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11/26/2025

This week, I checked in with leaders in the vitamin sticker category, including execs at The Good Patch, Barrière, and Esker. The category revolves around transdermal, sticker-like patches that deliver active ingredients through the skin, like Vitamin D, ashwagandha and NAD+.

11/26/2025

Facing increased competition in the retail sphere, department store stalwarts Macy’s and Nordstrom are doubling down on their beauty footprint with an increased emphasis on services and expanded brand offerings.

11/26/2025

Longevity and performance is far from a new topic in perfume. But an evolving customer base is changing how fragrance makers are tackling the criteria. There’s now a rise in high-concentration perfumes, as well as new fragrance layering products like perfume “primers” and “enhancers.” 

Glossy editor-in-chief Jill Manoff and reporter Emily Jensen discuss.

11/25/2025

The company announced on Monday the full acquisition of Luxury in Reach, a handbag resale platform founded by Lauren Lynch Schuster, who is joining the 1916 Company to oversee the sales of designer handbags.

11/25/2025

It’s hard to say no to a free doughnut. Or at least that’s what By Rosie Jane founder Rosie Johnston is banking on for the first edition of her Smell Good Saturdays pop-up.

This week, I checked in on the strategy behind the fragrance brand By Rosie Jane’s Smell Good Saturdays pop-up series.

11/24/2025

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11/24/2025

A year ago, the French sportswear brand Salomon had only one store in the U.S., a flagship it had newly opened in New York City's SoHo neighborhood. Now, it has five American stores with more planned for next year.

11/24/2025

Holiday shoppers are prioritizing value as a flurry of big-box earnings were reported this week. Sales at off-price retailers like Ross and TJX, parent company to TJ Maxx, Marshalls and Homegoods, soared while spending at Walmart increased and Target tumbled. According to company leaders, TJX sales are driven by lower-income individuals, while Walmart saw its number of wealthy shoppers grow.

Holiday shoppers are prioritizing value as a flurry of big-box earnings were reported this week. Sales at off-price retailers like Ross and TJX, parent company to TJ Maxx, Marshalls and Homegoods, soared while spending at Walmart increased and Target tumbled. According to company leaders, TJX sales....

11/21/2025

International reporter Zofia Zwieglinska and editor-in-chief Jill Manoff are joined by Preston Konrad, founder of the home and fragrance brand Preston Lane, to talk about the biggest holiday trend of the season: Ralph Lauren Christmas.

11/21/2025

In this week’s Luxury Briefing, a look at how small, independent labels are adapting to a shifting luxury landscape. Plus, new insights from Bain and Altagamma on the state of the global market. In earnings, updates from Mulberry and LuxExperience. Executive moves include a key appointment at Versace. And in News to Know, app launches, brand relaunches, strategic resets and geopolitical tensions shape the week.

In this week’s Luxury Briefing, a look at how small, independent labels are adapting to a shifting luxury landscape.

11/21/2025

Last weekend, over 4,000 people lined up on New York City's Mott Street to experience MCo Beauty's first pop-up. The brand's main goal, according to CMO Meridith Rojas, was to build community.

11/20/2025

Global CMO of Assembly, Bria Bryant, unpacks the new customer journey — and takes us shopping at Printemps and Scent Bar — in this video. Sponsored by MiQ.