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Remember the days when beauty brands would launch new products in-store, with (often slightly warm) white wine, and product testers on tap? In-store events feel like a dream from another life for some consumers and beauty professionals right now — but that’s not entirely a bad thing. Pandemic restrictions have pushed industry names to up their online events game, and a new wave of creative, interactive, and genuinely enjoyable e-commerce experiences is taking hold (with fresh and cold beverages, straight from your own refrigerator).
That’s not to say that running e-commerce beauty events is easy. There are numerous factors involved in the success (or not) of an event, and whether it will actually build customer loyalty and ultimately convert sales. With over a year of digitized life behind us, consumers have got over the novelty of being able to attend an event anywhere in the world from their own living room. And now, what beauty consumers want is access to events that are meaningful to them — events that put connection first, with sales as an organic outcome.