Claire McCormack
Brands Are Making Sure Women Aren’t Left Out Of Science’s Understanding Of Sexual Health
As a female-centered category in a male-dominated world, sexual wellness has been understudied, but that’s changing rapidly. Sexual wellness companies, universities, nonprofits and medical professionals are joining forces to increase scientific rigor in the...
DedCool’s New Fruity Floral Fragrance Sunlit Blooms Launches Exclusively At Sephora
Less than a year after launching at Sephora, DedCool is releasing Sunlit Blooms, a fragrance exclusive to the beauty specialty retailer. The gender barrier-busting cult-favorite brand worked closely with Sephora to develop the citrus,...
Ulta Beauty Bets On The Interconnection Between Beauty And Wellness
Although building a wellness business hasn’t been the easiest task for beauty specialty retailers, Ulta Beauty is deepening its commitment to it. In the chain’s earnings conference call for the quarter ended Oct. 29, it reported...
From Fragrance Category Bullishness To An Emphasis On Omnichannel, 10 Top Takeaways From Dealmaker Summit EU/UK
The number of beauty deals has been depressed this year, but beauty industry dealmakers’ outlook isn’t. At Beauty Independent’s Dealmaker Summit EU/UK in London earlier this month, speakers from companies the likes...
Ty Haney’s Community Platform TYB Enters Sexual Wellness With New Brand Rompy
Gen Z-focused sexual wellness brand Rompy has launched on Try Your Best, the web3 community-building platform established by Outdoor Voices founder Ty Haney last year. Rompy is the first sexual wellness...
Wellness For Quitters: Brands Are Modernizing Products That Help You Kick A Habit
David Rentein started out as a social smoker, but his smoking became a regular habit while he was at the helm of successful meal replacement startup Soylent. When his fiancé told him he had to quit,...
Neighborhood Goods Takes Measures To Cut Costs As Brands Claim It Owes Them Money
Neighborhood Goods isn’t doing so good. Six beauty, wellness and apparel brands carried by the retailer, which calls itself the “modern alternative to—and evolution of—the department store,” informed Beauty Independent anonymously that it...
