-
Wellness For Quitters: Brands Are Modernizing Products That Help You Kick A Habit
The Trade Show For Active Brand Builders
We gather all the stars in the beauty universe in the same place with the same goal: collective growth. Come experience the magic and source your perfect partner in New York on June 20th, 2024.
- Retailers Source BrandsEngage with professional beauty entrepreneurs building the big brands of tomorrow and gain insights from the most accomplished brand-builders.
- Investors Source DealsBuild your portfolio by meeting with the most promising up-and-coming brands, and network with the most influential minds in beauty.
- Brands Source SolutionsUplink Expo empowers you to assemble the right team to support the relentless pursuit of executing your vision.
- Suppliers Source ClientsEngage with the rising stars building the big brands of tomorrow, and network with the most influential minds in beauty.
×-
![](https://www.beautyindependent.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Pharmacopia-body-bars-400x400.jpg)
How Pharmacopia Found A Lifeline In Hotel Amenities
A brand doesn’t stay in business for a quarter century without having some twists and turns—and Pharmacopia has certainly had its fair share. Created in 1998 by graphic designer Lisa Levin, former creative director at L2 Creative...
![](https://www.beautyindependent.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Playground-x-Target-400x400.jpg)
Sexual Wellness Brand Playground Secures $2M And Target Distribution
Playground’s field of play is expanding. The 2-year-old sexual wellness brand is rolling out to a quarter of Target’s nearly 2,000 stores nationwide with three of its five lubricants priced at $19.99 each:...
![](https://www.beautyindependent.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Bluebird-by-rePurpose-Global-interface-400x400.png)
Repurpose Global Acquires Bluebird Climate To Expand B2B Sustainability Services
Repurpose Global has acquired Bluebird Climate to extend its offerings for companies looking to take sustainability action. Founded in 2016 by Svanika Balasubramanian, Aditya Siroya and Peter Wang Hjemdahl, Repurpose Global has worked with over 300...
![](https://www.beautyindependent.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/BI-23-DealsDecade-Mobile-1000px-26-400x400.jpg)
Beauty Investors Say Drunk Elephant’s Exit Playbook Is Dead
The path to beauty brand exits today is paved very differently than it was five years ago when Shiseido snapped up Drunk Elephant for $845 million, an amount equal to over 7X revenues. “People...
![](https://www.beautyindependent.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/BI-23-DealsDecade-Mobile-1000px-27-400x400.jpg)
Monogram Capital Partners’ Oliver Nordlinger Believes Predictions Of A Beauty Slowdown Are Overblown
Monogram Capital Partners is one of the most active private equity firms in the beauty industry—and it doesn’t expect to shed that position anytime soon. Out of its portfolio of more than 25 companies spanning food...