At The Business of Beauty Global Forum, Bolt CEO Maju Kuruvilla shared his insights on how to leverage technology to personalise the shopper experience, at scale.

While 2020′s racial reckoning promised sweeping industry change, progress has been slow. Today, Black beauty brands are hoping to court their consumers in more creative ways.

As digital advertising costs climb, fashion brands are embracing events like in-store happy hours, trunk shows and parties in various formats to generate brand awareness and drive sales.

Doubts about the country’s post-pandemic recovery is making investors, and perhaps shoppers, nervous.

In a post-Covid retail landscape where consumers are seduced by the convenience of e-commerce, brands are introducing technology in store in an attempt to replicate that ease.

Beauty megadeals may be few and far between over the near term, but M&A will still be critical for buyers and sellers seeking growth, innovation and competitive product portfolios, reports The State of Fashion: Beauty.

Reliable sizing, sweet-spot pricing and contemporary – but not faddish – styles are helping high street retailer stand out.

How a unique approach to supply chain, design, communications and retail has powered blockbuster demand for iconic bags like the Birkin and Kelly, enabling the French leather goods house to face down rivals and become a global megabrand with a market capitalisation greater than Nike’s.