Rachel Brown
What Does It Take For A Beauty Brand To Get Acquired?
In a recent post for his Substack Making Cents, Drew Fallon, CEO and co-founder of AI-powered financial platform Iris, broke down four attributes he argues a consumer packaged goods brand has...
“$5M To $6M To Grow”: Angel Investor And Advisor Anne Kurtz On The True Cost Of Beauty Brand Traction
Being an investor, no matter the industry, is inherently risky. But, in beauty, that sometimes can be hard to remember because the rewards are celebrated much more than the risks are discussed as brand failures tend to be...
The Beauty Brands Standing Firm On Sustainability Even As They Face Heightened Costs
As beauty brands come under mounting cost pressures due to economic shakiness and tariffs, which President Donald Trump has set at 10% for goods imported to the United States from most countries in the world and 30% on...
By Rosie Jane’s Reimagined Every Day Collection Does Status Body Care Without Status Prices
With a reimagined collection, By Rosie Jane is giving high-end body care without high-end prices. Named Every Day, the essential oils-driven masstige collection features the clean fragrance brand’s body care products—Body Wash, Body Milk,...
Touchland, The Brand Behind Status Symbol Hand Sanitizers, Sells To Church & Dwight For $700M
Touchland, the brand that made hand sanitizer cool, has reeled in a cool $700 million in a sale to Church & Dwight, demonstrating that, even in a trepidatious climate for beauty deals, prime assets can...
How Beauty Brands Are Recession-Proofing Their Businesses
In the first quarter, impacted by a surge in imports as businesses sought to get ahead of higher tariffs and a decline in government spending, American gross domestic product contracted. If GDP is down for two consecutive quarters,...
The $60M Brand Leading Oral Care’s Wellness Wave
Asked about whether Lumineux is the brand that’s going to lead the oral wellness movement, co-founder and dentist Kourosh Maddahi says, “We are not going to be that brand. We are that brand.” Over a decade ago,...
