Beauty Retailers Face New Challenges Post-COVID

Beauty Retailers Face New Challenges Post-COVID

The major beauty chains used to drive customers into stores with promises of free product testing and salon services. How will they adapt to a new world?

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September 22, 2020

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5 Min

Beauty Retailers Face New Challenges Post-COVID
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Dean DeBiase - Revieve Chairman

Dean DeBiase - Revieve Chairman

Named a “Growth Guru” by Inc., Dean DeBiase has served in CEO roles of a dozen companies, accelerating them through market-making hyper-growth phases. He has also been the CEO of Fortune 500 subsidiaries, and a director on public, private, family-enterprise, CVC, PE and VC boards.  

Today, Dean is the Executive Chairman of Revieve, a personalized digital brand experience company, and Reboot Partners, which helps organizations tackle their most challenging issues, and seize emerging market opportunities. He is also Faculty Member at Kellogg School of Management, a Technology Fellow at Northwestern University, a Board Leadership Fellow at NACD, and an Advisor to the NSF.

A popular keynote speaker and best-selling author, Dean is a frequent media guest and commentator on CNBC, CNN and Fox, and contributor to Forbes and Fortune. Dean is the Executive Producer and Host of The Reboot Chronicles Podcast and is working on his next book, Dancing with Startups.

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Revieve develops new beauty AI tools to drive customer engagement

The new features use AR and AI technology to determine skin tone and factors affecting the skin

AR tech firm Revieve has developed two new digital tools that it hopes will drive engagement with customers for its retailer partners.

The No-Touch Skin Tone Analysis Solution uses video analysis and images of skin to determine consumer’s skin tones for foundation matching, bypassing the need for optimal lighting conditions or colour calibration cards.

Also new to market is Revieve’s AI skin diagnostic tool.

The Live Video Selfie Analysis solution enables the user to determine health and beauty-related factors affecting their skin directly through a live feed.

“Providing consumers with engaging and fun ways to connect with their favourite beauty brands and retailers is now table-stakes in the industry,” said Revieve’s CEO Sampo Parkinnen.

“These platforms enhancements are geared to help these brands and retailers better connect with their audience and create a more seamless beauty experience for the consumer.”

Last year, the brand released an in-depth granularity analysis tool for wrinkles and dark spots, which measures both the size and intensity of lines.

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