Beauty’s Rush Into GLP-1 Hair Loss
In roughly two years, GLP-1-related hair loss has gone from a side-effect footnote to the engine of a fast-forming beauty category complete with tailored products, creator campaigns, clinical trials and retailer strategies. Brands ranging from established haircare players...
Are Grüns And Rhode Outliers Or A New Blueprint For Building Billion-Dollar Brands Faster?
After Unilever’s $1.2 billion acquisition of Grüns, a supplement brand that grew to over $300 million in less than three years and represents one of the fastest inception-to-unicorn sale trajectories in consumer packaged goods, made headlines...
Westman Atelier Secures $15M From Prelude Growth Partners And Imaginary Ventures
Westman Atelier, the makeup brand launched by celebrity makeup artist Gucci Westman in 2018, has raised $15 million in funding from existing backers Imaginary Ventures and Prelude Growth Partners....
Humble Growth’s Salt & Stone Strategy: Keep Founders In Their “Zone Of Genius”
At Humble Growth, the private equity firm where principal Evan Mintz oversees investments, the “humble” in the name carries as much weight as the “growth.” He describes empathy and value-add as the firm’s two guiding pillars. “We...
The Steam Bar Lands At Sephora With A New Approach To Scalp Care
Sephora is capitalizing on scalp care’s momentum with a new twist on the category: The Steam Bar. Centered on supporting the scalp microbiome through steaming rituals, the British brand, which participated in Sephora’s Accelerate program last year,...
