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:...

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...

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...

Serial Beauty Entrepreneur Jennifer Yen Launches Scalp Care Brand Jooy

Jennifer Yen, founder of skincare and makeup brands Pūrlisse and

Comprehensive Branding Strategies That Break Through Beauty Industry Noise

Having a cohesive creative strategy—from branding to social campaigns and offline events to retail displays—is central to a beauty brand’s success, and it’s grown in importance as the industry becomes increasingly crowded and more expensive to operate in....