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Retail & Tech No 122
February 7 2023Retail Insights
Moving up in the Middle East
Teaming up
Expanding haircare
Private labels
Focus on beauty
Frasers Plus
Missing the mark
Tech bytes
Data, digital & travel
ChatGPT & its offshoots
AI potential
Pinterest adds content
Social-media buzz: December’s top performers
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 121
January 31 2023Retail Insights
Sephora’s rebound
Hainan’s holiday
Printemps’ services
Fragrance focus
Small and steady
Price-conscious retail
Store upgrades
Loyalty as currency
Tech bytes
A beauty DAO
China scales back spend
JD.com reins in expansion
Staying loyal
Beauty takeover
Social-media buzz: TikTok creator economy in 2023
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 120
January 24 2023Retail Insights
Travel boom
US retail…& consumers
UK retail down, beauty up
Retail review
Personalized skincare
Discount revival
Tech bytes
Smarter Skincare
Metaverse shopping
Instagram episodes
Social-media buzz: Social media shopping
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 119
January 17 2023Retail Insights
London calling
Bigger brick-and-mortar
Inflation-resistant?
El Corte Inglés & AI
Not enough
Harrods recycles
Neck and neck
Tech bytes
Tech investments
Inclusive AI
An eye for AI
Revieve x Google
Shopee pulls out of Poland
Shopping shifts
WeChat growth
Moving spend
Social-media buzz: Instagram’s UK pull
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 118
January 10 2023Retail Insights
Opening up
Morphing strategies
Boots beauty
Smaller stores
Tech bytes
Online shopping
TikTok & ROI
Uninterested
Coty’s tech play
JD’s Middle East expansion
Social-media buzz: France’s TikTok boom
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 117
January 3 2023Retail Insights
The return of the Chinese
DDF & recovery
Marketplace ambitions
Modernizing supply chains
Retail media
Feeling the inflation squeeze
More inflation to come
Tech bytes
Eye make-up & growth
Color resilience
NARS Power Players
Selfie loyalty
Social-media buzz: TikTok takeover
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 116
December 20 2022Retail Insights
Haikou homecoming
Southeast Asia & niche beauty…
…And beauty & Raffles City
Purse-friendly fragrances
Skincare shopping
Love Your Look
Beauty Unwrapped
Once Upon a Scent
Tech bytes
TikTok growth
WikiParfum
NARS Power Players
New offers
Beauty advent calendars
Social-media buzz: Weathering the storm
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 115
December 13 2022Retail Insights
Store closures
Easing up
Mugler pop-up
Expansion strategy
Increased visibility
Tech bytes
World of Laura Mercier
Alibaba’s Spanish play
In tech we T.R.U.S.T.
TikTok inspiration
Switching sides
Say cheese
ChatGPT
Social-media buzz: Inflationary influence
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 114
December 6 2022Retail Insights
Eyeing India
Hainan flagships
Back to bricks
Penny pinching
Beauty’s resilience
HK K11
The Max Factor
Tech bytes
Social media substitutions
Turning off promotions
#SocialMediaMadeMeBuyIt
Duty-free metaverse
Dufry’s mini app
Social-media buzz: Celebrity sightings
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 113
November 29 2022Retail Insights
Black Friday beauty boom
Boots’ Black Friday
Zero visibility
Sephora’s new head
Haikou stores
Popping up offline
Superdrug Presents
Burberry Beauty Odyssey
Tech bytes
Macy’s metaverse
Roblox updates
Boosting digital
JD attracts more brands
Virtual idols
Social-media buzz: Social commerce & the trust gap
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 112
November 22 2022Retail Insights
Indian expansion
Shifting shopping habits
Superdrug’s marketplace
Slow sales
Rituals pops up in Hainan
Tech bytes
Charlotte’s Beauty Realm
Avatar looks
Alibaba takes a hit
AI Skincare Pro
Social-media buzz: Shopping the Holidays on Pinterest TV
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 111
November 15 2022Retail Insights
Beauty on demand
Department-store renewal
Holiday hopes
UGC content
Tech kick-off
Tech bytes
11.11 takeaways…
…Beauty’s resilience
…Brand rankings
…New platforms
TikTok Shop
Sweet Tooth
Beauty Sprint
New directions
Social-media buzz: YouTube Shopping
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 110
November 8, 2022Retail Insights
Manor’s face-lift
China disappointment
Wellbeing retail
Feeling the freeze
Holiday spirit
Sights on Singapore
Recycling beauty
Tech bytes
SMS marketing
Pressing pause
11.11 beauty boom
Smart shopping
Social-media buzz: Kohl’s social-media push
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 109
November 1
Retail Insights
Hainan expansion
Macau moves
Costly Christmas
Retail discovery
Teen spend
Favorite brands & stores
Tech bytes
11.11 & soft sales
11.11 & loyalty over discounts
11.11 & virtual influencers
Metaverse madness
L’Oréal partners with Meta
Virtual loft
Social-media buzz: Dior ups UK EMV
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 108
October 25 2022Retail Insights
Mind, Body & Soul
Retail changes
London calling
Skincare centric
Walmart Creator
Duty-free delivery
Tech bytes
11.11
Web3 shopping
Re-thinking Asos
Cryptoween
Digital flagships
Social-media buzz: Sephora UK’s launch
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 107
October 18 2022Retail Insights
Clean consolidation
Space NK flagship
UK expression
Retail content
Price freeze
House of Drunk
New Beauty
Tech bytes
Thai beauty boom
Sparks Pay
TikTok ads
Data for deals
Social-media buzz: Beauty burn-out
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 106
October 11 2022Retail Insights
Sephora expansion
Russian retail
Para-pharmacy
Nykaa & the Middle East
Virtual BAs
Discovery areas
The Skinfie Lab
Tech bytes
Shopbop beauty
LF Beauty Plus+
Amazon Access
Big spender
POS Go
Social-media buzz: #TheNextFentyFace
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 104
September 27 2022Retail Insights
3D skincare
MyBeauty
Omnichannel ambitions
Expanding beauty
Clarins experience
A la carte
Tech bytes
Walmart Land
Olaplex & the metaverse
Meta Pass
9.9
Seamless shopping
Social-media buzz: At The Body Shop
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 103
September 20 2022Retail Insights
Store of the Future
International expansion
Targeted promotion
Easy recycling
Up for sale?
Tailored Insights
Tech bytes
Mascara Merge
Beauty School
Pinduoduo goes to the US
TikTok copycat
Email marketing
Losing face
Social-media buzz: Pop culture and campaigns
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 102
September 13 2022Retail Insights
Banking on the US
Central in Europe
Duty-free push
Lockdown vacation
Eco-friendly travel retail
Luxury ambitions
Tech bytes
Digital services
Meta refocus
Girl power
Adios
Social-media buzz: Coty’s TikTok push
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 101
September 6 2022Retail Insights
Perfect storm
House of Beauty
Sexual wellness
Purchasing power
Closing shop
Circular shopping
Tech bytes
Marketplace moves
Luxury beauty
Ask Alexa
Eyeing growth
WhatsApp shopping
Uninterested?
