All Glossier articles
Beauty and retail brand Glossier has built a cult following since it launched in 2014. The business was founded by Emily Weiss, who started a beauty blog Into the Gloss in 2010. In 2014, she announced the launch of Glossier.com and also unveiled the brand’s first beauty products available to buy. Popular among millennials, Glossier has attracted the help of several venture capitalist funds including Net-a-Porter founder Natalie Massenet. Glossier makes the majority of its revenue from online, however it does have stores in the US and UK.
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News
Glossier fulfils UK expansion ambitions with Space NK tie-up
Glossier has announced its partnership with high street beauty retailer Space NK, which will see the brand’s in-store and online presence expand in the UK and Ireland.
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News
Glossier signs exclusive UK retail partnership with Sephora
Glossier has entered its first retail partnership in the UK and will now be available in Sephora’s Westfield Shepherds Bush store as well as on Sephora’s website and app, from September 15.
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Gallery
Store gallery: Glossier 'returns to downtown roots' with New York flagship
Beauty brand Glossier has opened the doors of its ninth and latest flagship store in SoHo, New York City.
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Analysis
Analysis: What Glossier’s struggles reveal about the beauty industry in 2022
DTC beauty brand Glossier recently revealed that it would be laying off 80 employees – a third of its workforce. This is not the first spell of difficulty the brand has gone through since its founding in 2014. Retail Week examines what Glossier’s challenges mean for the beauty industry.
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Data
Data: The companies investors placed their bets on in 2021
2021 marked another tumultuous year for the retail industry, but some bright sparks grew - and have been rewarded with the investment to grow further. Retail Week explores the companies that received the most investment in the UK in 2021.
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Gallery
Store gallery: Glossier unveils first international flagship in Covent Garden
Beauty brand Glossier has revealed its first permanent base in London, opening its first international flagship in the oldest building in Covent Garden.
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Analysis
In pictures: Why Glossier, Google and more are going from clicks to bricks post-pandemic
As restrictions begin to ease, the post-pandemic world of retail is welcoming online players into bricks-and-mortar stores.
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Gallery
Gallery: The head-turning stores designed for Instagram
From oversized lollipops to millennial pink, Retail Week explores how retailers are winning in the social media space.
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News
Glossier extends run for ‘most successful’ London pop-up
Glossier has unveiled plans to keep open its London pop-up, which was due to close next month, until the end of 2020 following “an overwhelmingly positive response” from shoppers.
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Gallery
In pictures: Glossier unveils London pop-up store
Beauty brand Glossier has made its second foray into bricks and mortar in the UK with the launch of a pop-up on London’s iconic Floral Street.
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Analysis
Analysis: Could and should Pessina take Walgreens Boots private?
Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA) executive chairman Stefano Pessina is understood to be making an audacious play to take the health and wellness group private. Could he, and should he, pull it off?
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Analysis
Analysis: How to achieve cult brand status
This summer, Gwyneth Paltrow’s wellness brand Goop held its first summit in London, hot on the heels of the brand’s first UK shop in Notting Hill.
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Analysis
Analysis: Can retailers survive the rise of direct to consumer?
Brands are increasingly cutting out the retail middlemen and selling direct to the consumer. How can retailers survive this growing retail phenomenon?
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Future Leaders
Analysis: Eight women who changed retail
To celebrate International Women’s Day, we take a look at some of the most influential women in retail who have broken down barriers and smashed through glass ceilings to pave the way for the next generation of female leaders.
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Analysis
Long read: The future of fashion
As London Fashion Week kicks off, Retail Week looks at what the future holds for the fashion industry, which is in the midst of unprecedented change.
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Analysis
Analysis: The trends and companies revolutionising US retail
While much of mainstream retail continues to suffer amid a changing consumer landscape, new models of commerce are emerging.
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Analysis
Retail Reimagined: Welcome to the beauty store 2.0
In the latest instalment of our Retail Reimagined series, Grace Bowden explores the beauty store 2.0.
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Analysis
Debenhams' beauty hall is innovative but problematic
Debenhams unveiled its Beauty Hall of the Future in Watford earlier this week, showing off a new take on the traditional beauty department.
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Analysis
Digital Leaders 2018: Who are the ones to watch?
As Retail Week launches its Digital Leaders Power List 2018, we profile those with the potential to make waves over the next 12 months.
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Interview
FeelUnique boss on growth ambitions and fresh investment
FeelUnique boss Joel Palix spoke to Retail Week about seeking fresh investment, international expansion and why bricks and mortar is “a headache”.