Research Reports
Quarterly deep-dives into prestige beauty pricing on Amazon.com — built for investors and analysts who need more than surface-level data.
A comprehensive analysis of how top-tier fragrance brands are losing pricing control on Amazon.com. This report tracks 14 prestige fragrance houses across 6 months, documenting the acceleration of unauthorized discounting and its downstream impact on brand equity.
18% average price variance vs. DTC channels across tracked fragrance brands.
Tracking MAP compliance and pricing integrity across 22 prestige skincare brands over a full calendar year. Includes brand-by-brand scorecards, seller ecosystem mapping, and forward-looking pricing risk assessments.
MAP compliance among prestige skincare brands dropped 22% year-over-year.
An investigation into the unauthorized reseller ecosystem on Amazon and its measurable effect on prestige beauty brand pricing. Includes seller network analysis, listing velocity data, and category-by-category impact modeling.
Unauthorized resellers account for 34% of prestige beauty listings on Amazon.
Color cosmetics face the steepest discounting pressure of any prestige beauty category. This report examines the structural drivers behind this trend, including seasonal patterns, SKU proliferation, and the role of Amazon's own promotional mechanics.
Color cosmetics show 2.4x the discounting frequency of skincare and fragrance.
Our flagship quarterly index tracking aggregate pricing health across 47 prestige beauty brands. Includes the IBS Pricing Integrity Score, category rankings, and quarter-over-quarter trend analysis.
The IBS Pricing Integrity Score declined 4.2 points in Q2 2026 — the steepest single-quarter drop on record.
Methodology
Our proprietary data collection framework monitors pricing, seller activity, and listing changes across Amazon.com in real time. Every data point is validated, timestamped, and cross-referenced against brand-published pricing to produce findings that hold up to institutional scrutiny.
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