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Nicole Kirichanskaya

Nicole is features and premium editor at Inside Retail US.

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A red box full of curated beauty products from men's beauty shopping platform Hale.

How Hale is simplifying men’s beauty shopping

A person wearing a terry cloth robe holding several Wenjulan products.

How Wenjulan is broadening its body care appeal

[Left to right] Joanna Coles, Faby Torres and Zac Posen.

Zac Posen and Halle Berry discuss culture at the Retailer Influencer CEO Forum

An exterior shot of the Macy’s Herald Square flagship location.

How is Macy’s pulling itself out of its spiral of decline? 

Apple CEO John Ternus standing alongside former CEO Tim Cook.

How will the iPhone Duo define John Ternus’s Apple era?

Forvr Mood founders Denis Asamoah and Jackie Aina.

How is Forvr Mood moving beyond influencer appeal?

Lululemon’s newly appointed CEO Heidi O'Neill sitting on a white couch.

Can Lululemon’s new CEO save the brand?

A blond model wearing a yellow and purple Victoria’s Secret slip dress in a car.

Why Victoria’s Secret’s sales miss spooked investors

Several SKUs from Old Navy Beauty Co. in a tote bag set against a blue background.

Can Old Navy establish itself as a noteworthy beauty retailer?

Aimé Leon Dore Los Angeles store.

Standout stores: Aimé Leon Dore, Cotopaxi, Pasquale Bruni

Old Navy CEO Michael Francis in a conference room setting.

Can Old Navy’s new CEO Michael Francis relight the brand’s fire?

Stills from Good Good and Callaway’s joint marketing video.

Why apologies couldn’t contain Good Good and Callaway’s PR crisis

A female model wearing a grey sweater, jeans and sporting several light tan Bogg bags.

How Bogg founder Kim Vaccarella built a $400m business beyond the beach

Several female models standing on the street, wearing Ann Taylor.

Will Substack and a fresh campaign be enough to save Ann Taylor?

Multiple POV Beauty items inside several Sephora bags.

POV Beauty CEO Ani Hadjinian on launching into Sephora

Several Marc Jacobs Beauty products on a white background.

Why Coty’s transition year is really a battle for relevance

Shoppers inside Target, shopping for back-to-school items.

How Target is rebuilding its retail momentum

A mother-and-daughter duo wearing beige and brown Sézane pieces.

Why is Sézane slowing down as it expands?

A female model wearing black long-sleeved and shorts from P.E.Nation.

P.E Nation founder Claire Greaves on her 10-year brand-building journey

A close-up shot of a white bra from Ukrainian apparel brand Londi.

Meet the Ukrainian building a thriving fashion label despite war