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Beauty and personal care. Revenue: prepaid sessions and gift cards left unused.

Grip reads bookings, gift cards and shelf sales, store by store, and names the revenue waiting in unused sessions, balances and shelf space, in AED.

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USD 27 millionA US beauty retailer's gift card balances never spent, booked in fiscal 2025.
Proven at Ulta Beauty

Source: Ulta Beauty, Inc., Form 10-K for fiscal year 2025 (ended 31 January 2026). Ulta recognised USD 27.0 million of gift card breakage revenue in fiscal 2025 (USD 22.6 million in fiscal 2023), estimated from historical redemption data and recognised in proportion to actual redemptions; its gift cards do not expire.

3 workflows

Where we start.

9 of 46 changes other beauty and personal care companies made. Open one to see the company.

01

Price and margin

Retailer returns, instalment fees and shelf space set against what each earns.

ReadsRetailer stock-on-hand and sell-out reportsReturns and credit-note historyPackage sales with payment methodMerchant agreements with fee schedules
Estimate how much stock each retailer will send back, and hold that out of sales.
Proven at The Estee Lauder Companies

Source: The Estee Lauder Companies Inc., Form 10-K for fiscal year ended 30 June 2026.

Work out what the instalment provider keeps, and price plans to protect your margin.
Proven at Modern Healthcare Technology

Source: Modern Healthcare Technology Holdings Limited (formerly Modern Beauty Salon Holdings, HKEX: 919), Annual Report 2025/26 (year ended 31 March 2026).

Show what own-label brands earn per metre of shelf after rebates against other brands, and give space to the winners.
Proven at LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton

Source: LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE, Financial Documents - December 31, 2025.

02

Sales and demand

Clients called before treatments wear off or paid sessions expire.

ReadsConsultation records and treatment history by clientBooking system future appointmentsPOS tickets with service and retail lines and therapistStock purchases of retail lines, commission schedules
Work out when each client's treatment wears off, and call them before they forget.
Backed by research

Source: Aesthetic Surgery Journal Open Forum (Oxford University Press), A Real-World Study of Patient and Physician Satisfaction With Repeated AbobotulinumtoxinA Treatment of Glabellar Lines in Chinese Patients (2026).

Measure how much retail product each therapist sells, and coach those who sell little.
Proven at Regis

Source: Regis Corporation, Form 10-K for fiscal year ended 30 June 2026.

List clients with unused paid sessions, by how soon they expire, and book them in.
Proven at Modern Healthcare Technology

Source: Modern Healthcare Technology Holdings Limited (formerly Modern Beauty Salon Holdings, HKEX: 919), Annual Report 2025/26 (year ended 31 March 2026).

03

Operations

Launches timed through registration, client files kept, stores restocked by what sells.

ReadsLaunch plan and calendarAdvertising approval recordsPaper or digital consultation formsClient master list
Time each new product from launch decision through registration to first sale, and plan every launch backwards from that clock.
Backed by research

Source: Dubai Municipality, Health & Safety Department, Technical Guidelines for Cosmetics and Personal Care Products (DM-HSD-GU116-CPCP2, V2.1) (2025).

Keep every consultation form in one digital client file, and use it to plan each client's next treatment.
Backed by research

Source: Dubai Municipality, Health & Safety Department, Technical Guidelines for Compliance of Salons, Barbershops and Beauty Centers (DM-HSD-GU77-SBBCG2, V5) (2026).

Restock each store as often as its sales need, and pool deliveries where stores sit close together.
Proven at Sally Beauty

Source: Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc., Form 10-K for fiscal year ended 30 September 2025.

The money at stake.

Public figures, each with its company and year. An estimate is marked.

USD 1.4 billion

A global beauty group's customer invoices sold to banks for early cash in fiscal 2026.

