Amazon breaks into prestige beauty with Shopbop
What: Amazon-owned Shopbop became the third high-end fashion e-tailer this year to get into beauty.
Why it is important: Amazon is trying to generate traffic to their Shopbop site by launching a beauty category that they hope will generate traffic to the site to buy other luxury goods.
The e-tailer isn’t taking on no-name brands; most of the beauty lines it’s carrying already have high brand awareness or some interest surrounding them, like Dr. Barbara Sturm or Vintner’s Daughter.
Shopbop’s homepage features a beauty takeover, with the picture of youth and diversity: models with (what appears to be) foundation-free complexions and eyelids painted in bright blue, purple, orange and pink. It’s showcasing the modern, undone way to wear makeup now, as they are trying to attract younger customers.
