Beauty retailers diverging trajectories in Q2 26
With €2.62bn ($3.04bn) in sales, Ulta outpaces every other listed pure-play beauty retailer by a factor of nearly three, its…
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This could be the next wave of leading K-Beauty brands in the US
According to data from Spate, an AI-powered consumer trend intelligence platform that tracks Google searches and views on TikTok and Instagram, among the ten Korean skincare brands which saw their…
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August 24th 2026 Week Beauty News
Last week in beauty, Ulta grew double digits in H1 26 while Proya reported flat sales.
Bath & Body Works H1 sales down 2.7% as Q2 improves
Bath & Body Works' H1 2026 sales fell 2.7% to $2.892bn. Stores in the US and Canada fell 4.9% to…
Ulta net sales grew 10.0% in H1 2026
Ulta Beauty posted a 10.0% increase in H1 net sales to $6.2 billion. Q1 grew 11.1% and Q2 grew 8.9%,…
Saudi Arabia is driving the GCC beauty market
Data published by BeautyMatter and Beautyworld’s 2026 GCC in Focus report, based on Euromonitor estimates, forecasts the beauty market across…
GCC is still a growth market for beauty
Data published by BeautyMatter and Beautyworld’s 2026 GCC in Focus report, based on Euromonitor estimates, forecasts the region’s four main…