Trends & Insights

A new report reveals that eight widely used beauty ingredients, including palm oil, cocoa and shea nuts, carry high risks of child and forced labour. Here's what it means for conscious consumers.

Veteran fashion makeup artist Lucy Bridge is making the case for bold, expressive colour in beauty with her new book 'Colour Mode' — part guide, part archive, part manifesto.

Category expansion can drive fast growth and longevity for beauty and fashion brands. Here's how to balance rapid product development with a coherent point of view.

Victoria Beckham Beauty has become a major player in the cosmetics industry, with its makeup line now accounting for 60% of the designer's business. Global retailers and acquirers are taking notice of this growing success.

WWD reports on Galderma's $1.5 billion acquisition of ZO Skin Health, signaling deeper dermatological skincare consolidation, while separate WWD articles show fashion brands and celebrities expanding into new categories—from Jenni Kayne's natural denim to Sergio Hudson's kids' line and Erin Walsh's Rebecca Taylor collaboration. Together, these moves suggest a strategic convergence: brands are leveraging trusted expertise and star power to stretch across categories, though the sample size of six articles limits any claim of a sweeping global trend.