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The making of a beauty king

2025/2/14
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Liz Segrin: 作为Fast Company的资深作者,我认为Sephora凭借其零售创新,已成为价值300亿美元高端美容行业中最强大的参与者。它控制着市场上美容品牌的命运,并领先于竞争对手。美容品牌创始人渴望进入Sephora,因为Sephora能够识别并储备新的美容品牌,并深入参与合作品牌的各个方面,从产品到包装,以确保其成功。品牌创始人愿意让Sephora控制品牌,因为Sephora能提供大量数据以帮助他们成功。Drunk Elephant、Rare Beauty和Sol de Janeiro等品牌都是在Sephora起家的。Sephora推动了高端洗发水市场的发展,改变了消费者对洗发水价格的认知。进入Sephora商店对品牌来说至关重要,美容品牌创始人都在努力争取机会。为了引起Sephora买家的注意,品牌会采取各种方法,包括发送产品和跟踪买家。为了进入Sephora,品牌需要签署独家协议,并支付高额的店内陈列费用,还需要将销售额的65%支付给Sephora,这远高于行业平均水平。品牌愿意投入大量资金进入Sephora,因为Sephora拥有庞大的美容爱好者群体和忠诚度计划。Sol de Janeiro的创始人通过被收购获得了巨额回报,但他们也承认将公司的控制权让给了Sephora。品牌在产品决策方面受到Sephora的影响,Sephora会否决品牌的设计理念,迫使品牌做出改变。被Sephora淘汰的品牌更愿意公开谈论与Sephora合作的负面影响。即使是J. Lo的美容品牌也未能达到Sephora设定的目标而被淘汰。为了在Sephora取得成功,品牌需要不断投入资金,这是一个压力巨大且昂贵的过程。在Sephora的环境中,只有少数品牌能成为大赢家,而许多品牌都在努力竞争。如今美容品牌众多,市场竞争激烈,因此需要零售合作伙伴的帮助才能成功。与Sephora合作需要付出高昂的成本,包括店内陈列、样品和员工培训等费用。品牌在与Sephora合作时需要进行复杂的权衡。Sephora创造了令人兴奋的店内体验,并在零售业中不断创新。但Sephora也在营造一种过度消费的文化,不断激发人们对新美容趋势的渴望,让人觉得永远不够美丽。 Noelle King: 我将与Fast Company的Elizabeth Segrin讨论Sephora在高端美容领域的影响力。品牌为了进入Sephora需要做出巨大的权衡,创始人对此有何看法?

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Sephora revolutionized high-end beauty and turned tiny brands into household names. Now, comes the reckoning. Fast Company’s Liz Segran on whether Sephora is too powerful.

This episode was produced by Amanda Lewellyn, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd and Andrea Kristinsdottir, and hosted by Noel King.

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Facade of Sephora store in Concord, California. Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images.

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