Skincare Company Stratia Opens Contract Manufacturer Sespia To Serve Small Beauty Brands

Stratia, the science-forward direct-to-consumer skincare brand, is branching out to serve other brands with Sespia, a new contract manufacturing, formulation and fulfillment subsidiary. As medium and big beauty manufacturers consolidate, Sespia’s...

Sky Marketing Acquires CBD Beauty And Wellness Brand Prima

Sky Marketing Corp. has acquired CBD beauty and wellness brand Prima from The Hedgehog Co. for an undisclosed price.  The deal gives hemp consumer packaged goods holding company Sky Marketing a presence...

Former StiVectin Exec Emphasizes Transparency And Clinical Results At New Skin Longevity Brand Parëva

Smitha Rao, a microbiologist who’s created 200-plus haircare, skincare and wellness products and worked on over 15 brands, including Sugarbear and StiVectin, where she was previously chief innovation officer and VP of product development and regulatory affairs, respectively,...

13 New Beauty Brands At Ulta Beauty

Ulta Beauty’s assortment building shows the beauty specialty retailer playing offense and defense to keep pace with competitors such as Sephora, Amazon and TikTok Shop and establish leadership in certain categories, notably wellness. Starting in 2021,...

Latina-Founded Haircare Brand Eva+Avo Makes Major Retail Push At Target, Walmart And CVS

Latina-owned avocado oil-powered haircare brand Eva+Avo is entering a store near you. It’s more than doubling its retail reach by launching at 1,030 Target doors and landing on 800 end-caps at the chain following an online debut...