Beauty, Leadership & Embodiment
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Rethinking the Feedback Loop in the Beauty Industry
Digital Demand, Product Alignment, and Omnichannel Leadership For years, I’ve said the biggest mistake corporate teams make isn’t lack of effort. It’s delayed visibility. Not because people aren’t working hard.Because the system wasn’t built for this tempo. The beauty industry hasn’t slowed down. It has compressed. Digital demand now forms in real time, while product […] More
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The Beauty Account Executive in 2026: Leadership in a Compressed Budget Era
Evolution in Plain Sight In 2014, I wrote a piece called Retail Is Dead. Having built much of my career in New York City — ground zero for department store competition and digital disruption — watching e-commerce slowly erode counter authority in real time. In a market like NYC, where trend velocity moves faster and […] More
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Beauty Direction & Fashion Alchemy
Beauty Direction for the Janet Mandell Fashion Show Art Basel has a way of amplifying everything—pressure, expectations, opinions, Miami traffic. Everyone is watching, everyone wants the moment, and you better leave two hours early if you want to make it anywhere on time. This year, I led beauty direction for the Janet Mandell fashion show, […] More
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Retail is Dead (2026 Update)
Published: 2014Updated: January 2026 2026 Update: Retail Didn’t Die. It Reorganized. When I wrote this piece in 2014, I was working in New York City and watching e-commerce slowly chip away at department store authority. Influencers were rising. Smaller brands were bypassing traditional advertising models. Consumers were beginning to trust digital voices over in-store expertise. […] More