RE: Question5 Sep 2023 22:14
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The “lipstick effect”, coined by Estée Lauder’s founder, Leonard Lauder, is the idea that shoppers cut back on high-value luxury items in favour of lower-value indulgent products during inflationary times. Superdrug and Boots, the health and beauty chains, recently reported that improved customer numbers had helped to bump up sales. Demand was said to have been strong for cosmetics, sales of which had been hit previously as consumers ditched make-up in favour of skincare during the pandemic.