Erica La Sala
Clean Beauty Retailer Fig & Flower Reopens Two Years After Closing
Fig & Flower is giving beauty retail a second shot. The clean beauty boutique reopened on May 13 in Atlanta’s Kirkwood neighborhood nearly two years after closing its first location. The...
TikTok Darling The Beachwaver Co. Grows At Target As It Aims To Triple Haircare Business
The Beachwaver Co., the viral hair tools brand that’s sold 1.4 million products on TikTok Shop, is expanding its assortment at Target as it sets out to multiply its...
Florida-Based Beauty And Lifestyle Retailer Living With Ivey Eyes 5X Growth With New York Expansion
Living With Ivey is opening in the ritzy Long Island beach community Southampton this summer, with a second location following shortly behind in New York City’s Tribeca neighborhood in the fall. ...
As Yuka Gains Millions Of Users, Beauty Industry Insiders Question The Veracity Of Its Product Ratings
With over 20 million users in the United States and 25,000 Americans signing up for Yuka daily, the food and cosmetics label analyzing app is drawing sharp criticism from some beauty industry insiders who argue it panics...
“Get The Discipline In Early”: Bridge Mentorship Cohort Brands On Professionalizing For Scale
For beauty brand founders scaling their businesses in a multipolar beauty industry, Cristina Nuñez, co-founder and general partner at beauty and wellness investment firm True Beauty Ventures, has some straightforward advice that can be difficult...
10 Canadian Beauty Brands Reflect On Hudson’s Bay And The Significance Of Its Closure
Hudson’s Bay, the storied Canadian department store retailer often referred to as “The Bay,” is closing by June 15 after 350-plus years in operation, prompting sadness and frustration from homegrown beauty brands that looked to it as a...
Product Pricing, Seeding, Affiliate Strategies And Other Tricks Of The Beauty Trade For TikTok Shop Success
In just two years, TikTok Shop has generated $2 billion in beauty sales, but Emily Rhodes, acting head of personal care at TikTok, emphasized during a Beauty Independent In Conversation
