A new pan-European analysis from beauty brand Catrice has cast a data-driven spotlight on the shifting intersection of fashion, beauty, and wellness across the continent — with London emerging as Europe’s definitive style capital, combining a high density of beauty services, wellness interest, and social media clout. The study, which evaluated...
7 Apr 2025
American retailer Target is kickstarting 2025 with an expansion to its wellness category, adding more than 2,000 new items, including more than 600 exclusives. In a statement, Target said the expansion across multiple categories, including beauty, hair health, wellness technology, and apparel, was part of the retailer’s strategy to take an...
13 Jan 2025
K-beauty, blusher, hyaluronic acid and bespoke haircare are among the most in-demand products across beauty and wellness in 2024, according to British retailer Boots. As the UK’s leading health and beauty retailer, Boots stocks more than 600 healthcare brands and over 500 beauty brands, and it has analysed search and sales data from across the...
19 Dec 2024
Global sportswear brand Reebok is making moves in the wellness space with a new partnership with Generation Joy to launch a line of sports nutrition and performance supplements. The Reebok-branded supplements have been designed to cater to a “broad audience, from committed gym-goers to the wellness-obsessed and weekend warriors,” explains the...
15 Oct 2024
London-based Fresha, the marketplace platform for beauty and wellness, has secured a 31 million US dollar venture debt facility from J.P. Morgan to accelerate its expansion into new markets and invest in machine learning and AI-powered robotics. Fresha offers subscription-free business software with embedded payment processing and a consumer...
21 Aug 2024
Mōdere, a global, clean lifestyle, health and wellness brand of household, and beauty and personal care products, has named Nate Frazier as president and chief operating officer, and as executive chairman of the company’s board of directors, effective immediately. In a statement, Mōdere said that Frazier brings more than two decades of...
19 Dec 2023
Playground, a sexual health and wellness company of water-based personal lubricants, has announced that Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Christina Aguilera is joining as co-founder and chief brand advisor. The brand, which had a soft-launch last year, offers good-for-you intimacy products that aim to improve women's sexual pleasure and...
4 Apr 2023
Actress, producer and director Halle Berry has a new role, joining Pendulum Therapeutics, a metabolic health and biotech company, as its chief communications officer, after becoming an equity owner and investor. In a statement, Pendulum said that Berry has been an “avid customer” for more than a year, and as an equity owner and investor, the...
13 Feb 2023
There is another celebrity beauty line in town as supermodel Kate Moss has launched Cosmoss, a skincare and wellness brand offering balance and rejuvenation. Cosmoss is inspired by Moss’ own wellness journey and is a “celebration of every day exactly as it is, with all its imperfections”. The model, who has fronted numerous brands over the...
2 Sept 2022
Paris department store Galeries Lafayette Haussmann has said it will be unveiling a new space in its main Cupola building, completely dedicated to wellness offerings. To be opened this coming summer, the location will span an entire 3,000 square metre floor and aims to “democratise access to wellness”, a sector the retailer said is still “highly...
12 Apr 2022
Fitness brand Alo Yoga has announced the opening of its virtual Alo Sanctuary in Roblox, offering users an immersive digital space for yoga and meditation. The experience looks to bring more awareness to the importance of well-being, welcoming Roblox users to learn more about the topic through guided meditations and on-demand yoga content....
11 Feb 2022
In keeping with its 2022 creative theme Superfutures, Selfridges has launched a well-being project, Superself, offering online and offline shoppers the opportunity for “self-discovery” through personal innovations and self-care projects. Superself activations will include Retail Therapy and coaching experiences in partnership with Stack World,...
4 Feb 2022