Proven at Coty

Source: Coty Inc., Form 10-K for fiscal year ended 30 June 2026. Coty factored USD 1,364.1 million of trade receivable invoices in fiscal 2026 (USD 1,568.9 million in fiscal 2025), about 23% of its USD 5,806.6 million net revenues, to bring forward cash; USD 164.1 million was outstanding under the facilities at year end.

USD 340 million

A US personal care group's agreed sale price for its feminine care business in fiscal 2025.

Proven at Edgewell Personal Care

Source: Edgewell Personal Care Company, Form 10-K for fiscal year ended 30 September 2025 (filed 18 November 2025). Edgewell agreed to sell its Feminine Care business (Playtex, Stayfree, Carefree, o.b.) to Essity for $340.0 million, and the decision to divest triggered a USD 51.1 million goodwill impairment on that unit in fiscal 2025.

Grip at work

What your Grip looks like.

A sample company, in AED. Yours is built from your own files.

Each value pocket, the place where money sits, opens its project, its tool and its AI agents. Sample figures.

What we stand on
01Money first

Every project shows the revenue, cost or cash it is worth, in your currency, from your own files, before you agree to it.

02Every project has proof

Every project runs on a client's Grip, was designed on our own Grip, or comes from a play a named company published, with the document we read it in.

03Your systems as they are

We read the systems you already use. Nothing to move, replace or clean up first.

04Value and money found in 2 weeks

A two-week pilot on one department, your first project live and its money delivered by Day 30, then one fixed monthly fee.

Questions

What beauty and personal care companies ask first.

Three answers, each with one public figure, its company and its document.

Question 1How can AI reduce unused prepaid sessions in beauty and personal care?

AI reads bookings, gift cards and shelf sales, store by store, and names the revenue waiting in unused sessions, balances and shelf space, in AED. For scale: USD 27 million, A US beauty retailer's gift card balances never spent, booked in fiscal 2025 (Ulta Beauty).

USD 27 millionA US beauty retailer's gift card balances never spent, booked in fiscal 2025.
Proven at Ulta Beauty

Source: Ulta Beauty, Inc., Form 10-K for fiscal year 2025 (ended 31 January 2026). Ulta recognised USD 27.0 million of gift card breakage revenue in fiscal 2025 (USD 22.6 million in fiscal 2023), estimated from historical redemption data and recognised in proportion to actual redemptions; its gift cards do not expire.

Question 2What does an AI transformation programme in beauty and personal care start with?

It starts with the revenue, cost and cash you are losing today, read from the systems you already use. One workflow goes first, usually price and margin, read from retailer stock-on-hand and sell-out reports and returns and credit-note history. For scale: USD 1.4 billion, A global beauty group's customer invoices sold to banks for early cash in fiscal 2026 (Coty).

USD 1.4 billionA global beauty group's customer invoices sold to banks for early cash in fiscal 2026.
Proven at Coty

Source: Coty Inc., Form 10-K for fiscal year ended 30 June 2026. Coty factored USD 1,364.1 million of trade receivable invoices in fiscal 2026 (USD 1,568.9 million in fiscal 2025), about 23% of its USD 5,806.6 million net revenues, to bring forward cash; USD 164.1 million was outstanding under the facilities at year end.

Question 3How fast do beauty and personal care companies see results from AI?

A two-week pilot on one department finds the value and money in your own data before you commit. Your first project goes live, and its money is delivered, by Day 30. For scale: USD 340 million, A US personal care group's agreed sale price for its feminine care business in fiscal 2025 (Edgewell Personal Care).

USD 340 millionA US personal care group's agreed sale price for its feminine care business in fiscal 2025.
Proven at Edgewell Personal Care

Source: Edgewell Personal Care Company, Form 10-K for fiscal year ended 30 September 2025 (filed 18 November 2025). Edgewell agreed to sell its Feminine Care business (Playtex, Stayfree, Carefree, o.b.) to Essity for $340.0 million, and the decision to divest triggered a USD 51.1 million goodwill impairment on that unit in fiscal 2025.

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