth and vitality.

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Estée Lauder Deepens UK Manufacturing Footprint with Home Fragrance Expansion

The U.K. will become the primary manufacturing base for candles sold under brands including Jo Malone London, Tom Ford and Aerin worldwide.

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9 Drivers of Ulta’s Q1 Growth (and a Times Square Flagship Teaser)

Growth was broad-based across channels and categories, with gains driven by both higher spending per visit and increased shopper traffic.

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The AI Gold Rush in Beauty R&D

Competing platforms vie to demonstrate their value in achieving speed, savings and efficiencies, and market triumph.

Unilever Bets Big on Beauty Science With $270M Innovation Hub as Food Divestiture Questions Swirl

Unilever said proximity to academic institutions and scientific talent was central to the decision.

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Packaging Look Book: Where Structural Design, Smart Dispensing and Circular Engineering Converge

Rethinking packaging as a multi-sensory, engineered brand system where form, materiality and user experience are inseparable.

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Ôrəbella Secures Series A, Installs CEO as Bella Hadid’s Fragrance Brand Shifts Into Global Scale Mode

The company also announced the appointment of Anish Agarwal as CEO.

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AXE Brings Fine Fragrance to The World’s Biggest Cultural Moment

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Patina Is Building an AI “Scent Code” to Turn Fragrance Into a Programmable Molecular System

Patina envisions a future where scent and flavor can be designed on demand, allowing perfumers and brands to compose fragrances with the same precision as digital media.

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What Happened with Estée Lauder-Puig?

Despite the setback, Estée Lauder remains open to future acquisitions that satisfy its financial requirements.

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Swipe, Layer, Wear: Inside the Rise of Fragrance’s New Ritual Opportunity

"Today's consumer is increasingly interested in intimacy, layering, proximity, and personalization."

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Marc Jacobs Beauty Returns With Maximalist Makeup Push, Sephora Rollout and Coty Prestige Ambitions

Coty executives are framing the return as a major prestige growth driver at a time when makeup momentum continues to rebound globally.