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How Holme Beauty is disrupting traditional makeup marketing tactics

Inside Retail

Makeup artist turned brand founder Hilary Holmes is challenging traditional beauty marketing tactics that leverage and profit from consumer insecurity through her cosmetics company Holme Beauty. Holme Beauty was founded in 2021 in Melbourne, but the idea had been brewing for almost two decades prior.

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How Adore Beauty stores can compete in a crowded beauty market: Retail expert

Inside Retail

A mere three months into the role as CEO at Adore Beauty, Sacha Laing has confirmed why he is the man for the beauty company’s strategic refresh with a three-year plan to transform the e-commerce business into a considerable force in bricks-and-mortar retail.

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Why health, fitness and beauty brands are getting real (and funny)

Inside Retail

Health, fitness and beauty. A simple image search for health and fitness reveals screeds of bronzed, impossibly-toned bodies, paired with motivational slogans encouraging people to try harder, reach further, strive, dominate, or ‘just do it’. We’re seeing a similar shift in the beauty industry.

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From supplements to skincare: Why wellness brand Swiish is entering beauty

Inside Retail

Swiish takes an inside-out approach to wellness with its supplement range and now it has extended its holistic approach to beauty with a skincare range. Consumers want products that fulfil their aesthetic needs as well as their short-term and long-term health concerns. Swiish stands out because we are leaders, not followers.

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Why the rise of animal-based skincare could signal the end of vegan beauty

Inside Retail

Vegan beauty has quickly become the industry standard in recent years but the rise in popularity of animal-based skincare hints at a shift in consumer behaviour. What started with bone broth and collagen supplements has quickly turned into topical products as the market’s obsession with youth and anti-ageing grows.

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Adore Beauty names former Alquemie Group head as CEO

Inside Retail

Adore Beauty has appointed Sacha Laing as its new CEO, effective October 1. Prior to joining Adore Beauty, Laing served as the CEO and executive director of Alquemie Group, CEO of General Pants Co, and CEO of Colette by Colette Hayman. Laing has also previously served as COO of Country Road Group, and CMO of David Jones.

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Chemist Warehouse is eying the beauty sector. Should Priceline be worried?

Inside Retail

Additionally, Chemist Warehouse unveiled its store-within-a-store luxe beauty concept Ultra Beauty in June, indicating a much larger focus on the beauty sector and potentially a more competitive environment for both retailers in the future. . Priceline is very much centred around beauty,” Mortimer told Inside Retail.