Retail

Birchbox announced the sale of its French subsidiary to its two co-founders Quentin Reygrobellet and Martin Balas in partnership with Otium Capital investment fund. WHO: Birchbox, founded in 2010 [...]

There’s no denying DTC (direct-to-consumer) has been the retail winner the past couple of years, and DTC brands have forever changed the retail landscape. As these brands increasingly move [...]

In Q3 of 2017, Amazon became the largest online beauty retailer according to analysis company 1010data. In 2019 Amazon continued to chip away at the beauty retail establishment. They secured a [...]

Sally Beauty announced the launch of “SBH Going Green,” a company-wide effort intended to reduce the brand’s environmental impact by reducing waste and energy usage throughout [...]

Fast-fashion retailer Forever 21 filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the US. Founded in 1984, the California-based retailer lost its way over the past five years, with experts citing [...]

While 2019 was a year of big changes in retail, 2020 will bring even more exciting innovation. Retailers who embrace new technology, deeply explore, understand, and leverage consumer behavior, [...]

The effort to take Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC), the owner of Saks Fifth Ave, private is back on with an amended agreement announced last week. Hudson’s Bay Chairman Richard Baker and his [...]

The landscape of the beauty industry is shifting, and the importance of Northeast Asia is growing. Understanding the emerging trends and cultural nuances have shown to have a profound impact on [...]

From its humble beginnings as a quaint online bookseller, Amazon has now become a global colossus. By selling everything from Salad Shooters to servers, and from tiny dollhouses to REAL tiny [...]

Israeli color brand Wow Cosmetics has been acquired for US$15.7 million via London-based firm Fiver, the Teddy Sagi Group’s retail and e-commerce division. WHO: WOW Cosmetics was founded in [...]