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April 21, 2026

Awards

Favorite Daughter, eos and Sol de Janeiro are 2026 Future Leader Awards finalists

The Future Leader Awards, presented by Digiday, Glossy and Modern Retail, recognize the next generation of leaders making a significant impact in their industry, with 10 years of experience or less. This year’s finalists demonstrate how growth is driven by leaders who pair sharp cultural awareness with disciplined execution.

Beauty

Exclusive: The Laundress co-founder returns to luxe laundry with Lindry Lab

Lindsey Boyd, with co-founder Gwen Whiting, founded The Laundress in 2004. In 2019, Unilever acquired the luxe laundry brand, and Boyd stepped away from the business. Now, she's back with Lindry Labs, which approaches laundry differently than The Laundress did two decades ago.

Fashion

Uniqlo bets on neighborhood stores to scale US growth, starting in New York

Uniqlo is reworking its New York retail strategy, shifting from flagship-led growth to a network of neighborhood stores designed to capture daily foot traffic and repeat visits.

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Glossy Research: 3 out of 4 brand leaders are using AI for data analysis, but ROI on AI spend remains modest

At our AI Marketing Strategies event, Glossy surveyed dozens of business leaders about how they use AI and the results they've seen so far.

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How one sun care brand leveraged TikTok Shop’s halo effect

Most brands measure TikTok Shop as a sales channel. Carroten measured it as a demand engine, and the numbers changed everything — doubling exposure and driving revenue up 224% year over year.

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Beauty Briefing: How Mind Games achieved double-digit sales growth with no hero fragrance

It’s not uncommon for fragrance brands to rely on one top seller to drive a quarter or even a third of overall sales. But Mind Games, the luxury chess-inspired fragrance brand launched by Alex Shalbaf in 2022, is going a different route.

Fashion

Cider joins Revolve and Shein as online fashion brands open permanent retail stores

The Los Angeles-based fashion brand Cider has spent the last five years growing its online business and establishing itself as a go-to affordable competitor to brands like H&M and Shein. Now, after years of testing, Cider has opened its first permanent store in its hometown of Los Angeles.

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The cost brands face with outdated checkout experiences

From Glossy's sister brand Modern Retail: Brands know that delivering personalized and flexible experiences is essential to earning and retaining customers. Yet, even as teams refine the broader shopping journey, checkout is often where older systems reveal their limits.

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FROM MODERN RETAIL

‘It’s like getting Taylor Swift tickets’: Brands rush to request tariff refunds, with some snags

The tariff refunds process has been smoother for some folks than others, according to conversations Modern Retail had with half a dozen brands and entrepreneurs.

Beauty

The beauty industry welcomes a flood of new peptide products as ‘peptide therapy’ trends online

In many ways, 2026 is the year of peptides. Now, after a topical peptide surge in 2023 that included peptide skin care from Goop, Glow Recipe and Naturium, it seems the beauty industry is in for another wave. Glossy sat down with several brand founders and execs betting on the rise of new peptide products.

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