Wellness news and trends

Ulta Beauty to Expand eCommerce Presence by Adding ‘Curated’ Marketplace
Retail // March 13, 2025

Digital acceleration, personalization and a new marketplace are on the agenda at Ulta Beauty, the company’s new CEO said Thursday (March 13) during a quarterly earnings call. Kecia Steelman, who became the company’s president and CEO Jan. 6, said during the call that Ulta Beauty...

Life Time Expands Digital Fitness Offerings to Deepen Customer Engagement
Fitness // February 03, 2025

In the age of digital transformation, Life Time seeks to strengthen its customer loyalty and engagement through a major expansion of its digital fitness offerings. By adding 100 new on-demand classes and additional meditation sessions to its app, Life Time is meeting the demand for...

Amazon Goes for a Drive; Walmart Leans Into Health and Wellness
Retail // January 09, 2025

Amazon and Walmart are each carving out new territories in response to consumer demands, but their approaches are quite different. Amazon is focusing on the automotive industry, particularly through connected vehicles, while Walmart is concentrating on expanding its health and wellness offerings. Both companies are...

Synchrony GM Explores Synergy Between Consumers’ Financial and Physical Wellness
Healthcare Financing // June 18, 2024

Health is wealth — but all too often, wealth can have an outsize impact on health. Financial stability directly influences an individual’s ability to access healthcare, particularly preventative services. And in an increasingly interconnected world, the relationship between financial health and physical health has become...

Interviews & Exclusives
Sweatin’ to the Chatbot: Echelon Targets Consumers With Hyper-Personalized Fitness

March 25, 2025
Echelon Fitness is rolling out a generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) assistant for the users of its fitness equipment that adds a unique personalization capability: You can “talk” to a chatbot to make changes to your custom workout plan. See too many 45-minute workouts in the schedule? Audibly tell the AI to swap those out with […]

Amazon Goes for a Drive; Walmart Leans Into Health and Wellness

January 09, 2025
Amazon and Walmart are each carving out new territories in response to consumer demands, but their approaches are quite different. Amazon is focusing on the automotive industry, particularly through connected...

Synchrony GM Explores Synergy Between Consumers’ Financial and Physical Wellness

June 18, 2024
Health is wealth — but all too often, wealth can have an outsize impact on health. Financial stability directly influences an individual’s ability to access healthcare, particularly preventative services. And...

Artificial Intelligence Transforms Consumer Wellness Habits

March 15, 2024
Your next massage could be powered by artificial intelligence (AI), a sign of how AI technology is overtaking the wellness industry. With $80 million in funding, Aescape is poised to introduce...

Quick Reads
Ulta Beauty to Expand eCommerce Presence by Adding ‘Curated’ Marketplace

March 13, 2025
Digital acceleration, personalization and a new marketplace are on the agenda at Ulta Beauty, the company’s new CEO said Thursday (March 13) during a quarterly earnings call. Kecia Steelman, who became the company’s president and CEO Jan. 6, said during the call that Ulta Beauty lost market share in the beauty category for the first […]

Estée Lauder Targets New Customers With Amazon Storefront, ‘Creator Council’

May 01, 2024
Estée Lauder Companies’ debut of its first brand on the U.S. Amazon Premium Beauty store has “greatly exceeded” the company’s retail sales expectations so far. This new offering, which started with the Clinique brand in late...

Truemed Launches Platform for Using HSAs and FSAs for Wellness

September 18, 2023
Truemed, a firm that aims to help individuals use their tax-free health savings accounts (HSAs) or flexible spending accounts (FSAs) for healthy food, exercise and supplements, publicly launched Monday (Sept....

Oura Acquires Proxy to Expand Into Payments and Authentication

May 09, 2023
Oura has acquired Proxy in a bid to expand into payments and authentication. The acquisition adds Proxy’s digital identity signal platform to Oura’s lineup of smart rings that deliver health...