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Tuesday, October 15

Beauty

Will Travel Retail Soar Again?

As anyone who’s been to an airport recently (and waited in an endless security line) can attest to — travel is back with a vengeance. Unfortunately, travel retail, it seems, hasn’t followed suit.

Once the highest-flying of channels, beauty sales in airports have stalled since the pandemic, with one executive estimating turnover is about 70 percent of what it was during the boom times.

This week, European beauty editor Jennifer Weil has a full report from the Tax Free World Association annual conference, where brands and operators strategized on how to reverse the trend and restore dynamic growth.

Elsewhere this week, London bureau chief Samantha Conti takes us inside Fenwick’s newest beauty hall, and Emily Burns reports on Reebok’s entry into the ingestibles category, as well as the fastest growing wellness trends on TikTok. Spoiler alert: If Shilajit isn’t yet on your radar screen, it will be soon. — Jenny B. Fine, Editor in Chief, Beauty Inc

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Wellness

TikTok's Top 10 Fastest-growing Wellness Trends From Mouth Tape to Eye Massagers

Here, a look at the top 10 fastest-growing wellness trends according to Spate.

Beauty Features

EXCLUSIVE: Keke Palmer Is Bringing Her Storytelling Skills to Revlon's Creme of Nature - as Chief Brand Officer

"Keke will be instrumental in shaping how we communicate our overall brand to the end consumer," said Chandra Coleman, head of marketin …

Wellness

EXCLUSIVE: Reebok's Line of Sports Nutrition and Performance Supplements Has Arrived

The athletic brand is launching three ingestible products, including pre-workout, electrolytes and protein.

Beauty Features

Nails Inc. Eyes North America With Sale to Pacific World Corp.

Britain's Nails Inc. has been sold to consumer brand owner Pacific World Corp. in a deal valued at 30 million pounds. The plan is to ex …

Beauty Features

Look Good Feel Better's 2024 BeautyCares DreamBall Celebrates E.l.f. Beauty, JCPenney Executives and More

The auction raised more than $1.2 million alone for Look Good Feel Better.

Beauty Features

Fenwick Opens Biggest U.K. Beauty Hall Outside London

Fenwick's new beauty hall, the fruit of a five-year, 40 million pound refurbishment of the retailer's Newcastle flagship, spans 26,000 …