More apps for that
Social-media buzz: Longer videos
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 99
July 19 2022Retail Insights
Sizing up
Eyeing Vietnam
Treating consumers
Oh My Expansion
Skin analysis
International ambitions
Fragrance festivals
Tech bytes
Cross-border K-beauty
Store Analytics
Sephora x Afterpay
Social-media buzz: In-app to in-store
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 98
July 12 2022Retail Insights
Size matters
Russia exit
La Wellness Galerie
CVS’s prestige push
Tech investment
Retailing refills
Walmart on top
Revenge travel
Alluring offers
Tech bytes
Prime position
Sphere of influence…
…But which influence…
Snapchat+
Social-media buzz: SkinTok
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 97
July 5 2022Retail Insights
No deal
Personalizing AR
Virtual convenience
Store closures
Multi-brand pop-ups
The J Shop
Tech bytes
Overseas shipping
Abandon shop
Virtual shopping
Social-media dissatisfaction
App habits
GenZTube
And social commerce…
Social-media buzz: Social-media self-care
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 96
June 28 2022Retail Insights
Beauty ambitions
La Maison myBlend
Simon Search
Flannels Liverpool
Tech bytes
Declining confidence
Gaming
NFTs M&A
Metaverse intentions
Link in bio
Social-media buzz: Celebrity-studded events
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 95
June 21 2022Retail Insights
Haircare corners
Liquides Korea
Hainan boost
DIY beauty
Tech bytes
6.18 slowdown
Douyin dominates
Web3 tech
Meta Avatars Store
Beyond the QR code
Social-media slows
Discount days
Social-media buzz: #HowDoYouMist
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 93
June 7 2022Retail Insights
Pop-up to rent
Kohl’s still for sale
Sustainability VR Hub
M&S shifts
Aesop expansion
Retail rebound
Next-gen fulfillment
Tech bytes
Shifting to shorts
TikTok content
iShopathon
Shoppable ads
Pride in the metaverse
Metaverse retail
Gucci Beauty
6.18 logistics
Pay later
Social-media buzz: 90s Nostalgia
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 92
May 31 2022Retail Insights
Brick-and-mortar bounce back
Customer support
Going IRL
Diversifying delivery
Tech bytes
Chinaverse
6.18
Gucci Town
Live Subscription
Little Red Book
TikTok Academy
LazMall Prestige
Beauty ambition
Social-media buzz: Helena Rubinstein’s WeChat strategy
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 91
May 24 2022Retail Insights
Instagram Shop
Still spending
Sephora going south
Planting pop-ups
Tech bytes
China’s March declines
Retail personalization
Metaverse doubts
VTO
Life at Clarins
TikTok to the top
JD shops
Expanding data
Social-media buzz: Fenty’s icon trip
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 90
May 17 2022Retail Insights
China declines
Olfactive bar
Easy returns
Rinascente renaissance
In-store injectables
Haute Parfumerie
Tech bytes
Beauty expansion
Beauty on blockchain
Virtual employees
Marketplace moves
Virtual Shopping
Ad control
Social-media buzz: Viktor&Rolf’s emotional buzz
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 89
May 10 2022Retail Insights
Robotic manicures
Best Buy beauty
Tech talent
Sustainable pop-ups
Store appeal
Tech bytes
Virtual employees…
…And virtual influencers
Insta NFTs
The cryptocurrency call
Brand series
Brand.com
Deliverr
TikTok Pulse
Making AR simpler
Social-media buzz: Chanel & events
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 88
May 3 2022Retail Insights
Back to profit
More Boots bids
River Island beauty
Middle East expansion
Denmark online
Tech bytes
Living in the metaverse
Gen Z in the metaverse
Lazada’s European ambitions
6.18 prep
Oddity Token
Amazon expansion
Upping the game
Social-media buzz: Illuminating with AR on TikTok
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 87
April 26 2022Retail Insights
In-store formula factories
More offers for Kohl’s
No deal
Retailing NFTs
Back to basics
H beauty
Freezing prices
Tech bytes
NARS’ virtual world
Farfetch beauty
Livestream prom
Digital collectibles
Building the metaverse
The power of influence
R.e.m Beauty
Buy with Prime
Social-media buzz: Dior’s EMV growth
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 86
April 19 2022Retail Insights
Boots bids…
And Kohl’s bids…
Teen spirit
Curbside service
Circular Connector
In-store beauty tech
Tech bytes
Gaining trust
AR content
CNSC mini programs
NFT bans
Douyin’s e-commerce
LazEarth
Social-media buzz: Luxury beauty on TikTok
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 85
April 12 2022Retail Insights
Wellness stores
Going green
Drive thru beauty
Space NK at The Bay
Walmart’s retail media push
Crypto payments
Beauty Factory
30 Montaigne
Tech bytes
Virtual sampling
Voice shopping
Lack of data tools
AI Makeup Advisor
Checking in
Sustainable shopping
Social-media buzz: Non-beauty creators
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 84
April 5 2022Retail Insights
Omnichannel deals
Superdrug’s marketplace model
Happy Returns
Sephora Dubai
Chinese retail slows…
And so does mall development…
Glossier adds to stores
Tech bytes
Guerlain’s Cryptobees
Alibaba’s metaverse
Smart warehouses
Creator credit
Abandonment issues
Online shopping
Lip Comfort Oil
Social-media buzz: MAC Cosmetics
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 83
March 29 2022Retail Insights
Changing offers
Shenzhen shopping
US beauty boom
Sustainable stores
Diptyque Korea
Tech bytes
Wearable NFTs
Weibo NFTs
Metaverse grocery store
Data harvesting
NeuroTech
3D ads
Instacart Platform
Social-media buzz: #tarteTOK
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 82
March 22 2022Retail Insights
Kohl’s under pressure
Boots bids
Moving to platforms
Zooming in on experiences
Pulling out
Tech bytes
Fashion in the Metaverse
Pinterest shopping
RangeMe
Beauty revival
Slowing down
Insta NFTs
TikTok creators
Social-media buzz: L’Oréal Paris Infallathon
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 81
March 15 2022Retail Insights
Spring forward
Prestige gains
Social shopping
Kohl’s Sephora ambitions
China expansion
Shipt it
Target Zero
Tech bytes
NFT try-ons
NTWRK effects
JD’s beauty push
Virtual hosts
Martha Stewart
Twitter Shops
Changing of the guard
One-to-one
Social-media buzz: Neutrogena’s TikTok approach
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 80
March 8 2022Retail Insights
Class + mass = reach
Retreating from Russia
M&S Beauty
Farfetch’s beauty push
Shopee & Brazil
Department-store recovery
Tech bytes
TikTok spend
Weibo habits
Rewarding engagement
Alibaba slowdown
Virtual avatars
Digital ambitions
Social-media buzz: L’Oréal Paris’ TikTok vs Instagram approach
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 79
February 23 2022Retail Insights
Store recovery
One Macy’s
More Middle East retail
Adding wellness
Boots beefs up offer
Luxury in London
Tech bytes
The smell of influence
Metaverse opportunities…
…and metaverse setbacks
Tech talent
WeChat cross-border
Tmall Valentine
Social-media buzz: #elfitup
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 78
February 15 2022Retail Insights
Chinese brick & mortar growth
Health & beauty
Central invests
Sustainability push
Digital muscle
Tech bytes
Virtual models
Dark farm
Very wellness
B2B beauty boom
Commerce & content
Social-media buzz: #HireMeRimmel
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 77
February 8 2022Retail Insights
Target’s beauty push
Vertical integration
Finding products
Sogo & Seibu for sale
Wooing wellness
Sustainable shopping
Green Stores
Tech bytes
The metaverse’s trillions
Local tigers
Unlimited Voices
Meta decline
Moving to China
Delivery on-demand
3D products
Social-media buzz: #k18hairflipchallenge
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 76
February 1 2022Retail Insights
Sephora’s sexual wellness
Price rises
Moving into the Middle East
Shifting spend
Klarna Card
Tech bytes
Buying beauty
India’s online beauty
Sampling craze
Mixed bag
Influencer education
Shopping Lenses
Social-media buzz: #boostofhope
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 75
January 25 2022Retail Insights
On the go
Expanding beauty
Amazon Style
Walmart’s metaverse
Tech bytes
Online shopping
Amazon challenge?
