Claire McCormack
6 Beauty Trends The Future Laboratory Forecasts Will Be Big In 2025 As Consumers Focus On Health And Connection
In its Future Forecast 2025 report, The Future Laboratory compiled 50 trends and innovations spanning 10 industries, including beauty, design, retail, pop culture, food and drink, travel, technology, and health...
Co-Founder Joe Vela Gets Down And Dirty About What It Took To Build And Sell Emojibator
Dame acquired fellow sex toy brand Emojibator in February in a move that would soon be succeeded by other sexual wellness players, including Foria and Hello Cake,
Filtered Showerhead Brand Jolie Enters Ulta Beauty As It Aims To Surpass $100M In 2027 Sales
Filtered showerhead company Jolie has forged its biggest retail partnership yet, joining the brands Apothékary and Neom in Ulta Beauty’s 70-door wellness merchandising concept that launched last month. The beauty specialty chain...
6 Ways Robert F. Kennedy Jr. And The “MAHA” Movement Could Impact The Wellness Industry
Wellness industry insiders are split on whether Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and the “Make America Healthy Again” movement he’s...
Foria Acquires Supplement Brand Ned To Extend Its Business To Sleep Products
Foria has acquired sleep supplement brand Ned for an undisclosed amount. The deal broadens Foria’s product portfolio beyond sexual wellness, menopause care and period relief in an in-demand sleep support...
Diving Into Wellness, Shiseido Invests In Ulta Beauty’s Newest Brand Apothékary
Shiseido has invested in Apothékary through its venture capital arm to bring the wellness brand’s pre-series A funding round to $8 million. Oversubscribed by 40%, according to Shizu Okusa, who was...
From Supplements To Sheets, Grounding Products Gain Ground Among Anxious Consumers
In a chronically online world in which people are increasingly anxious and depressed, they’re seeking solace by putting down their phones to practice grounding or earthing—and brands are responding by...
