Can Target’s Beauty Studio Survive the Backlash?
Gloss Angeles
This episode of Gloss Angeles explores how traditional retailers like Target, Nordstrom, and Old Navy are attempting to reclaim market share in the
Key takeaways
- Legacy retailers are responding to digital competition by enhancing in-store experiences and offering same-day delivery options.
Main topics
- Legacy retailers entering the beauty space
- Competition between physical stores and digital platforms like TikTok Shop and Amazon
Notable quotes
"She's like on the verge of tears the whole time. She wins. She's doing the worm."
Conclusion
While traditional retailers are making strategic moves to compete with digital giants, their
Transcript preview
Speaker 1 (0:01) G-L-A-M, Los Angeles. Speaker 3 (0:05) Hi, Kirby. Hi, Sarah. Welcome to Los Angeles. Speaker 2 (0:14) Have you seen the girl that was on The Price is Right? No. That completely lost her mind. It is so funny. No, she's up there getting, she's Speaker 3 (0:28) doing a game. She's like playing against somebody else. I've only Speaker 2 (0:31) seen a clip of just her, okay? So I have actually no context of what was going on. But Speaker 3 (0:36) they're like, you Speaker 2 (0:37) could potentially win a new car, a new Mazda. And she's like, oh my God. I totaled my car last week. And then like she starts freaking out and then she says something before. Hold on. I actually need to pull this up to like properly reference it because before she mentioned that she totaled her car, you're like. Are you okay? Well, you're like this tracks that she totaled her car because she has literally lost the plot. Like what is going on here? She was so crazy. And then afterwards she wins and starts doing the worm. I can't believe it's recent. It has to be recent. It's so viral. And everyone in the comments is like, I want whatever she's on. Like, Price is right, girl. Well, she's on the fact that she totaled her car last week and won a new car. That's amazing. Good for her. People are like, I'm just obsessed with her. So she's already like really excited to be there. Speaker 1 (1:30) For travel plans on your trip to the Grand Canyon. Speaker 1 (1:37) Where is that? The grave. And finally, say goodbye to the school bus and hello to your brand new car. Speaker 2 (1:49) She's like on the verge of tears the whole time. She wins. She's doing the worm. She's running around doing car wheels. Speaker 1 (2:01) screaming, attacking Speaker 2 (2:02) the models. They're like, what the hell? Good for her. She won $75,000. And a car. And a car. And she's going to the Grand Canyon. And now she'll now know where the Grand Canyon is. Yeah, Speaker 3 (2:12) now Speaker 2 (2:12) she'll know. Congratulations. The Speaker 3 (2:13) best part. Speaker 2 (2:13) Like the whole time she was just like, and everyone's like, what are you on? What do you do? She was so happy to be there. It was like the Speaker 3 (2:19) perfect Speaker 2 (2:20) contestant. Yeah, totally. Speaker 3 (2:21) Oh my gosh. I hope she'll probably get some deals out of this. Also, that's my dream show. I, Kirby knows. I love network game shows. Love them. I will text her and be like- Not celebrity Speaker 2 (2:32) who wants to be a millionaire? Speaker 3 (2:34) Well, no, that one's too stressful. I would text her. I was like, Steve Aoki's on Celebrity Family Feud. I'm like, why am I watching this? However, Price is Right, I think I would do really well as a strong consumer and supporter of the economy. And also, like, that was my favorite show to watch when I was sick growing up. Yeah. Me and Bob Barker. I mean, problematic, but. Bob Barker was problematic. I Speaker 2 (2:57) can't remember. He was, I mean, he was like sexist. They were all problematic. They all were problematic. Whatever. Sorry, Bob. RIP. Yeah. But no, I, I have to say, I also have fond memories of in the summer when my mom would go to work, I'd go to my grandmother's house and just watch TV. Yeah. And my grandmother's caretaker, Linda was like my favorite person ever. She would always take me with her to go get my grandma's medication. Yeah. So she would get like. She would go and take me to TCBY at 10 in the morning. Okay. That's when they opened. Get Speaker 1 (3:26) strawberry Speaker 2 (3:26) yogurt with rainbow sprinkles on top. Love. Then we would go get the medications. Then get home. She would make me some lunch. I was just yapping her ear off. She probably was like, get the hell away from me. I'd drink Speaker 3 (3:37) a Speaker 2 (3:37) little Ensure with my Meemaw because Speaker 3 (3:40) she needed it. She needed the calcium. She's Speaker 2 (3:41) like, Speaker 3 (3:41) why am I also watching this child? No, literally. Speaker 