Period Care Competitors Join Forces To Fight The Tampon Tax

Eight period care brands have come together to form The Tampon Tax Back Coalition in an effort to end taxation on menstruation products.   Beginning today, the group consisting of the brands August, Cora,...

Retailer Standard Dose Appears To Have Closed

Standard Dose seems to have closed. The troubled beauty and wellness retailer’s website is down, and emails sent to founder Anthony Saniger from Beauty Independent have bounced back. Saniger’s LinkedIn profile has been...

Clean Market And Ora Put A Wellness Spin On The Bar Crawl Concept

In the fall and winter, New York City is crawling with bar crawls. “We wanted to create our own that is a bit more our speed,” says Lily Kunin, founder of wellness destination Clean Market. ...

Anima Mundi Acquires Essential Oil Company Floracopeia, Opens Second Apothecary

Botanical beauty and wellness brand Anima Mundi has opened a second location and acquired essential oil company Floracopeia. The new apothecary and tonic bar in Los Angeles’s Venice neighborhood...

Sephora UK Partners With E-Tailer SheSpot To Curate Online Sexual Wellness Assortment

Sephora UK has partnered with British e-tailer SheSpot on a sexual wellness curation for its online marketplace.  The sexual wellness offering is launching today with over 50 products, including sex toys,...

Sephora Branches Into Wellness Tech With HigherDose Launch

Sephora wants in on the wellness device market.  Today, the specialty retailer has introduced 13 products from HigherDose to its online assortment. Co-founders Katie Kaps and Lauren Berlingeri view the at-home recovery...

Sexpot Apothecary Is Expanding The Medicine Cabinet With Herbal Sexual Wellness Remedies

The relationship between sexual health brand founders and their customers is often deeper and more complicated than simply buying and selling merchandise. As far as society has come in destigmatizing sex, it’s still shrouded...