Monthly Archives: July 2009

Power of beauty blogs

 Power of Beauty Blogs Insight by Leah Konectors, a London-based organization that finds "connectors and mavens" that have both an online presence and the social networking power to influence product purchases on behalf of advertisers, recently released a report on the Top 50 Beauty Blogs.   It should come as no surprise that topping this list is [...]
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L’Oreal 100th – Social Media campaign in China

L’Oreal 100th – Social Media campaign in China Insight by Andrea How many of you have seen a Chinese website? Or know what are the top social networking sites there? Zero Degrees of Separation has published a great detailed review of the L’Oreal 100th campaign online in China providing great insights that could be helpful for anyone [...]
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Ulta vs. Sephora

Ulta vs. Sephora – The Battle Begins Insight by Leah A recent New York Times article highlighted how Ulta, a national chain of beauty stores, is close on the heels of its top competitor, Sephora.  Ulta, which was originally a discount retailer, currently has 331 stores nationwide (versus Sephora’s 230), but the big news is Ulta’s product offerings – the [...]
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Social media campaigns can help small players enter competitive markets

Social Media (Let’s call it marketing): great alternative for small companies Shared by Andrea Lexli, an aloe vera skin care company, launched a new campaign which includes several social marketing tools. They created a separate blog called Real Skincare Solutions (even has a different look and feel from the ecommerce site) featuring Jessica D’Air, a certified esthetician [...]
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Beiersdorf – New Corporate Website

Beiersdorf New Corporate Site – (Think NIVEA and La Prairie) Insight by Andrea Intrigued by what they called an “artistically and technically new concept” online,  I went to check the new Beiersdorf corporate site. To my surprise the content is amazing and really shows the that they are solid and serious company based on strong R&D and [...]
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Lancome and Mass Collaboration – Baby Steps

Lancome and Mass Collaboration Insight by Leah Lancome is again releasing The Pout a Porter lipstick – the brand has in the past teamed up with rising designers to create a lipstick that reflects their own personal style signature.  In the past, Lancome has teamed up with Behnaz Sarafpour, Proenza Schouler, Peter Som and Thakoon, much to [...]
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BellaSugar.com Product Reviews

 BellaSugar.com Product Reviews Shared by Leah As we all know, beauty purchases tend to be one of those "high involvement" categories for most women – it’s as important what you think as what other people are saying about the product.  Thus, the importance of product reviews for the beauty industry.  Bellasugar.com has a section of their website [...]
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Lauren Luke – Case Study

 Lauren Luke Case Study Shared by Leah For those of you who live and breathe make-up and social media as we do here at TheNhuch.com, Lauren Luke is dream-come-true success story.  A little background on Luke – she first began selling make-up brushes, eyeshadows and more on eBay, and soon found that she was bombarded with questions [...]
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Brand Relaunch: Lander Personal Products

Grand Brands Celebrates Overseas Lander Launch Shared by Andrea There seems to be a wave of brand revivals recently and perhaps this is a very interesting way to break through the industry clutter. I believe it probably makes more sense to invest in relaunching existing brands, with a solid equity (or at least some equity), than [...]
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