TikTok shopping
Customized sampling
Direct-to-consumer blues
Big Tech & NFTs
Social-media buzz: Showcasing employees on social media
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 74
January 18 2022Retail Insights
Holiday spending
UK last-minute shopping
Scan-and-go
Investing in brick and mortar
In-store recycling
Selling NFTs
Tech bytes
Going for gaming
Shopify partners with JD
Losing steam
Shopee solutions
App addiction
Avatar advice
Amazon.sg x Watsons
Gen Z niche
Dior’s Snapchat try-on
Social-media buzz: Kosas Brow Team
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 73
January 11 2022Retail Insights:
Future-focused retail
Virtual gifts
Online more than offline
InHome delivery
Boots boosts beauty
Betting on wellness
Tech Bytes:
CES 2022
Marketplace growth
Podcast advertising
Chinese tech
Sea shifts
Social-media buzz: Ole Henriksen Strength Trainer Peptide Boost
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 72
January 4 2022Retail Insights:
UK retail M&A
Retail downsizing
Burberry goes to Hainan
Tech Bytes:
TikTok on top
BNPL scrutiny
False marketing
Fairy Love land metaverse
Partnering up
Social-media buzz: First Aid Beauty
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 71
December 21 2021Retail Insights:
Thinking big
Lockdown hit
One-click shopping
Marionnaud x Watsons
China vision
Sephora Sweden
Live on LinkedIn
Tech Bytes:
Get real
Partnering up
Re(Marc)able
Shipping stress
Social-media buzz: e.l.f. Cosmetics
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 70
December 14 2021Retail Insights:
Service offers
Harrods goes for BNPL
Clarins Double Power Express
Sephora in Russia
Tech Bytes:
Instagram takes top spot
Fragrance finder
China’s skintellectuals
Dior try-on
Video plays
Facebook Pay
Twitter’s TikTok
Opting in
Ralph Lauren Roblox
Social-media buzz: Cacharel
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 69
December 7 2021Retail Insights:
Debenhams returns
Harrods beauty play
Boots for sale?
Beauty shop appeal
E-commerce spin-offs
Building brick-and-mortar
O2O
Tech Bytes:
Cyber Monday
Flowerbomb goes virtual
More metaverse moves
Social gaming
3D commerce
Brows and burritos
Shopee dominates
AI Makeup Advisor
Social-media buzz: Dermalogica
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 68
November 30 2021Retail Insights:
Black Friday
Travel retail hit
Investors back physical retail
Real-word retail
Tech Bytes:
Virtual worlds
Building the metaverse
Going out
China tech
Social-media buzz: #MyBeautyStory
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 67
November 23 2021Retail Insights:
More marketplaces
Online testing
Re-imagining airport retail
Sephora at Kohl’s
Still spending
Black Friday
Tech Bytes:
Anti-social stance
Twitter shops
The rise of COLs
New platforms
Beauty games
Nikeland
Commerce & community
Social-media buzz: #SharingIsBeautiful
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 66
November 16 2021Retail Insights:
All online
Indian beauty
Social shopping
Tech Bytes:
11.11 – slowing growth?
11.11 – livestreaming
11.11 – the European version
Just Venmo it
Short & sweet
Bolt benefits
Social-media buzz: Love Beauty and Planet & rush shipping
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 65
November 9 2021Retail Insights:
Browsing by facial recognition
Real-world shopping
E-commerce stands alone
Sustainable shopping
TikTok for retail
Picking up the pace
Saks Live
Tech Bytes:
Xbox make-up
Breakout star
Beauty app appeal
Zalando Plus
Influencers’ influence
Tracking sustainability
Creator control
Social-media buzz: Milani Cosmetics Color Fetish Matte Lipstick
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 64
November 2 2021Retail Insights:
Travel’s road to recovery
Supply chain shocks
Record-breaking holidays
BNPL mall shopping
Escentials expansion
Sephora Turkey
Tech Bytes:
11.11 – losing steam?
Social media’s lost ads
Meta-morphosis – hardly
Pinterest TV
Local Selling
Self-care to style
China’s clean beauty
15 minutes
Social-media buzz: Roc Retinol Night Serum Capsule
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 63
October 26 2021Retail Insights:
Sustainable shopping
Ulta & small stores
Department store comeback?
K-Beauty Land
AI forecasting
Tech Bytes:
Virtual reality
More TikTok commerce
11.11 pre-sales
Media buys
Influencing influencers
Pinterest’s commerce push
Visual search
Shopee looks to Europe
Shopify on Spotify
Social-media buzz: Clinique’s NFT
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 62
October 19 2021Retail Insights:
Ulta’s tech boost
Online spin-offs
Back to brick-and-mortar
Selfridges sale
Sephora Germany
Sephora & C-Beauty
Flexible shopping
In-store holiday shopping
Black Friday fatigue
Tech Bytes:
Bilibili & beauty
Online only
DTC drive
11.11 speedy delivery
La Belle Vie’s beauty foray
Text to shop
Social-media buzz: #FindTheOnes
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 61
October 12 2021Retail Insights:
Kohl’s Sephora success
Sustainable Choices
Digital features
Word of mouth
April’s retail ambitions
Four-star rating
Holiday shopping
Finding fragrances
Tech Bytes:
Beauty Mode
11.11 goals
Offline is still on
Building trust
Turning Pinners into buyers
Sound scent
The Netflix Hub
Social-media buzz: #ClarinsCleansingRoutine
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 60
October 5 2021Retail Insights:
JCPenney Beauty
The Beauty Drop
Holiday hopes
China travel
Tech Bytes:
Avatar appeal
Next’s burgeoning beauty offer
Square x TikTok
Google it
Open sesame
Social commerce
The AR Lab
AI Skin
Social-media buzz: #HowIBathAndBodyWorks
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 59
September 28 2021Retail Insights:
10.10
Social causes
Digital department store
Built for Better
Tech Bytes:
Miss Dior metaverse
Tailored make-up
Simplifying personalization
Consolidated delivery
Shopstream
Cross-border potential
Esports deals
Social-media buzz: #BeLuminousWithMe
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 58
September 21 2021Retail Insights:
JD Mall
Sephora Germany
Retail media
Innovation Lab
Holiday stress
Online + Offline
Calm before the storm
Tech Bytes:
11.11
Amazon Beauty Haul
On-demand beauty
Sustainable deliveries
AR make-up tutorial
Open tech
Social subscriptions
Social-media buzz: #SuperNudes
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 57
September 14 2021Retail Insights:
Coming up short
New department stores
Retailers & reusable packs
Easier e-commerce
Tech Bytes:
TikTok on top
Building beauty content
Affordable AR
Cross-border beauty
Lazada on the up
9.9 sales
Loyalty & entertainment
Social-media buzz: #DiscoverMe
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 56
September 7 2021Retail Insights:
Travel retail’s digital deals
The UK’s beauty boost
Online global expansion
Retailers’ sustainable stand
3D & the metaverse
Tech Bytes:
Online luxury
Social shopping
Amazon Global Store
Lift Days
Social-media buzz: #UltaBeautyAtTarget
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 55
August 31 2021Retail Insights:
Space NK at The Bay
Compromised Christmas?