2 (3:43) She's like, is this child care? Yeah. She's like, am I getting paid extra for this? No, literally. She was. A saint. Our whole family loved her and she was just like happy to have the kids around. But yeah, I was always watching Price is Right with her. National treasure, that show. I know, it's so good. And now I'm like, I would be probably terrible at it just because I buy a lot of things, but I don't think I have a good Speaker 3 (4:09) - You have Speaker 2 (4:09) like a Speaker 3 (4:09) washer and dryer or like a refrigerator. Well, Speaker 2 (4:13) it's hard too now because there's so many. How much is a refrigerator? $800? You could get like a Speaker 3 (4:19) really standard refrigerator for $800. But if you want one with like all the bells and whistles, you're paying upwards of $2,000. You would think at this Speaker 2 (4:27) point that it would be like flat screen TVs and there'd be so many options that Speaker 3 (4:32) the prices would Speaker 2 (4:32) be lower. Speaker 3 (4:33) Totally. You can get like a Speaker 2 (4:34) 60 inch flat screen for like $300. Yes, Speaker 3 (4:37) true. But then if you want the Samsung frame, which I am currently on the market for, you got to pay like thousands and thousands of dollars. And I'm like, that doesn't seem fair. I Speaker 2 (4:46) know. Speaker 3 (4:46) It's just too much. But I would love it. And I would love to go to the Grand Canyon. Speaker 2 (4:51) I love that she was just like, where's that? I'm like, okay, we have a problem, Speaker 3 (4:55) actually. We have a Speaker 2 (4:56) problem. Maybe they bring Speaker 3 (4:57) her back because she was such a delight. A producer's dream contestant. Dream. They're like, she's Speaker 2 (5:02) psyched. She's giving us reactions. She's not just clapping. She's doing the freaking worm and then cartwheels. Yes. Speaker 3 (5:09) The models, like she runs up to the guy model and she Speaker 2 (5:12) just like grabs him and he's like. Yeah. So great. Oh Speaker 3 (5:15) my gosh. Maybe we'll go stand in line. I was laughing Speaker 2 (5:19) out loud. There was also another thing that made me actually laugh out loud in bed because as I do, I doom scroll before I go to sleep. I know it's not good, but whatever. I was laying in bed and there was this whole. back and forth about how David Ellison is threatening to take Paramount out of California. If they, if like this merger doesn't happen and like all of this other stuff, it's this whole thing, right? And if you live in- Speaker 3 (5:46) Who's David Speaker 2 (5:46) Ellison Speaker 3 (5:46) for the- Speaker 2 (5:47) David Ellison is the head of Paramount. Okay. And they're looking to acquire Warner Brothers. Yeah. They're threatening to pull everything out of the state of California, which would royally F. everybody. Yeah. Because we're already struggling in the entertainment business here. Yeah. Right. Yeah. It's a big threat. Likely he's not going to do it. Anyways, long story short, I was watching this 10 minute clip on TikTok about this with this whole conversation. Speaker 3 (6:13) And then they bring Speaker 2 (6:15) up Larry Ellison, who is David Ellison's father. Okay. And when they flashed the photo of Larry Ellison, I busted out laughing because I'm like, this is. gotta be a prank yeah this man yeah let's find a photo of him Larry Ellison yeah A is a real person yeah and B is responsible for the terror that is being inflicted yeah on all of these studios and then it's like he looks like this it's like it's like prototypical bad guy villain oh really the way he looks oh my gosh you truly it's like it was written yeah for a movie yeah It is actually Speaker 3 (6:54) bonkers. Anyways. I really, I love the internet. I know. Speaker 2 (6:58) It helps us Speaker 3 (6:58) find things like that. I know. I'm like, this is actually comical. Yeah. It's bad, but it's also good. You have to laugh at this point. I was like, this news is all Speaker 2 (7:07) terrible, but like this moment alone is making it worth Speaker 3 (7:10) it. Speaker 2 (7:10) That's hilarious. So. So Speaker 3 (7:12) speaking of the internet, I said that today's theme is the old school retail against. TikTok shop and Amazon and, you know, shopping online because they're the ones to beat nowadays. Yes. Speaker 2 (7:28) And we have heard from many a founder that the Sephora and Ulta.coms of the world are struggling to keep up with the Joneses of the Amazons and the TikTok shops. Yeah. Speaker 3 (7:38) So what is everyone going to do? They got to try to stay in the game. So first we have Nordstrom. I was actually really excited about this news. So. Nordstrom is launching same day beauty delivery in LA. So if you're in LA,