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- 25 Jun 2007
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Beauty Entrepreneur Madam Walker
evangelists," as well as appealing and effective products that inspired consumer loyalty—held sway over the popularization of beauty products that were just emerging for all women, black as well as... View Details
- 11 Jul 2006
- Working Paper Summaries
Globalizing the Beauty Business Before 1980
Keywords: by Geoffrey G. Jones
- February 2018 (Revised August 2023)
- Case
Nykaa.com: A Passion for Beauty
By: Paul Gompers, Anjali Raina and Rachna Chawla
Being an entrepreneur was a childhood dream for Falguni Nayar. The opportunity to build Nykaa.com, a woman-centered business, with a multi-brand retail format in the beauty and wellness space, and the fact that she was doing it with her daughter Adwaita (HBS MBA 2013)... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Leadership; Organizational Culture; Information Technology; Human Resources; Brands and Branding; Operations; Marketing; Decision Making
Gompers, Paul, Anjali Raina, and Rachna Chawla. "Nykaa.com: A Passion for Beauty." Harvard Business School Case 218-049, February 2018. (Revised August 2023.)
- February 2006
- Case
Bumble and bumble: Building a Successful Business in Beauty and Fashion
By: Nancy F. Koehn and Erica Helms
Explores the creation and subsequent rise of Bumble and bumble, a trend-setting hair-care company. Analyzes the vision and achievements of the founding entrepreneur, Michael Gordon, and charts the evolution of the company within the $230 billion global beauty industry.... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Entrepreneurship; Brands and Branding; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Strategy; Financial Condition; Business Growth and Maturation; Success; Distribution; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry
Koehn, Nancy F., and Erica Helms. "Bumble and bumble: Building a Successful Business in Beauty and Fashion." Harvard Business School Case 806-084, February 2006.
- 02 Jul 2024
- News
The Beauty Guide
comfort of marketing and join sales, to learn the business from the inside out. That move served her well. She ended up leading Neutrogena, eventually becoming president of US Beauty at Johnson & Johnson.... View Details
- 05 Jun 2019
- Blog Post
Exploring the Beauty Industry through an Independent Project
completed an Independent Project under the guidance of a professor. In recent years, the beauty industry has fundamentally changed – incumbents are being disrupted by direct-to-consumer brands, customer data is being used to deliver a... View Details
- 27 Aug 2019
- News
Lipstick Tips: How Influencers Are Making Over Beauty Marketing
- 2011
- Book
Beauty Imagined. A History of the Global Beauty Industry
By: G. Jones
Keywords: Beauty and Cosmetics Industry
Jones, G. Beauty Imagined. A History of the Global Beauty Industry. Beijing: Tsinghua University Press, 2011, Chinese Mandarin ed.
- 24 Mar 2014
- News
Birchbox Finds Beauty in Bricks and Mortar
- 2013
- Chapter
The Global and the Local in the Beauty Industry: A Historical Perspective
By: G. Jones
This chapter explores the impact of the global beauty industry on beauty ideals. It shows that as the industry internationalized from the late nineteenth century, there was a homogenization of beauty ideals and practices around the world. Western and white beauty... View Details
Keywords: Business History; Globalization; History; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Asia; Europe; Latin America; Middle East; North and Central America; South America
Jones, G. "The Global and the Local in the Beauty Industry: A Historical Perspective." Chap. 1 in Globalizing Beauty: Consumerism and Body Aesthetics in the Twentieth Century, edited by Hartmut Berghoff and Thomas Kuhne, 25–40. Worlds of Consumption. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
- 29 May 2013
- Blog Post
It’s going to be a beautiful summer…
know, the really large beauty retailer” I replied. “Oh I think my [sister] [mom] [wife] buys her makeup there do you work at a store?” .. No, no, it’s not what you think. Or maybe it is. In any case, I am... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
- January 1989 (Revised February 1989)
- Case
Bella Beauty Products, Inc. (G)
Keywords: Beauty and Cosmetics Industry
Shapiro, Benson P. "Bella Beauty Products, Inc. (G)." Harvard Business School Case 589-084, January 1989. (Revised February 1989.)
- October 1988 (Revised February 1990)
- Case
Bella Beauty Products, Inc. (F)
Keywords: Beauty and Cosmetics Industry
Shapiro, Benson P. "Bella Beauty Products, Inc. (F)." Harvard Business School Case 589-034, October 1988. (Revised February 1990.)
- March 2006 (Revised October 2006)
- Teaching Note
L'Oreal and the Globalization of American Beauty (TN)
Teaching Note to 805086. View Details
Keywords: Beauty and Cosmetics Industry
- Research Summary
Evolution of the Global Beauty Industry
This research examines the global beauty industry, which includes cosmetics, deodorants, fragrances, hair care, oral hygiene and skin care. Today global sales of cosmetics and toiletries are in excess of U.S. $380 billion. This research examines the growth of this... View Details
- 10 Sep 2020
- News
The Beautiful Discomfort of Being Betwixt and Between
- September 1988
- Supplement
Bella Beauty Products, Inc. (D)
Keywords: Beauty and Cosmetics Industry
Shapiro, Benson P. "Bella Beauty Products, Inc. (D)." Harvard Business School Supplement 589-032, September 1988.