Claire McCormack
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...
Manhattan Dermatologist Ryan Turner Partners With Longtime Client To Launch Trnr Skin
Ryan Turner, a Harvard-trained dermatologist who’s practiced for 15 years and runs a thriving medical office in New York City, has long dreamed of combining his dermatology know-how with his biochemistry and molecular biology...
New Online Marketplace Rythm Aims To Be The Credo Of Sexual Wellness
New e-commerce destination Rythm is out to become Credo for sexual wellness, according to its founder Alysha Malik, who previously guided product development at sexual wellness brand Dame. Rythm takes an...
Unbound Created A Fake Brand To Expose Meta’s Unequal Treatment Of Ads For Women-Focused Sexual Products
Fitness bros on Facebook and Instagram were recently introduced to a new workout and recovery brand called Thunderthrust. It promoted massage and grip tools with darkly hued and aggressively worded advertisements targeting a mostly male demographic on...
