QVC and HSN CMO Brian Beitler: Video commerce is becoming the new standard
Although QVC may have set the blueprint for modern-day livestream shopping, which was accelerated by the pandemic, the televised home shopping network was not exempt from the challenges of the past ye...
22 Jul 202138min
SuperOrdinary CEO Julian Reis on being exactly where the customer is
Despite taking a self-proclaimed non-traditional career path, Julian Reis, founder and CEO of beauty incubator SuperOrdinary, credits his initial experience in the conventional finance industry as the...
15 Jul 202141min
Revlon CEO Debra Perelman on matching the "timelessness" of her brands with the "timeliness" of the moment
From pouring over Revlon magazine ads as a young girl to becoming the first female CEO of the company in 2018, Debra Perelman personifies the “emotional connection” consumers have with beauty. “A big ...
8 Jul 202138min
Kjaer Weis CEO Gillian Gorman Round: "Luxury is not having everything all of the time"
Gillian Gorman Round may have spent her career in big beauty, from L'Oréal to Gucci Group to most recently Revlon, but she couldn't turn down the opportunity to become CEO at Kjaer Weis, even in the m...
1 Jul 202134min
Walmart's Musab Balbale: "The ethos of Gen Z squarely matches Walmart's ethos"
If the idea of Walmart as a beauty hub seems new, then the expansion of the nation’s leading grocer’s beauty e-commerce business by Musab Balbale may be equally disruptive. Balbale, the merchandising ...
24 Jun 202132min
Hyram Yarbro on his new beauty brand: 'The primary intent is social change'
From growing up on a cattle ranch to having his face grace the shelves of Sephora, skinfluencer Hyram Yarbro, 25, has taken the beauty world by storm due to his honest yet informative persona. “When ...
17 Jun 202152min
Ben Bennett of The Center: “I disagree that the market is saturated”
It was Ben Bennett’s first job working at Limited Brands that showed him the power of working on a portfolio of businesses. Early in his career, Bennett, the founder and CEO of beauty brand incubator ...
10 Jun 202148min
Charlotte Cho on Soko Glam and Then I Met You: "We have the best of both worlds"
Charlotte Cho, Soko Glam co-founder and Then I Met You founder, was one of the original purveyors of K-Beauty in the U.S. But nearly nine years after launching the e-commerce platform Soko Glam, she a...
3 Jun 202137min
