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Barry Beck. Marla Malcolm Beck is an entrepreneur based in the United States. [1] She co-founded the beauty company Bluemercury in Washington, D.C. alongside her husband, Barry J. Beck in 1999. [2] Bluemercury was acquired by Macy's in 2015. [3] [4] [5] Beck retained her position as CEO until 2021.
- May 22, 1970, Oakland, California
- Barry Beck
- Entrepreneur
- Co-Founder, CEO Bluemercury
- How did you start Bluemercury? Marla Beck: [While I was] in graduate school, Jeff Bezos gave a talk explaining e-commerce and how he was going to change the world by selling books online—this was before Amazon went public.
- Why did you choose Georgetown for your first location? Barry Beck: In 1999, I was living in Washington, D.C. and walking on M Street in Georgetown with Marla when we discovered an independent beauty boutique that carried a couple of interesting cosmetics brands.
- What are three words to describe Bluemercury? Marla Beck: Honest, expert advice.
- How do you balance work and family life? Barry Beck: I define my work and family life success through the ability to understand the difference between joy and happiness.
Macy's Inc. Website. Official website. Bluemercury is a chain of American beauty stores founded in 1999 by Marla Malcolm Beck and Barry J. Beck in Georgetown, Washington, D.C. The stores sell cosmetics, as well as in-store facials and spa treatments. In addition to selling products from other brands, the company developed its own M-61 skincare ...
- Maly Bernstein (CEO)
- Cosmetics
- 1999 in Washington, D.C.
Jun 5, 2019 · For Bluemercury founders Marla Malcolm Beck and Barry Beck, the great Internet bust of 2000 was an unexpected boom. The couple founded the business in 1999 as a pure-play beauty e-commerce business.
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Sep 16, 2019 · September 16, 2019, 4:47pm. Barry and Marla Beck. SCOTT SUCHMAN/WWD. The cofounders of Macy’s-owned Bluemercury, Marla and Barry Beck, are exiting the company. Barry Beck, BlueMercury’s chief ...
Apr 21, 2016 · Marla and Barry Beck, who established the rapidly growing luxury cosmetics chain, planted their interior design flag firmly at the azure end of the spectrum when redoing the Bethesda, Md., home ...
Apr 11, 2019 · Barry and Marla Malcolm Beck had an “eye for disrupting” the beauty business with their luxury beauty retail chain, Bluemercury. The pair had a plan to problem solve the beauty buying journey ...