Gen Z-centric
Retail renewal
Brick-and-mortar bounce
Hainan luxury
GoLocal
Tech Bytes:
TikTok shopping
Hair search
The Buy Now Pay Later boom
Online resale
Social-media buzz: Anastasia Beverly Hills #ABHMagicTouch
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 54
August 24 2021Retail Insights:
Amazon’s department stores
Millennial moms
Investing in investment
Tech Bytes:
Chinese Valentine’s Day
One-hour delivery
Boots x Deliveroo
JD flagships
Crypto craze
TikTok Effect Studio
Data protection
Social-media buzz: Marc Jacobs & TikTok
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 53
July 20 2021Retail Insights:
Filling digital gaps
Health pass
Travel retail push
Middle East expansion
More layoffs
Curator pop-up
Scan & Ship
Tech Bytes:
Virtual make-up
Three billion
Kylie Cosmetics livestream
Make-up reigns
Lookiero
Indian e-commerce
Social-media buzz: NYX Professional Makeup
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 52
July 13 2021Retail Insights:
Bloomie’s
Hainan heats up
Social selling
Retail media
Tech Bytes:
Cross-border beauty
Guochao grows
Social shopping buys
Topping TikTok
iShopathon
Not the end all and be all
Social commerce on the rise
Three minutes
Shoppable TV
Social-media buzz: #PRESSPLAYMAYBELLINE
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 51
July 6 2021Retail Insights:
Store expansion
Interactive beauty
Sephora’s Spanish flagship
Exclusive experiences
Apocalypse now
Department-store recovery
CRM focus
Tech Bytes:
Beauty games
Content moderation
Beauty drops
Post-pandemic shopping
TikTok studio
Social-media buzz: e.l.f. Cosmetics & NFTs
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 50
June 29 2021Retail Insights:
Beauty standalones
Members-only retail
Refill rollout
A direct lead
Tech Bytes:
Social virtual try-on
Prime shopping
6.18’s record results
French livestreaming
Snapchat spend
E-commerce optimization
Talking feedback
Social-media buzz: MAC Cosmetics’ Love Me Liquid Lipcolour push
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 49
June 22 2021Retail Insights:
Back to business
Marketplace reach
Buying digital expertise
Retail revival
Sa Sa pivots
Target remodels
Less than expected
Tech Bytes:
Vivatech innovations
AI fragrance
Digital deals
More delivery deals
Social-media buzz: Fenty TikTok Hotel
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 48
June 15 2021Retail Insights:
Selfridges sale
Spending power
Travel retail recovery?
Online rebirth
Tech Bytes:
Shop-tainment
6.18 surge
Fragrance on Tmall
Monetization tools
Lush’s digital push
Sights on Southeast Asia
Livestreaming heats up
Shopee’s Latam ambitions
Social-media buzz: Charlotte Tilbury
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 47
June 8 2021Retail Insights:
Body & Mind Spa
Going vegan
Eco-friendly beauty
Tech Bytes:
The new-look consumer-goods company
Shopping list
Prime Day competition
Marketplaces vs curation
Buying online growth
Streamlining apps
Social-media buzz: Walmart
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 46
June 1 2021Retail Insights:
Steen & Strøm’s revamp
Wellness retail
Digital sampling
Amazon pharmacies
Tech Bytes:
Gearing up for 6.18
Instagram drops
Livestream incentives
Poparazzi
Google’s new partnerships
Social shopping
Social-media buzz: Thayers
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 45
May 25 2021Retail Insights:
Travel retail experience
Beauty focus
Strictly sustainable
The Google store
Another marketplace
Tech Bytes:
Asos’ beauty bid
Live Shopping Fridays
Snap’s Augmented Reality
Domestic demand
Google dermatologist
Outranking Amazon
Social-media buzz: L’Oréal Paris #infalliblefreshwear
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 44
May 18 2021Retail Insights:
Sephora’s immersive flagship
Malls make a comeback
Saks funds growth
Shifting spend
Tech Bytes:
Digital growth
GoTo Group
Funding shorts
Social-media declines
Amazon guilt
Community shopping
#BeautyFest
Alibaba decline
Shoppable video
Social-media buzz: Neutrogena
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 43
May 11 2021Retail Insights:
Teaming up
L’Occitane online
Speeding up
China travel
Tech Bytes:
Uber beauty
New approaches
e.l.f. Twitches
Slowing BATs
NFT hype
Online and up
Zalando in its prime
E-commerce M&A
Video ads
Tmall’s Shanghai move
Social-media buzz: NARS
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 42
May 4 2021Retail Insights:
In-store tech
Clarins’ sustainable store
H beauty
Flight to Hainan
Betting on digital
France retail re-opening
Tech Bytes:
TikTok gaming
Creator shops
Sustainability scores
Content control
Taobao’s new tools
Giant Tech
Social-media buzz: The Hut Group
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 41
April 27 2021Retail Insights:
Amazon Salon
Bluemercury’s flexy pay
Online rebirth
Last-mile delivery
Tech Bytes:
2021 China trends
Amazon emails
Carbon footprint trackers for shoppers
Personalization problems
Facebook’s video ads
Social-media buzz: YSL #SpiceItUp
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 40
April 20 2021Retail Insights:
Chinese travel boom
Clarins new retail concept
Better than expected
Target’s small stores bet
Tech Bytes:
Beauty Tech Live
DTC differences
The Marie Claire Beauty Edit
Online retail insights
Facebook’s audio products
Productsup funding
Sensai’s online push in Europe
TikTok leads the pack
Social-media buzz: Makeup Revolution
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 39
April 6 2021Retail Insights:
The Body Shop’s refill roll-out
Shopee leads the pack
E-commerce preferences
Amazon eyes discount retail
Mixed bag
Google Maps’ retail moves
Tech Bytes:
Douyin launches flagship stores
Amazon acquires Perpule
Crypto at checkout
Beauty on Clubhouse
Beauty Tech Live
Social-media buzz: Glossier’s Lash Slick movies
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 38
March 30 2021Retail Insights:
John Lewis store closures
Repurposed retail
Online luxury
Midnight shops
Tech Bytes:
Social media growth
YouTube’s commerce push
E-commerce to hit $1 trillion
Connected fragrance
Beauty Tech Live
Social-media buzz: #SwipeBright
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 37
March 23 2021Retail Insights:
Nordstrom expands live shopping
Retail weak spots
Digital’s in-store impact
Walmart’s marketplace growth
Sales events
Tech Bytes:
Snap’s commerce moves
Pinduoduo outpaces Alibaba
Virtual stores
China’s e-commerce control
Post-COVID categories
Beauty Tech Live
Social-media buzz: Ulta’s 21 Days of Beauty
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 36
March 16 2021Retail Insights:
Ulta bets on stores
South Korea’s growth
Zalando gears up for growth
Automated delivery
Tech Bytes:
Charlotte Tilbury’s supermarket launch
Walmart’s beauty TikTok livestream
e.l.f. and Chipotle’s social-media push
Online samples
Beauty Tech Live
Social-media buzz: CVS Epic Beauty Event
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 35
March 9 2021Retail Insights:
Splitting up
Dufry’s loss
Amazon Go shop-in-shop
A strong start
Tech Bytes:
Sustainable stores
Cross-border boomers
Pinterest expands ads
Twitter shops?
