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Comment on Ulta vs. Sephora by TheNhuch

TheNhuch — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 00:56:10 +0000

By the way, if you Google the word cosmetics, ULTA comes first followed by Mary Kay then Sephora in natural search. Sephora pays to be on top.

Comment on TB-Gate by Robyn

Robyn — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:53:17 +0000

Emrah has succeeded only in digging himself into a deeper and deeper hole. He's tried to backpeddle and cover his blunders by only making them worse. All he has suceeded in doing is showing his extremely poor salesmanship skills by peddling his product/service (the word service is used loosely here). A successful salesperson knows to provide the customer with what they want, not to threaten, intimidate, and force something down their throats. Robyn (one of those "dreaded" brands who talks to bloggers directly) www.PurelyCosmetics.com http://purelycosmetics.blogspot.com

Comment on TB-Gate by Bionic Beauty

Bionic Beauty — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:24:12 +0000

Thanks for the mention! It will be interesting to see what people outside the beauty world think of what happened with the Total Beauty CEO, his video response and the article responses by bloggers. Some of us are so close to the issue, so we see the tiny details.

Thanks again!
Jami (aka Bionic Beauty)

Comment on P&G Expands Men’s Offerings With Acquisition of The Art of Shaving by Leah

Leah — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:55:03 +0000

A further thought on this that I did not touch on – this is a clear foray into direct to consumer retail sales for P&G. Could this be a sign that P&G is growing increasingly tired of being squeezed on margins by big box retailers, namely Walmart? We'll keep a close eye on P&G's acquisition activity to understand if this push into retail is part of an overall business strategy, or this was simply a move to augment their men's offerings.

Comment on Twitterazzis are talking about Max Factor discontinuation in the US. by Shaun Abrahamson

Shaun Abrahamson — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 22:48:23 +0000

It might be interesting to see if someone purchases the brand. It seems from the response that there is still enough interest to continue in some form – perhaps its not big enough for P&G to worry about anymore, but could be a great business for someone else.

Comment on Luxury Products and Film – Dior Jumps on the Bandwagon by Leah

Leah — Thu, 21 May 2009 22:01:18 +0000

The film was released today – it’s a stunning tribute to Hitchcock-style films, and of course, Marion Cotillard looks amazing. John Galliano designed the costumes for the film as well. Follow this link to see the first chapter of the film- http://www.stylelist.com/blog/2009/05/20/diors-the-lady-noire-affair-chapter-1-now-showing/.

Comment on Internet Increasingly Important for Beauty Sales by Shaun Abrahamson

Shaun Abrahamson — Wed, 20 May 2009 17:42:38 +0000

Viewed in the context of big beauty brands, it seems reasonable that they would focus on brand building. However, the social web enables a new type of experience much more like the traditional retail counter model – a real person talking to another person about what they need and what products might work for them. We already know this works, it just got easier to do with more people.

Once brands realize that the social web just extends what they already know about how people learn about their products, I would be really surprised if they never turned back to the industrial approaches they have become so used to.

Comment on BEYONCE: top female of this decade? + new commercial by admin

admin — Tue, 05 May 2009 18:56:59 +0000