‘Moving At e.l.f. Speed’: First-To-Mass ‘Dupe’ Beauty Specialist Powering Through Pandemic

Despite so many COVID-19 uncertainties, e.l.f. Beauty has the confidence of a company that posted 6% net sales growth to $283m for the 2020 fiscal year ended on 31 March and is seeing its value proposition for "prestige-quality" cosmetics resonate even more powerfully with consumers in today’s volatile economic climate.

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E.l.f. Beauty, Inc. is scoring big on social media, growing its e-commerce business and nabbing market share while preparing to scale recently acquired W3ll People and priming a new in-house brand for launch.

“Not only did we deliver an outstanding FY ’20, I believe we're better positioned than most companies in our space to navigate these challenging times,” said e.l.f

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