Beauty Tech Live
Social-media buzz: Laura Mercier #NothingToHideChallenge
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 34
March 2 2021Retail Insights:
Brick-and-mortar relevance
Online ambitions
Off-mall retail
Retail livestreams
Social-media inspired stores
Another marketplace?
Tech Bytes:
Beauty Tech Live
AR nails
Faster deliveries
Audio advertising
Expanding Lives
Virtual events
Social-media buzz: Ciaté teams up for TikTok content
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 33
February 23 2021Retail Insights:
Severe scenarios for Selfridges
Old Spice’s content store
Retail bright spots
Virtual shopping
John Lewis goes casual
Tech Bytes:
Chanel’s lipstick matching app
Klarna’s livestream shopping
Animal Crossing
Build it & buy it
YouTube’s Shorts
Digital wallets
Namshi goes to Qatar
Beauty Tech Live
Social-media buzz: BoxyCharm’s social-media push
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 32
February 16 2021Retail Insights:
Sephora’s Russian rebrand
Alibaba & New Retail
China’s online reign
Tech Bytes:
L’Oréal’s digital advances
Clubhouse clones
Approaches for TikTok
Amorepacific’s Shopee appeal
Paying through Facebook
Pinterest personalizes
Retail fulfillment
Beauty Tech Live
Social-media buzz: Givenchy Beauty #IRRESISTIBLEisME
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 31
February 9 2021Retail Insights:
Another marketplace
Nordstrom’s changing model
Neiman Marcus invests in tech
Gucci Beauty looks to Tmall Pavilion
Inclusive investments
Receeding retail real estate
Tech Bytes:
TikTok shop
QVC’s YouTube TV tie-up
Shiseido’s digital deal
AI fragrance
Full transparency
Easy shopping
Pinterest adds to stories
Beauty Tech Live
Social-media buzz: Brands zoom in on lip products
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 30
February 2 2021Retail Insights:
Retail shake-up
Watching Walmart
Sustainable ambitions
A subscription for fresh beauty
Retail content
Still over-stored
Tech Bytes:
Customized online shopping
Pinterest delves deeper into beauty
Print to digital
Cross-border shopping
A personal touch
Beauty Tech Live
Social-media buzz: Anastasia Beverly Hills Iced Out collection
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 29
January 26 2021Retail Insights:
A new marketplace for UK beauty?
Rethinking stores
Off-mall appeal
Shopee’s premium ambitions
Tech Bytes:
Personalized online shopping
Sustainable shipping
Heybox expands services
Collaborative delivery
Integrated live shopping
Beauty Tech Live
Social-media buzz: Labello #LabelloKiss TikTok Challenge
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 28
January 19 2021Retail Insights:
Delivering on partnerships
Trending in 2021
Top of the apps
Sephora’s Hong Kong expansion
Lunar New Year at home
Self-love retail
Candid camera
Widening the connection
Tech Bytes:
Smart perfume
Tmall Global’s “perfume route”
Shopify solutions
Beauty Tech Live
Social-media buzz: Harris Reed x MAC Cosmetics collection
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 27
January 12 2021Retail Insights:
The Hainan hotspot
Ulta gets into ads
Financial diversification
Digital expertise
Tech Bytes:
CES 2021
BNPL on the up
More bans for Chinese apps
Shopping around
Nykaa to go public
Beauty Tech Live
Social-media buzz: Bad Habit launch
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 26
December 22 2020Retail Insights:
Subscribe to the brand
Better than expected
Unhappy online
Traffic wars
Tech Bytes:
Walmart’s TikTok livestream
Six-second ads
Reels goes shopping
Pinterest helps users shop
Social skincare
Beauty Tech Live
Social-media buzz: Beauty Bay’s #WorkItFromHome
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 25
December 15 2020Retail Insights:
Natura’s in-store digital tools
Digital displays
Safe sampling
Convenience & price over health & safety
Tech Bytes:
Reining in Big Tech
Social selling
Beauty moves to Triller
Sticking with Instagram
WhatsApp shopping
Nyx and L’Oréal top TikTok hashtags
Social-media buzz: #ChillEnMaybelline
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 24
December 8 2020Retail Insights:
Mecca’s services splash
Livestreaming retail
The rise of retail media
The Body Shop delivers
Reaching out
Department-store doom
Tech Bytes:
Shopee partners with Pond’s
Wellness tech
Facebook’s new Kustomers
Shopping apps up on Black Friday
cdf Beauty goes digital
Zalando’s Connected Retail pays off
Beauty Tech Live
Digital money
Social-media buzz: Morphe x Lisa Frank
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 23
December 1 2020Retail Insights:
Sephora’s new partnership
Black Friday blues
Retail & wellness
LVMH moves
Tech Bytes:
Livestreaming limits
Beauty Tech Live
e.l.f.’s Twitch play
New-format virtual stores
TikTok still on top
Social-media buzz: #kiehlspartner Kiehl’s TikTok push
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 22
November 24 2020Retail Insights:
Editorial shopping picks
Postponing Black Friday
Superdrug’s TV push
October discount deals pay off
Tech Bytes:
Digital fragrance sampling
Perfume robots
Snapchat looks to short videos
JD.com, Singles’ Day & Gen X
Listening to YouTube
Vanishing messages
Cosmetify goes mobile
Be part of the new Beauty Tech Live community
Shopify teams up with Alibaba
Social-media buzz: #positionsmakeupchallenge
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 21
November 17 2020Retail Insight:
Douglas ramps up digital
Printemps: More clicks, less bricks
Rite Aid’s natural approach
Boticàrio’s personalized fragrance store
Tomorrow’s retail
Tech Bytes:
A record 11.11
Sephora does Singles’ Day
Verishop on social shopping
Instagram bets on Reels
L’Oréal Paris’ virtual make-up
Social-media buzz: Checkcosmetic.net
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 20
November 10 2020Retail Insight:
Coming together
Blurring physical and digital
Black Friday 2020-style
Live shows & shopping
Online expansion
Tech Bytes:
L’Oréal’s digital ambitions
Breaking beauty records for 11.11
Digital & China growth engines
Beauty games
Platform connections
Pinterest & brand discovery
Beauty lag
Virtual store reality
Social-media buzz: Nyx Cosmetics #dollhousechallenge
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 19
November 3 2020Retail Insight:
Europe’s shuttered shops
China’s retail openings
Leaving consumers to their own devices
Service stores
Discount stores go to France
Lifestyle stores
Retail robots
Tech Bytes:
Big Tech, big gains
TikTok’s social commerce push
WhatsApp shopping
Delivery apps’ retail ambitions
Singles’ Day stats
Social-media buzz: #asosdaytofright
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 18
October 27 2020Retail Insight:
Travel retail’s growth drag
11.11 kickoff
More digital for the holidays
Retailers go green
The new holiday season
Tech Bytes:
Google expands product discovery
Instagram communications
Advertising control
Fragrance heroes
Paying for data
Social-media buzz: Recreating the Renaissance
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 17
October 20 2020Retail Insight:
Online to offline
More beauty online
Stores as fulfillment centers
Travel retailers delve into digital
Livestreaming for travel retail
Inclusive offerings
Tech Bytes:
Boosting online stores
Google pushes commerce
SMS for shopping
Buy now, pay later heats up
Snapchat faces the music
TikTok results
Social-media buzz: #YouHaveToStop
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 16
October 13 2020Retail Insights:
Lancôme Travel Retail’s digital effects
Zalando giving back control
Teaming up for social commerce
The Amazon effect
Tech Bytes:
Beauty Tech Live
TikTok interactive ads
Sourcing social media
e.l.f. Beauty’s digital push
Snap’s first commercials
NYX Cosmetics France goes live
Social-media buzz: Make-up talks
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 15
October 6 2020Retail Insights:
Dufry’s three in one deal
Golden Week
BOPIS and curbside pick-up on the up
Pay by palm
Walmart’s omnichannel push
Tech Bytes:
Instagram commerce
More video shopping
Pinterest goes shopping
Shopping days
JD.com ramps up livestreaming
Digital services for fragrance
Social-media buzz: Harry Potter make-up
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 14
September 29 2020Retail Insight:
L’Oréal’s multi-brand approach
Looking to logistics
Harnessing social-media power in-store
Ulta puts expansion on hold
Christmas comes early
In-store make-up recycling
Coming soon: Amazon Prime Day & Golden Week
Tech Bytes:
Wholee Prime & paying cost price
Shopee goes premium
Pinterest redesigns
Amazon’s sustainability push
Social-media buzz: #HelloFall
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 13
September 22 2020Retail Insight:
Beauty stands alone
Walmart and social media
Making retail sense
Digital collaboration
Retail returns
Online moves up in France
More DTC brands in-store?
