Leading websites in the beauty sector UK 2024, by share of voice
In the second quarter of 2024, boots.com was the leading beauty website in the United Kingdom (UK). Its share of voice reached roughly 7.75 percent, followed by amazon.co.uk and superdrug.com, with a 6.43 and 3.33 percent share of voice, respectively.
The world’s number-one beauty destination
Amazon is the most popular beauty website both in the United Kingdom and internationally. In 2022, nearly a fifth of global shoppers purchased beauty products on the platform. Make-up and hair care products are the most purchased beauty and personal care products on the marketplace. Around a quarter of all best-selling articles are in these two product categories. On the marketplace, third-party (3P) beauty sales outdo those of first-party (1P) ones. However, in 2022, 1P sales grew by 23 percent, compared to 14 percent for 3P sales.
Amazon Prime Day sees strong sales for beauty items
In 2022, around half of shoppers from the United Kingdom (UK) considered purchasing skincare, make-up, and hair care products from Amazon. That year, make-up and skincare were the second-most popular product category on Amazon Prime Day. About a quarter of UK shoppers considered buying beauty products on Amazon Prime Day.