
James Manso
Beauty and Fashion Market Editor at Women's Wear Daily (WWD)
Beauty market editor @WWD | Bylines at @LOfficielUSA, @DuJourMedia. Opinions are my own. [email protected].
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6 days ago |
wwd.com | Alex Wynne |Jenny B. Fine |Faye Brookman |Emily Burns |Kathryn Hopkins |Noor Lobad | +5 more
Speed and agility were the buzzwords of 2024, so it's apropos that beauty sales broke the $250 billion barrier for the first time last year. But there are clouds on the horizon. What's clear from the 2024 WWD Beauty Inc Top 100, our annual ranking of the world's largest beauty companies by sales, is that the industry is undergoing seismic shifts as a result of geopolitical tensions, technological advances and a consumer landscape that is more complex than ever before.
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1 week ago |
wwd.com | James Manso |Jennifer Weil
A rising tide may lift all boats, but the same can't be said for rising tariffs. Beauty brands are bracing themselves for steep increases in packaging costs after the U.S. slapped 125 percent tariffs on China last week, where a large chunk of key components are manufactured.
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2 weeks ago |
wwd.com | James Manso
Jones Road is growing, and isn't ruling out any area for expansion. The brand, founded by Bobbi Brown in 2020, is launching a new complexion product, with fragrance on the way; opening retail stores in Austin and Philadelphia's Chestnut Hill before expanding its website to ship to Australia and more countries in the European Union, and has named Brown's son Cody Plofker chief executive officer and Chrissy DeVries chief operating officer, respectively.
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2 weeks ago |
wwd.com | James Manso
TPH by Taraji is now under the full control of its founder. Taraji P. Henson, who founded TPH by Taraji in 2020 with Maesa, has bought the brand outright from the incubator behind Fine'ry, Kristin Ess and Being Frenshe, among others. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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2 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | James Manso
TPH by Taraji is now under the full control of its founder. Taraji P. Henson, who founded TPH by Taraji in 2020 with Maesa, has bought the brand outright from the incubator behind Fine’ry, Kristin Ess and Being Frenshe, among others. More from WWDFinancial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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