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Rachel Strugatz & Lauren Sherman September 11, 2024
A dip into the recent plot twists of the nearly half-trillion-dollar beauty industry: Inside LVMH’s Givenchy fumble, the pivot away from “clean beauty,” the Sephora Industrial Complex, and the Drunk Elephant-ization of niche.
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Rachel Strugatz September 4, 2024
News, notes, and dish from the evolving front lines of the celebrity beauty sub-industry: Blake Lively’s drama-filled debut, Lady Gaga’s surprise comeback, and Gwen Stefani’s doubtful shelf-life.
Earlier this month, Givenchy released a “new and improved,” talc-free version of Prisme Libre, bowing to the clean beauty trend.
Rachel Strugatz August 28, 2024
Givenchy Beauty’s botched release of a “clean” version of its top-selling product carries a lesson for competitors and a headache for parentco LVMH.
Fabrizio Freda
Rachel Strugatz August 21, 2024
Notes on the accelerated retirement of C.E.O. Fabrizio Freda, the two senior executives following him out the door, and whether Jane Lauder will step into her uncle Leonard’s old job running the family cosmetics empire.


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Rachel Strugatz August 14, 2024
Blake Lively is having a moment, and now she’s got a haircare line to prove it. Is the early success of Blake Brown the result of her goofy authenticity, a genius marketing instinct, or both?
Kory Marchisotto
Rachel Strugatz August 7, 2024
How the multibillion-dollar cosmetics kingpin outmaneuvered rivals through savvy marketing (Jennifer Coolidge!), employee equity, and behaving more like a Silicon Valley startup than a New York beauty brand.
Vennette Ho
Rachel Strugatz July 31, 2024
News, notes, updates, and gossip on the beauty industry’s slightly underwhelming, but rapidly ascending, summer of deal-making.
tom ford beauty ad
Rachel Strugatz July 24, 2024
The worst-named beauty product in history has become a metaphor for the demise of Tom Ford Beauty.


Tracey Travis
Rachel Strugatz July 17, 2024
The midsummer departure of Estée Lauder’s Tracey Thomas Travis raises some renewed questions about the future of the family-controlled, $23 billion cosmetics company.
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Rachel Strugatz July 10, 2024
News and notes on the latest beauty industry chatter: Goop’s brick-and-mortar expansion, and the executive shuffle at Pat McGrath Labs.
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