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Cosmetic Executive Women (CEW) announced the 29th Annual Beauty Creators Awards winning lineup across 33 categories and 1,000 entrants. “Our annual Beauty Creators Awards, now their 29th year, underscore CEW’s mission by celebrating beauty brands, innovative products and the people behind them,” said Carlotta Jacobson, CEW president. “It’s particularly exciting to be able to honor… Read more »

The Accelerated Analytics team has compiled a comprehensive overview of Hurricane Ian’s impact on the US. The report, which includes event timelines, tracking maps, civilian and business infrastructure damage analysis, focuses in on the significant impact that the storm has brought to our shores and to the retail industry as a whole. As road closures,… Read more »

Beauty brands “Beauty Stat”, “The Body Shop”, and “Fairy Tales Hair Care” partner with Accelerated Analytics for retail sales trend reporting. Beauty Stat – A cosmetic chemist founded, science-driven, and result focused skincare brand dedicated to providing the highest-quality and most effective beauty solutions for all skin types. The Body Shop – Ethically sourced and… Read more »

Happy Birthday (to all of us together)! On September 3rd of 2003, Accelerated Analytics kicked into action… and for the last 19 years, we’ve helped countless global and start-up brands gain better insights on their day-to-day retail operations. As our team reflects on all that we’ve been through in the industry together, we’re grateful for… Read more »

Two years into the pandemic, looking at beauty trends thus far in 2022, you can connect several of the trends back to their beginnings in 2020. The beauty segment has had a tumultuous couple of years. The highly-contagious coronavirus forced stay-at-home orders and mask-wearing — two things that hindered the sales of beauty items. At… Read more »

A recent study conducted by the retail innovation agency Outform, looks at more than 2,000 global respondents in the US, UK, and Germany. Specifically, they want: 59% in the study cite in-store shopping as their favorite, with 39% preferring to speak to consultants in-store… But only 16% feel that brand updates on social media help… Read more »

In a recent Retail Innovation Conference poll, consumers claim to want many COVID retail response innovations to go on. Specifically, they want: Seamless omnichannel support across online, offline, mobile, and social channels… Continued post-COVID conveniences they’ve become accustomed to like curbside pickup… Brands and retailers committing to social issues such as sustainability, diversity, and equity…… Read more »

LP wins Merchandising Partner of the Year for Lumber, listing both product innovation and Retailer-Vendor communication as important factors in the win. LP took this lead ahead of several hundred Lumber department suppliers, highlighting the significance of this win as LP Director of National Sales and Marketing for OSB Craig Miles listed innovation as a… Read more »

Accelerated Analytics has released the latest in a series of retail industry whitepapers, Improving Performance With Out Of Stock Analysis. This document reintroduces the reader to the steps to arrive at the valuation, the history, as well as tips on better applying it to your own business. This whitepaper joins other recent documents in the… Read more »

While mall traffic was recently up 80% from 2020 numbers, and even higher than 2019 numbers (in some areas for Simon Property Group), the rapidly increasing spread of the COVID Delta variant, coupled with impending mask mandates similar to what we saw in 2020, means that the expected retail boom of 2021 will likely fall… Read more »