Dear Retail, We Miss You

While the past few years have been clouded by talk of a ‘retail-apocalypse’, the recent temporary closures of many retail locations has brought into focus just how false this narrative has been. If anything, we can all see now just how important retail is and the human interactions that come along with it. Without these […]

Ideas for Leveraging Your Field Team During COVID-19

These past few weeks have brought a quick wave of uncertainty for the retail industry as we continue to battle against a growing pandemic.  Many brands across the country, and the world, have needed to put their in-store field teams on pause and re-evaluate just about everything in their business. With all of the upheaval […]

How the New Gig Worker Bill Impacts the Beauty Industry

By Kelly Kovack, Founder of Beauty Matter Uber is often credited with unleashing the gig economy, but freelance workers have been the front line of the beauty industry at retail for decades. This army of beauty gig workers are the ultimate influencers—in that store, at that moment, for that consumer, they are the face of […]