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BY PHIL WAHBA // Fortune, February 11, 2020 Macy's wants to take more of its fate into its own hands. One of the key components of the comeback plan the struggling department store company unveiled to Wall Street last week is its ambition to turn four of its long-established in-house fashion brands—I.N.C. International Concepts, Alfani, Style & Co, and Charter ... Read more

The New York Times - By Sapna Maheshwari, Sept. 29, 2019 Forever 21, the California retailer that helped popularize fast fashion in the United States with its bustling stores and $5 tops, said on Sunday night that it would file for bankruptcy, a sign of the eroding power of shopping malls and the shifting tastes of young ... Read more

By Anne D'Innocenzio // AP News, June 12 2019 Black and other darker-skinned women had long struggled to find makeup that matched or complemented their skin. But a widening array of products is showing up at mainstream retailers with an eye toward the multicultural consumer. A big game changer was Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty collection, which was launched two ... Read more

Beauty Insight // January 22, 2019 // Issue 189 WSL Strategic Retail CEO & chief shopper Wendy Liebmann:  “Shoppers go to physical stores for a variety of reasons. ‘I want it now’, because [the product has] run out or because they saw it on Instagram, is still a viable reason to go to the store ... Read more

By Jenny B. Fine // January 9, 2019 - WWD Jean-André Rougeot comes from Benefit Cosmetics, where he drove sales to more than $1.5 billion. As chief executive officer of Benefit Cosmetics, Jean-André Rougeot helped propel the brand from a hero-product based business to a full-fledged line with over $1.5 billion in sales. Now the newly ... Read more