Claire McCormack

Vie Healing’s Vybra Collection Brings Vibration And Magnet Therapy To Luxury Retailers And High-End Spas
Vie Healing, the traditional Chinese medicine brand that helped popularize ear seeds, has introduced a collection of magnetic vibration therapy tools it calls Vybra. The sleek and stylish silicone tools—Enoki, Shroom...

Sexual Wellness Brand Woo More Play Turns To Crowdfunding To Support Nordstrom Launch
Woo More Play is the latest sexual wellness brand to turn to crowdfunding to fuel expansion. Last year, clean intimate care brand Bloomi initiated a crowdfunding campaign, and category leader

Neighborhood Goods Stores To Close Permanently
Neighborhood Goods, a retailer attempting to create a new type of department store for direct-to-consumer brands, has informed vendors that it will be closing this month. In an email sent to them last...

Compass Diversified Acquires Natural Period Care Brand The Honey Pot Company For $380M
Compass Diversified, a publicly traded holding company specializing in niche middle-market businesses, has acquired The Honey Pot Company to make its niche of natural period care much bigger. Known as CODI, the holding company is...

Six Sexual Wellness Launches To Make Your Valentine’s Day Sizzle
While many beauty and wellness brands are recovering from the busy holiday shopping season, sex- and intimacy-focused brands are prepping for their Super Bowl on Feb. 14—and the launches they’re showcasing for it are as inventive as ever....

Alice Makes Mushrooms Sexy With The Launch Of Happy Ending Aphrodisiac Chocolate
Functional mushroom-infused chocolate brand Alice has helped consumers focus and sleep. Now, it wants to turn them on. In its first launch since 2022, it’s introducing unisex aphrodisiac Happy Ending, a dark chocolate...

From Penises To Pods, Five Wellness Trends Poised To Explode In 2024
According to Global Wellness Institute, the global wellness economy was worth $5.6 trillion in 2022 and is projected to hit $8.5 trillion in 2027, double its 2020 size. The massive economy, which is bigger than the...