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What Did US Consumers Buy With Stimulus Checks? E.l.f. Beauty Products, For One Thing

 
• By Ryan Nelson

In the current economy, e.l.f.’s value messaging is resonating with new consumers, contributing to an 8% jump in its fiscal 2021 first-quarter sales. The company expects continued volatility, but is optimistic about its robust digital game, growing skin-care clout and a newly announced partnership with Alicia Keys that it says will yield much more than “just another celebrity beauty line.”

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E.l.f. Beauty, Inc. is teaming with Grammy-winning artist Alicia Keys on a multi-category lifestyle beauty brand expected to launch in 2021 at “entry-level prestige."

The company announced the co-development partnership on 5 August in conjunction with its impressive

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