Tech Bytes:
Amazon’s luxury play
…and more Amazon luxury moves
Kuaishou investment
Fragrance finders
Content and community marketplaces
Social-media buzz: Slugging
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 12
September 15 2020Retail Insight:
Retail re-emergence
Taxing times for UK retail
Shopping festivals go West
Retail expansion
Reliance focus
New blood
Robot workers for retail
Tech Bytes:
Is the hashtag over?
Instagram pushes Reels and Shop
Facebook & younger users
More TikTok drama
India bans more apps
Remote app training
Social-media buzz: 10 seconds vs 2 hours
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 11
September 8Retail Insights
Fragrance vending machines
E-commerce basics
Back to stores
Non-touch try-ons
Robot workers for retail
Tech Bytes: Malls as online marketplaces
Online holiday shopping
On the edge of privacy
Kuaishou’s commerce push
Simplifying scent purchases
Social-media buzz: Euphoria transitions
Trends from social media
Retail & Tech No 10
September 1
Retail Insights
When retailers are not retailers?
When stores are not stores?
Relying on Reliance
Fewer bricks, more clicks
Livestreaming sells
The experience store
Alerting shoppers on stock
Tech Bytes
Facebook continues commerce push
Super app for India
Pinterest’s youth appeal
Tmall Luxury woos Gen Z
Social-media buzz: Cottagecore
Social-media trends
BW Confidential Beauty Insight n°208
May 19 - June 1, 2020
Comment
Retail insights
Tech bytes & Netwatch
Trending & Companies to watch
Data & Around the world
Instagram Buzz
Sustainability
Interview: Founder of UK-based beauty brands Ciaté, Lottie and Skin Proud Charlotte Knight
Zoom in on: Brands & selling online
BW Confidential Beauty Insight n°207
April 21 - May 18, 2020Comment
Retail insights
Tech bytes & Netwatch
Trending & Companies to watch
Data & Around the world
Instagram Buzz
Sustainability
Interview: By Terry ceo worldwide Marion Assuied
Zoom in on: COVID-19 & the state of beauty
BW Confidential Beauty Insight n°206
April 7 - April 20, 2020Comment
Retail insights
Tech bytes & Netwatch
Trending & Companies to watch
Data & Around the world
Instagram Buzz
Sustainability
Interview: Firmenich president fine fragrance worldwide Jerry Vittoria
Zoom in on: E-commerce in a pandemic
BW Confidential Beauty Insight n°205
March 24 - April 6, 2020Comment
Retail insights
Tech bytes & Netwatch
Trending & Companies to watch
Data & Around the world
Instagram Buzz
Sustainability
Interview: Beauty Success Group director of franchise operations Dominique Munier
Zoom in on: How retailers are looking to sell with their stores closed
BW Confidential Beauty Insight n°204
February 25 - March 23, 2020Comment
Retail insights
Tech bytes & Netwatch
Trending & Companies to watch
Data & Around the world
Instagram Buzz
Sustainability
Interview: Mira co-founders Jay Hack & Brandon Garcia
Zoom in on: Retail experiences
BW Confidential Beauty Insight n°203
February 11 - 24, 2020
Comment
Retail insights
Tech bytes & Netwatch
Trending & Companies to watch
Data & Around the world
Instagram Buzz
Sustainability
Interview: Credo Beauty manager, planning and merchandising Teressa Weigel
Zoom in on: L’Oréal’s strategy
Seen in show: Innovations from the ADF&PCD Paris
BW Confidential Beauty Insight n°202
January 28 - February 10, 2020Comment
Retail insights
Tech bytes & Netwatch
Trending & Companies to watch
Data & Around the world
Instagram
Sustainability
Interview: JD.com general manager cosmetics Terry Wang
Zoom in on: New brands building a buzz on social media
BW Confidential Beauty Insight n°201
January 14 - 27, 2020Comment
Retail insights
Tech bytes
Trending & Companies to watch
Data & Around the world
Instagram
Sustainability
Interview: Estée Lauder Companies president Latin America Daniel Rachmanis
Zoom in on: Beauty incubator trends
BW Confidential Beauty Insight n°200
Dec 17, 2019 - January 13, 2020Comment
Retail insights
Tech bytes & Netwatch
Trending & Companies to watch
Data & Around the world
Interview: Lagardère Travel Retail fragrance & cosmetics merchant director duty free global Anaïs Bendjoudi
Zoom in on: Creating content for Instagram
Seen in show: Cosmetic 360
In case you missed it
BW Confidential Beauty Insight n°199
December 3-16, 2019Comment
Retail insights
Tech bytes & Netwatch
Trending & Companies to watch
Data & Around the world
Interview: Pola Orbis Holdings director and vice president Naoki Kume
Zoom in on: Subscription models for beauty
Seen in show: Cosmoprof Asia
In case you missed it
BW Confidential Beauty Insight n°198
November 19 - December 2, 2019Comment
Retail insights
Tech bytes & Netwatch
Trending & Companies to watch
Data & Around the world
Interview: REN Clean Skincare ceo Arnaud Meyselle
Zoom in on: Alibaba & 11.11
Seen in show: Cosmetic 360
In case you missed it
BW Confidential Beauty Insight n°197
November 5-18, 2019Comment
Retail insights & Travel retail
Tech bytes & Netwatch
Trending & Companies to watch
Data & Around the world
Interview: Clé de Peau Beauté
Zoom in on: Fragrance in France
Seen in show: Luxe Pack Monaco
In case you missed it
BW Confidential Beauty Insight n°196
October 22-November 4, 2019Comment
Retail insights
Tech bytes & Netwatch
Trending & Companies to watch
Interview: Bulk Homme ceo Takuya Noguchi
Zoom in on: YouTube/Fashion & Beauty
In case you missed it
BW Confidential Beauty Insight n°195
September 24-October 21, 2019Comment
Retail insights & travel retail
Tech bytes & Netwatch
Trending & Companies to watch
Interview: Shiseido Travel Retail president & ceo Philippe Lesné
Zoom in on: M&A
In case you missed it
BW Confidential Beauty Insight n°194
August 27-September 23, 2019
Comment
Retail insights & travel retail
Tech bytes & Netwatch
Trending & Companies to watch
Interview: The Body Shop head of global travel retail Alexandru Mihaila
Zoom in on: Estée Lauder Companies
In case you missed it
BW Confidential Beauty Insight n°192-193
July 9 - August 26, 2019Comment
Retail insights
Tech bytes & Netwatch
Trending & Companies to watch
Data & Around the world
Interview: LVMH Perfumes & Cosmetics global travel retail managing director Gianluca Toniolo
Zoom in on: Coty’s turnaround plan
