Marketing
November 11, 2025
"The Beauty Industry Growth Playbook" from Launchmetrics shows that overall segment growth slowed to 5 percent in 2025 after jumping 43 percent the previous year. Image courtesy of Launchmetrics
By Amirah Keaton
Beauty brands are confronting a dramatic period of deceleration, according to new research from software and data insights company Launchmetrics.
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