Inside the CEW 2020 Beauty Awards

Despite the year’s specific burdens on the beauty industry, the CEW 2020 Beauty Awards proved the show must go on — even when done virtually over several days. The awards, which started on Nov. 12, were the most recent CEW event to take place online, following the Women’s Leadership Awards in October. The organization took advantage of the digital forum’s […]

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E-commerce Continues China Boom

As Singles Day approaches, e-commerce sales for prestige beauty products in China are on the rise. According to The NPD Group, e-commerce sales in China reached $710 million in August, up 61 percent year-over-year. Skin care was the best-performing category. Sales were up 71 percent year-over-year, and 59 percent of prestige beauty consumer bought skin-care online in August, according to […]

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Ingenuity in Action

Because life isn’t all Zoom meetings and no play, Beauty Inc asked some top execs to share what new skill they picked up during the coronavirus pandemic. “I got pretty good at DIY beauty in areas I’d previously outsourced. Most notably, at-home waxing. I was always too scared, but it is actually super easy. I also got much better at […]

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Sephora's Holiday Savings Event Is Coming — Here's What Beauty Insiders Need to Know

All products featured on Allure are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, we may earn an affiliate commission. It's the most wonderful time of the year — for beauty lovers, that is. Sephora just announced that its Holiday Savings Event is officially kicking off on Friday, October 30. It's the perfect opportunity […]

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Maybelline Is Donating $10 Million to Mental Health Nonprofits

Despite the lasting stigma surrounding mental health issues, we need to be addressing and seeking treatment for them — now more than ever. Due to self-isolation from the COVID-19 pandemic, adults have reported significantly worse mental health conditions than average, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported in June. Essential workers, unpaid caregivers, minorities, and young adults experienced […]

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Ulta Beauty Suspends Canada Launch

Ulta Beauty Inc. is pausing international expansion plans. The beauty retailer planned to launch in Canada next year, but said that it “has decided at this time to prioritize growth of its U.S. operations.” For now, Canada plans are on hold. Ulta said that investments into the Canada launch have been “limited to early-stage and infrastructure buildout and lease obligations […]

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Estée Lauder Withdraws Guidance, as Coronavirus ‘More Broadly’ Impacts Business

The Estée Lauder Cos. Inc. is withdrawing previous financial guidance because of the increasing severity of the coronavirus pandemic. The company put out a statement Wednesday saying that guidance for the second half of the fiscal year "reflected the best information available to us at the time, as well as our best estimates about the pace of recovery of our […]

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