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WSL Event Explores Consumers’ Health Care Needs

June 17, 2024June 17, 2024 by Maryann Javier

By Scot Meyer, JUNE 10, 2024 || A Publication of Chain Drug Review NEW YORK — Speaking at WSL’s recent event here, CVS Health’s Erin Condon talked about how consumer expectations around health care are changing, requiring a more personalized, inclusive and holistic approach. "At the end of the day, health is about living," Condon ... Read more

9 Takeaways From WSL Strategic Retail’s Annual Health Symposium

June 17, 2024June 10, 2024 by Maryann Javier

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By Emily Burns, JUNE 06, 2024 || BeautyInc – A Publication of WWD Speakers hailed from key wellness companies including The Vitamin Shoppe, CVS Health, Kroger Health, HerMD and more. On Thursday, WSL Strategic Retail hosted its annual health symposium, this year titled “Beyond Wellness: The Future of Health. What Shoppers Really Want.” Hosted in ... Read more

How Women’s Health Brands Are Driving the Future of the Category

November 24, 2023October 17, 2023 by Maryann Javier

By Emily Burns, OCT 06, 2023 || BeautyInc. – A Publication of WWD A look at how brands including Womaness, Kindbody and Bayer are employing products, campaigns and community to destigmatize women's health. At the Beauty & Wellness Forum, Wendy Liebmann, chief executive officer and chief shopper at WSL Strategic Retail, led a discussion on ... Read more

Cosmoprof North America 2023: The Key Takeaways

August 14, 2023July 24, 2023 by WslAdmin

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By James Manso, July 21, 2023 || BeautyInc. – A Publication of WWD BEAUTY IS BOOMING — and so is Cosmoprof North America. The beauty trade show, which celebrated its 20th anniversary in Las Vegas last week, saw a swell of entrants flock to the floor. "Forty- four percent of the attendees at Cosmoprof are ... Read more

Gen Z and Millennials Pave New Retailer Trends in WELLness

February 6, 2023November 14, 2022 by WslAdmin

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We asked shoppers which health conditions they are managing most today, then broke the responses down by generations. The results: members of Gen Z and Millennials are dealing with a range of unpredicted wellness issues. And they’re not all are turning to traditional physicians. Retailers, get in front of this – now. Millennials or Gen ... Read more

Why Gen X Could Be Beauty’s Biggest Consumer Base

July 24, 2023October 24, 2022 by WslAdmin

By Emily Dougherty, October 21, 2022 || BeautyInc. - A Publication of WWD Women over the age of 50 have been routinely ignored by marketers for decades. Now, though, healthier and wealthier than any generation of women before them, Gen X is coming resolutely into focus. As American women age, they start feeling invisible and undervalued. This ... Read more

Maesa Launches Itk Skin Care Brand With TikTok Stars Brooklyn, Bailey McKnight

January 10, 2023August 25, 2022 by WslAdmin

By James Manso on August 19, 2022 || BeautyInc. - A Publication of WWD TikTok creators Brooklyn and Bailey McKnight's new Gen Z skin care brand Itk is launching Monday in an exclusive partnership with Walmart as the retailer bids on younger, digitally native consumers. With Gen Z street cred on one hand and brand-building prowess ... Read more

What’s On Trend For Retail In 2022? Here Are 5 Predictions

February 7, 2023December 14, 2021 by WslAdmin

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By Bryan Pearson on December 3, 2021 || Forbes If the past two years have taught the retail industry anything, it’s to meet the unexpected, eye-to-eye, with more of the unexpected. Unexpected as in surprising channels, unpredictable brand partnerships and even a dose of the expected. Because consumer desires have not changed; they still want shopping to ... Read more

Beauty’s Retail Reckoning: Specialty and Mass Retail Poised for Further Gains

December 14, 2022November 2, 2021 by WslAdmin

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By Allison Collins on October 29, 2021 || WWD The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have specialty retailers including Sephora and Ulta Beauty poised to gain even more market share in the U.S., experts said. How many brick-and-mortar retail stores does the beauty industry actually need? That’s the question those in the industry are asking themselves in ... Read more

Beauty Spending Will Look Different in 2021

December 14, 2022March 2, 2021 by WslAdmin

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By Allison Collins on February 26, 2021 || WWD “They’re calling it the she-session. That’s going to affect beauty sales, that’s going to affect the quest for value." New year, new beauty shopping habits? For several months, industry insiders have whispered predictions of a “trade down to mass,” insinuating that consumers who have been hurt by the economic fallout from ... Read more

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