Since the Covid pandemic, the beauty industry has been outperforming many other product categories when it comes to sales growth. Several retailers are looking to capitalize on current trends by entering into partnerships to boost their branded offerings in the category. In 2025, the U.S. prestige beauty industry saw both dollar and unit sales grow […]
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Beauty Brands Support Women’s Sports
Beauty companies have been collaborators in women’s sports ever since the latter began its quick ascent in attendance and ratings not so long ago, and they remain as one of the preeminent partner types. This year has been particularly active for sponsorships involving women’s sports leagues, with several deals announced in 2025: In October, Glossier […]
Beauty Can Be Fleeting
Some analysts and observers have been predicting the end of the celebrity beauty trend for several years, as the market has grown saturated with myriad examples of celebrity-owned, licensed, and collaborative brands. While predictions of the demise of the entire sector haven’t come to pass, as Rihanna, Jessica Alba, Serena Williams, Harry Styles, and dozens […]
Hair Stylists Head Into New Opportunities
Hair stylists are very frequent collaborators on signature collections with brands that offer hair care-related products and services. As these celebrities become more well known professionally and personally, through reality shows and social media, they have occasionally had opportunities to step into sectors outside of hair care as well, especially within the beauty space. Some […]
Feeling Blue
A number of recent licensed and collaborative products have taken denim—or at least its look and feel—into categories where it has not traditionally had much of a presence: Lingerie. Last week, American Eagle said it was pairing with sibling lingerie and casual apparel brand Aerie for the first time to launch a limited collection of […]
Universal Skincare
By Karen Raugust on August 24, 2020 in Celebrity, Diversity/Inclusion, Health/beauty, Licensing, Wellness
One trend we’ve been watching for the past couple of years is the proliferation of celebrity cosmetics collaborations aimed at a diverse spectrum of colors and ethnicities. A more recent twist on the trend has consisted of skincare collaborations. Rather than a rainbow of different hues to appeal to the entire spectrum of skin color, […]
Sitting Pretty in the Pandemic
Almost since the beginning of the lockdown, pundits have been saying that demand for cosmetics would likely decline, as most of consumers’ time has been spent at home and, even as society re-opens to a degree, mask-wearing hides much of the face. This prediction has come true in many cases, as a large number of […]
The Company They Keep
A number of recent collaborations touching lifestyle categories such as apparel, footwear, and cosmetics have highlighted capsule collections inspired or designed by groups of celebrities. The initiatives, which integrate anywhere from three to six personalities simultaneously, tend to be mainly promotional in nature, but have a merchandise component as well. In recent months: Adidas premiered […]