01.27.22
Beauty brand Glossier is laying off over 80 employees, or about one third of its corporate workforce.
In an email announcing the layoffs, which was obtained by Modern Retail, Glossier CEO Emily Weiss, said “We have made the incredibly tough decision to part ways with over 80 members of our Glossier team.”
The technology team will be impacted the most.
Weiss added that the company has made “some mistakes” over the past two years. “We prioritized certain strategic projects that distracted us from the laser-focus we needed to have on our core business: scaling our beauty brand.” She also noted that Glossier “got ahead of ourselves on hiring.”
Six months ago, the brand raised $80 million in Series E funding to scale its online and offline channels globally. The plan according to the brand, was to take an e-commerce-first approach to entering new international markets, and to deepen its presence through dozens of new stores planned for the United States and globally in the coming years.
At the time, Weiss said, "This is the future we’ve always been building for.”
In an email announcing the layoffs, which was obtained by Modern Retail, Glossier CEO Emily Weiss, said “We have made the incredibly tough decision to part ways with over 80 members of our Glossier team.”
The technology team will be impacted the most.
Weiss added that the company has made “some mistakes” over the past two years. “We prioritized certain strategic projects that distracted us from the laser-focus we needed to have on our core business: scaling our beauty brand.” She also noted that Glossier “got ahead of ourselves on hiring.”
Six months ago, the brand raised $80 million in Series E funding to scale its online and offline channels globally. The plan according to the brand, was to take an e-commerce-first approach to entering new international markets, and to deepen its presence through dozens of new stores planned for the United States and globally in the coming years.
At the time, Weiss said, "This is the future we’ve always been building for.”