Rachel Brown
Scale Media’s Big Ambitions To Become A Next-Generation Beauty And Wellness Brand Holding Company
Scale Media, a direct-to-consumer beauty, health and wellness incubator that recently launched its sixth brand, is definitely starting to achieve scale. As shopping swung to e-commerce amid the pandemic, co-founder Ziv Haklili reports the company crossed $100...
Clean Fragrance Brand By Rosie Jane Expands To Sephora Abroad And Body Care At Home
By Rosie Jane is exporting its laid-back Aussie-Californian vibe abroad. The Los Angeles-born clean fragrance brand from Australian makeup artist Rosie Jane Johnston has landed at Sephora Europe following its debuts last year at Sephora Australia and...
Why Indie Beauty Brands Are Hopping On Amazon Earlier And Earlier
“Will Amazon be the next Sephora?” asks Ju Rhyu, co-founder and CEO of Hero Cosmetics, which launched its Mighty Patch acne stickers on Amazon with the brand’s 2017 debut. On the face of it, the question seems...
After Duke Cannon, Cremo and Every Man Jack, Could Wild Willies Be The Next Men’s Brand Involved In A Deal?
As men are getting more interested in personal maintenance, investors are getting more interested in the brands that enable it. Last year, Main Post Partners backed Duke Cannon, Edgewell acquired Cremo, and Caryle picked up...
With New Seed Funding, Scalp Health Brand Jupiter Has More Fuel To Fight Flakes
Jupiter, the brand making dandruff products worthy of showing off the in shower, has raised an undisclosed amount of seed funding. Vanterra Capital, backer of Cleancult, Quip and Daily Harvest, led the seed round with participation...
Anikitia Abram Paused Curluxe Naturals To Become Mom To Five Kids. Now, The Brand Is Back.
Plenty of parents put dreams on hold to look after their children, but not many have a story like Anikitia Abram’s. Just as her haircare brand Curluxe Naturals, which is aimed at consumers with 4C hair, was...
The Big Beauty Industry Potential Of Modern Society’s Stress Dilemma
As the co-founder and president of early beauty e-tailer Gloss.com during the tech-bubble heyday of the late 1990s, Sarah Kugelman’s career was on the upswing, but the tech euphoria soon soured into disillusionment and Gloss.com, which was scooped...
