A new breed of buzzy beauty brands are using social media to drive rapid growth. But can they credibly command technology-style valuations?
In a market that is more competitive than ever, strategics and private equity firms alike are looking beyond makeup to acquisitions in skincare and haircare.
Beauty’s equivalents to fast fashion are buoying drugstore cosmetics brands. Grace Howard considers whether or not copying packaging, colours and — to some extent — formulas from high-end brands is ethical or even legal.
BoF talks to four former management consultants, now working in top positions in fashion, about their unconventional career paths.
Charlotte Tilbury, a member of the recently launched BoF 500, talks to Robin Mellery-Pratt about her wild childhood on Ibiza, the transformative power of makeup, and her new beauty brand that’s been a lifetime in the making.