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Economy
Markets, trade, employment, prices and economic policy.
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Of the 247 claims in Economy with evidence either way, 93% held up.
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Glossier, Makeup by Mario and Westman Atelier haven’t found buyers.
From there, the company’s performance declined.
Anastasia Soare of Anastasia Beverly Hills bought back her shares from investors and is restructuring.
Ms. McGrath waited a year to release the Glass 001 Artistry Mask.
In 2025 came a head-scratcher: a collaboration with Candy Crush, in red-and-white candy cane packaging.
Three $10,000 ruby and diamond rings were hidden in boxes of makeup.
In 2020, the fashion and beauty giant Puig acquired a majority stake in Charlotte Tilbury.
Since then, Puig says, the brand has more than tripled its revenues.
Ulta is an unusual choice for fashion-driven makeup.
The chain attracts a price-conscious consumer, offering frequent discounts.
Managing distribution and deadlines was never its strong suit.
Ms. McGrath was instrumental in the looks of Doja Cat at a Schiaparelli couture show in 2023.
Charlotte Tilbury started her brand one year before Ms. McGrath.
Reaching $50 million in sales is another matter entirely.
If a brand doesn’t get significant scale quickly, it will actually get lost in the organization.
Pat McGrath Labs started missing deadlines and canceling some product introductions altogether.
Sephora turned its prized shelf space to other, brighter new things.
She wasn’t above Walmart or CVS, where she developed mass-market products as the global creative director of CoverGirl and Max Factor.
François Nars sold Nars Cosmetics to Shiseido in 2000 and bought an island in Bora Bora; it had worked for Bobbi Brown.
In those days, she was known to bring more than 80 trunks filled with cosmetics, reference books and sequins, just in case.
Recently analyzed in Economy
While some price increases stemmed from tariffs on imports, other factors like housing and food costs played a larger role.
June inflation hit its highest level since February, fueled by Trump's tariffs increasing prices on various goods.
Prices are now starting to rise because of tariffs.
The risk is that investors begin to doubt that the United States will pay back its debts and start demanding higher interest rates, stunting borrowing across the economy.
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The country is still on track to borrow what economists consider an alarming amount of money in the coming years.
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