Faye Brookman
Hello Products’ Craig Dubitsky On Colgate’s Acquisition Of His Brand, Merchandise Expansion And The Importance Of A Supportive Spouse
Colgate-Palmolive Co.’s acquisition of Hello Products caught the burgeoning oral care company’s employees by surprise. “I couldn’t say anything,” reports Hello founder Craig Dubitsky, typically not one to hold back. The deal for an undisclosed amount of...
Former Burt’s Bees And Bliss Exec Mike Indursky’s Next Act
With multiple career achievements under his belt from marketing Chesebrough-Pond’s soothing cucumber eye treatments to leadership roles at Burt’s Bees when the natural brand sold to The Clorox Co. and Bliss after Steiner Leisure acquired the legacy property,...
New Brand Luvanya’s Prescription Is Safe Skincare
For physician Alpa Patel, clean isn’t enough. Along with her doctor husband Alkesh Patel, her finance-trained sister Hema Shah and celebrity makeup artist Merrell Hollis, she developed Luvanya, a skincare brand focused on safety and transparency. Its first...
Mass-Market Beauty Powerhouses Are Banking On Indies In 2020
Mega-retailers are putting purchasing dollars behind indie brands to build beauty sales as legacy cosmetics players continue to slump. CVS, Walmart and Ulta Beauty, to name three, are adding more square footage to burgeoning lines they feel yield...
How Ingestible Collagen Is Unlocking The Potential For Wellness Sales At Prestige Beauty Retailers
Known as the body’s scaffolding, collagen has structural importance for the beauty industry, too. The ingestible protein provides beauty retailers, particularly department stores and specialty chains, an opportunity to build supplement sales and acts as bridge to the...
Advanced Skincare Brand The Route Paves A Path To Ulta Beauty
Nancy Pellegrino, a nurse practitioner and operator of NP Aesthetics Inc. in Newport Beach, Calif., bonded with her patient and beauty industry veteran Courtney Baber over their mutual love for skincare and the coincidence that they both cut...
Will Kylie Cosmetics Be A Savior Or Sinker For Coty Inc.?
Queried by Beauty Independent, beauty industry experts give Coty Inc.’s $600 million purchase of a 51% stake in Kylie Cosmetics a mixed grade. The deal values Kylie Cosmetics, which will be renamed Kylie Beauty to accommodate category expansion,...
