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Beauchamp: Beauty E-Commerce Penetration Was Just 2% in 2010

Katia Beauchamp · Learn from every “no” | Masters of Scale · Jan 30, 2024 · at 16:39

Birchbox co-founder Katia Beauchamp explains how she reframed early investor pitches around the massive untapped market opportunity for online beauty sales.

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“Two percent penetration on the internet for beauty in 2010 is definitely not going to be where it sticks.”

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The claim, plainly

In 2010, e-commerce penetration in the beauty industry was approximately two percent.

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Assessment

Industry tracking data and retrospective market research confirm that online penetration for the beauty and personal care sector in 2010 was in the low single digits, consistently measured between 2% and 3.3%. Reports from Bain & Company and Deutsche Bank placed 2010 online beauty and luxury penetration at roughly 2% to 3%, contemporary retail analyses cited a baseline of approximately 2%, and Euromonitor International tracked global beauty e-commerce penetration at 3.3% in 2010.

Bain & Company and Deutsche Bank luxury and beauty market data measured online penetration at approximately 2% to 3% in 2010–2011.
Euromonitor International reported global beauty and personal care e-commerce penetration at 3.3% in 2010.
Retail Dive's historical review of 2010 market conditions noted published retail estimates placed beauty e-commerce penetration at roughly 2% of total category sales.

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[1] coresight.com [2] cosmeticsbusiness.com [3] obaninternational.com [4] dfcfw.com [5] retaildive.com

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