Show review: MakeUp in Paris
In case you missed it
BW Confidential Beauty Insight n°191
June 25-July 8, 2019
Comment
Retail insights
Tech bytes & Netwatch
Trending & Companies to watch
Data & Around the world
Interview: Johnson & Johnson vice president Asia Beauty Ellesha Kirby
Zoom in on: Social media’s changing landscape
Show review: Cosmoprof India
In case you missed it
BW Confidential Beauty Insight n°190
June 11-24, 2019Comment
Retail insights
Tech bytes & Netwatch
Trending & Companies to watch
Data & Around the world
Interview: L’Oréal global vice president, human resources – talent acquisition Eva Azoulay
Zoom in on: Amazon
In case you missed it
BW Confidential Beauty Insight n°189
May 28 - June 10, 2019Comment
Retail insights & Travel retail
Tech bytes & Netwatch
Trending & Companies to watch
Data & Around the world
Interview: Luxasia group ceo Wolfgang Baier
Zoom in on: Retail experiences
Seen in show: Esxence
In case you missed it
BW Confidential Beauty Insight n°188
April 30 - May 27, 2019
Comment
Retail insights & Travel retail
Tech bytes & Netwatch
Trending & Companies to watch
Data & Around the world
Interview: Frédéric Fekkai founder Frédéric Fekkai
Zoom in on: Digital & HR
Seen in show: Beautyworld Middle East
In case you missed it
BW Confidential Beauty Insight n°187
April 16-29, 2019Comment
Retail insights & Travel retail
Tech bytes & Netwatch
Trending & Companies to watch
Data & Around the world
Interview: Benefit Cosmetics svp global digital Toto Haba
Zoom in on: Rethinking consumer loyalty
In case you missed it
BW Confidential Beauty Insight n°186
April 2-15, 2019Comment
Retail insights & Travel retail
Tech bytes & Netwatch
Trending & Companies to watch
Data & Around the world
Interview: Shiseido China region ceo Kentaro Fujiwara
Seen in Show: Cosmoprof Bologna
Zoom in on: Ulta
In case you missed it
BW Confidential Beauty Insight n°185
March 5 - April 1, 2019Comment
Retail insights & Travel retail
Tech bytes & Netwatch
Trending & Companies to watch
Data & Around the world
Interview: L’Oréal Travel Retail Americas managing director Yannick Raynaud
Zoom in on: Better editing assortment
In case you missed it
BW Confidential Beauty Insight n°184
February 19 - March 4, 2019
Comment
Retail insights & Travel retail
Tech bytes & Netwatch
Trending & Companies to watch
Data & Around the world
Interview: Amorepacific head of Amorepacific and primera division (svp) Kimberly Kim
Seen in Show: PCD Paris
Zoom in on: L’Oréal
In case you missed it
BW Confidential Beauty Insight n°183
February 5-18, 2019
Comment
Retail insights & Travel retail
Tech bytes & Netwatch
Trending & Companies to watch
Data & Around the world
Interview: Parfums Christian Dior general manager travel retail Europe Floriane Pampiglione
Zoom in on: The BA of the future
In case you missed it
BW Confidential Beauty Insight n°182
January 22 - February 4, 2019Comment
Retail insights & Travel retail
Tech bytes & Netwatch
Trending & Companies to watch
Data & Around the world
Interview:Avon chief beauty and brand officer James Thompson
Zoom in on: Driving consumers to stores
In case you missed it
BW Confidential Beauty Insight n°181
January 10-21, 2019
Netwatch: Social media monitor
Interview: Nuxe global travel retail director Marion Bruimaud
Insight: Trends
Store visit: Showfields, New York City, US
BW Confidential Beauty Insight n°180
December 13, 2018 - January 9, 2019Netwatch: Social media monitor
Interview: Designer Parfums chairman & ceo Dilesh Mehta
Insight: M&A analysis
Show review: Cosmoprof Asia
Store visit: Sephora, Shanghai
BW Confidential Beauty Insight n°179
November 29 - December 12, 2018Netwatch: Social media monitor
Interview: Shiseido Americas president & ceo Marc Rey
Insight: South Korea
Show review: Intercharm Moscow
Store visit: Beautycounter, US
BW Confidential Beauty Insight n°178
November 15-28, 2018Netwatch: Social media monitor
Interview: Alkor & Co head of Perfumery Division, Private Labels Department Varvara Kulaeva
Insight: US prestige beauty
Show review: Cosmetic 360
Store visit: I Found It at The Strategist, US
BW Confidential Beauty Insight n°177
November 1-14, 2018Netwatch: Social media monitor
Interview: Coty senior vice-president Travel Retail Philippe Margueritte
Insight: Scaling personalization
Store visit: Winky Lux, Chicago, US
BW Confidential Beauty Insight n°176
October 18-31, 2018
Netwatch: Social media monitor
Interview: Natura vice president of direct sales Erasmo Toledo
Insight: Indonesia
Show review: Luxe Pack Monaco
Store visit: SK-II Future X Smart Store
BW Confidential Beauty Insight n°175
September 20 - October 17, 2018Netwatch: Social media monitor
Interview: L’Occitane en Provence global brand director Adrien Geiger
Insight: Industry outlook
Focus travel retail: Pop-up stores
Focus travel retail: Chinese travelers
Store visit: CVS Pharmacy’s BeautyIRL, US
BW Confidential Beauty Insight n°174
August 23 - September 19, 2018Netwatch: Social media monitor
Interview: Sephora India chief operating officer Vivek Bali
Insight: Russia analysis
Store visit: Colorlab by Watsons, China
BW Confidential Beauty Insight n°172-173
July 12 - August 22, 2018Netwatch: Social media monitor
Interview: IFF group president fragrances Nicolas Mirzayantz
Insight: Prestige fragrance in India
Show review: MakeUp in Paris
Store visit: Phebo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
BW Confidential Beauty Insight n°171
June 28 - July 11, 2018Netwatch: Social media monitor
Interview: Shiseido Travel Retail vice president marketing and innovation Elisabeth Jouguelet
Insight: Voice & beauty
Show review World Perfumery Congress
Store visit: Lush Naked Shop, Milan, Italy
BW Confidential Beauty Insight n°170
June 14-27, 2018Netwatch: Social media monitor
Interview: L’Oréal Travel Retail Asia Pacific managing director Emmanuel Goulin
Insight: Unilever & prestige beauty
Show review Beautyworld Middle East
Store visit: Juliette has a gun, Paris, France
BW Confidential electronic publication n°169
May 31 - June 13, 2018Netwatch: Social media monitor
Interview: Essence Corp executive sales director Antoine Bona
Insight: Prestige haircare
Store visit: Beauty on 2, Saks Fifth Avenue
