Jane Carlson
Where Beauty Industry M&A And Sales Performance Stand
Amid the pandemic, mergers and acquisitions in the beauty industry have demonstrated remarkable strength. In the third quarter, deal volume almost returned to historic levels, according to Nini Zhang, director of luxury, beauty and apparel at Credit...
Odele’s Co-Founders Share Five Crucial Brand Launch Strategies
In January of last year, Odele put clean haircare on the retail map in a big way by rolling out to around 1,000 Target stores. Priced for the mass market at $11.99 each, the emerging brand’s products include...
The Entrepreneurs Behind The Skincare Devices That Have Been Pandemic Must-Haves
For every beauty device that’s a bestseller, there’s another that totally bombed. Even L’Oréal-owned Clarisonic couldn’t hack it in the tough tool segment. In July, the brand, which pulled in $100 million in annual sales...
Credo Introduces Mom-And-Baby Category, Exclusively Launches Nessa Organics In The US
Credo Beauty is becoming more family-friendly. The clean beauty retailer has introduced a mom-and-baby category with the brands Hatch Mama, Weleda, Pipette, Zoe Organics and London-based Nessa Organics, which is making its...
UOMA’s Sharon Chuter, Beautycounter’s Gregg Renfrew And Supergoop’s Holly Thaggard On Leading Mission-Driven Brands
A growing group of beauty entrepreneurs put mission over money. Three such beauty entrepreneurs—diversity champion Sharon Chuter, founder of UOMA Beauty, skin cancer fighter Holly Thaggard, founder and CEO of Supergoop,...
How Lawless Beauty Scores At Sephora By Expanding Clean Makeup’s Reach
Annie Lawless’s business trajectory is the encapsulation of food trends translating to beauty. Diagnosed with celiac disease at 12 years old, she dropped out of law school in 2010 to launch cold-pressed juice brand Suja...
Uplink Relaunches As A Standalone Offering And Adds Concierge Service
Uplink, a platform connecting beauty entrepreneurs and brands with qualified vendors that operated under Beauty Independent’s umbrella, is relaunching as a standalone service. With the relaunch, Uplink is introducing a new website and...
