Laurence Bacilieri
The New Season’s Gems (part two): Beauty Tech & Skincare
The expression “Beauty Tech & Skincare” now marks the entry of tech into the beauty sector. Several major brands offer to decode the...
The New Season’s Gems (Part one)
In the first half of 2023, luxury product sales reached 14 billion dollars in the USA, 15% more than the year before. The Mass Market...
The unbridled optimism of the American beauty market
The National Retail Association forecasted that sales from the year’s end (November and December) would increase by 8.5% to 10.5% (a...
USA: Drop the mask!
With the world re-opening, and those who have been vaccinated dropping their masks in the US, people are feeling freer and accepting...
America wakes up!
American consumer confidence has reached its highest point since the beginning of the pandemic : 109,7 points in March 2021, compared...
Future of Beauty: What are the prospects for makeup in the United States?
At the end of 2019, the makeup market was down 7%. With the outbreak of Covid-19 revenues fell by 52% (US$869 million), according to...
Victoria’s Secret or the failure of a conservative positioning?
When the Victoria’s Secret show was cancelled it didn’t come as a surprise. In May, it was reported by The New York Times that the show...
American insights: The new beauty millionaires
Yes, the beauty and skincare market in the US is saturated. However, some extremely savvy women had the feeling they could move things,...
‘Do Good, Feel Good’ and the beauty industry
"Do good, feel good" is a mechanism well known by psychologists. The more good deeds one does, the better one feels. This phenomenon...
Holiday Retail Insights
This year, the Thanksgiving weekend sales (Nov. 24-27) promised to be excellent. Good news, 45 % of Americans already started their...