BW Confidential electronic publication n°168
May 3-30, 2018Netwatch: Social media monitor
Interview: Dufry general manager for Brazil & Bolivia Gustavo Fagundes
Insight: Vietnam
Show review: Esxence
Store visit: Bourjois, Paris
BW Confidential electronic publication n°167
April 19 - May 2, 2018Netwatch: Social media monitor
Interview: Moroccanoil ceo JuE Wong
Insight: China & cross-border commerce
Show review:Duty Free & Travel Retail Summit of the Americas
Store visit: Armani Box, Charles de Gaulle Airport
BW Confidential electronic publication n°166
April 5-18, 2018Netwatch: Social media monitor
Interview: Chopard Parfums ceo Patrizio Stella
Insight: Internet sampling
Show review:Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna
Store visit: Buy Paris Duty Free, Charles de Gaulle Airport
BW Confidential electronic publication n°165
March 8 - April 4, 2018Netwatch: Social media monitor
Interview: Granado president Christopher Freeman
Insight: Fragrance in China
Store visit: Augustinus Bader, Paris
BW Confidential electronic publication n°164
February 22 - March 7, 2018Netwatch: Social media monitor
Interview: JD.com vice president of international corporate affairs Josh Gartner
Insight: Malaysia
Store visit: Sephora New Experience concept, Paris
BW Confidential electronic publication n°163
February 8-21, 2018Netwatch: Social media monitor
Interview: Calé president Silvio Levi
Insight: Brazil
Show review: PCD Paris
Store visit: Duty Free Americas, Macau
BW Confidential electronic publication n°162
January 25 - February 7, 2018Netwatch: Social media monitor
Interview: Jonathan Holland & Associates managing director and owner Jonathan Holland
Insight: Trends
Store visit: Shilla Duty Free, Incheon International Airport, South Korea
BW Confidential electronic publication n°161
January 11-24, 2018Netwatch: Social media monitor
Interview: Grupo Boticário president Artur Grynbaum
Insight: M&A
Store visit: Guerlain Parfumeur, Charles de Gaulle Airport, Paris
BW Confidential electronic publication n°160
December 14, 2017 - January 10, 2018Netwatch: Social media monitor
Interview: Kiehl’s general manager worldwide Cheryl Vitali
Insight: Online sales
Store visit: 86Champs, Paris, France
BW Confidential electronic publication n°159
November 30 - December 13Interview: Groupe Clarins president travel retail and export division Christian Laurent
Insight: Thailand
Show review: Cosmoprof Asia
Store visit: Agua
BW Confidential electronic publication n°158
November 16-29, 2017
Netwatch: Social media monitor November 2017
Interview: Luxasia ceo Wolfgang Baier
Insight: Ulta Beauty
Store visit: Bulgari pop-up
BW Confidential electronic publication n°157
November 2-15Interview: Bulgari perfume business unit managing director Luis Miguel Gonzalez Sebastiani
Insight: The US
Show review: Cosmetic 360
Store visit: Nocibé’s flagship store, Paris
BW Confidential electronic publication n°156
October 19 - November 1, 2017Interview: Beauty Concepts ceo Tony Chin
Insight: How the role of the BA is changing
Show review: LuxePack Monaco 2017
Store visit: Kérastase, Paris’ Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport
BW Confidential electronic publication n°155
September 21 - October 18, 2017Interview: Printemps director of women’s fashion, beauty, lingerie and children Charlotte Tasset
Insight: Industry outlook
Focus: 70 years of duty free
Store visit: Bloomingdale’s Glowhaus, US
BW Confidential electronic publication n°154
August 24 - September 20, 2017Interview: Perfect Corp ceo Alice Chang
Insight: India
Netwatch: Social media monitor
Store visit: Bluemercury, New York
BW Confidential electronic publication n°153
July 6 - August 23, 2017Interview: L’Oréal travel retail Asia Pacific deputy general manager Morgan Cohen
Insight: Heinemann’s strategy
Netwatch: Social media monitor
Show review: MakeUp in Paris
Store visit: Sephora, Germany
BW Confidential electronic publication n°152
June 22 - July 5Interview: Guerlain international director Stéphane Augé
Insight: Natura’s strategy
Netwatch: Social media monitor
Store visit: Clé de Peau Beauté, Singapore
BW Confidential electronic publication n°151
June 8-21Interview: Caudalie co-founder Bertrand Thomas
Insight: UK prestige market
Show review: Beautyworld Middle East
Netwatch: Social media monitor
Store visit: Clarins Open Spa, Paris
BW Confidential electronic publication n°150
May 25 - June 7Interview: Duty Free Americas ceo Jerome Falic
Insight: Poland
Show review: TFWA Duty Free and Travel Retail Asia Pacific Exhibition & Conference
Netwatch: Social media monitor
Store visit: essence Maker Shop, Berlin
BW Confidential electronic publication n°149
April 27 - May 24Interview: Maison Francis Kurkdjian president & co-founder Marc Chaya
Insight: Devices
Show review: Esxence
Netwatch: Social media monitor
Store visit: Lancôme, Seoul, South Korea
BW Confidential electronic publication n°148
April 13-26, 2017Interview: Kiko Milano Brazil country manager Isabel de Almeida
Insight: Germany
Show review: Duty Free Show of the Americas
Netwatch: Social media monitor
Store visit: Sephora, France
BW Confidential electronic publication n°147
March 30 - April 12, 2017Interview: Interview with Asos ceo Nick Beighton
Insight: Personalization
Netwatch: Social media monitor
Store visit: Drogaria Onofre
BW Confidential publication n°146
March 2 - 29, 2017Interview: Brazil distributor Prestige Perfumes & Cosmetics general director Evelyse Britto
Insight: Digital-native brands
Netwatch: Social media monitor
Store visit: Make Up For Ever
BW Confidential electronic publication n°145
Feb 16 - March 1, 2017BW Confidential electronic publication n°144
Feb 2 - 15, 2017
BW Confidential electronic publication n°143
Jan 19 - Feb 1, 2017BW Confidential electronic publication n°142
Jan 5-18, 2017Interview: Perfume Holding ceo Dino Pace
Insight: Hong Kong
Netwatch: Social media monitor
Store visit: Urban Decay, Paris, France
BW Confidential electronic publication n°141
Dec 15 - Jan 4, 2017Interview: Intertrade ceo Celso Fadelli
Insight: Trends
Show review: Cosmoprof Asia
Netwatch: Social media monitor
Store visit: Space NK, London