Rachel Brown
An Autopsy Of Rodin Olio Lusso And The Challenges Conglomerates Face Taking Over Small Brands
From 2014 to 2016, Estée Lauder Cos. Inc. acquired seven brands—Rodin Olio Lusso, Becca Cosmetics, Too Faced, Editions de Parfums Frédéric Malle, By Kilian, Le Labo and GlamGlow—and boosted the size of its minority stake in an eighth,...
From The Minds Behind Starface, Plus Greens The Shower With Waterless Body Wash Sheets And Dissolvable Packaging
Entrepreneurs often run away from the steep challenge of trying to persuade consumers to make a major behavior change. Julie Schott, Cathryn Woodruff and Brian Bordainick run toward it. With their brand Starface, co-founders Schott and Bordainick...
Vegamour Receives $80M Minority Growth Investment From General Atlantic
General Atlantic is showing it’s bullish on the power of plant ingredients to promote hair growth with an $80 million investment in Vegamour. The direct-to-consumer clean and vegan haircare, lash and brow brand joins the beauty...
This New Ultra-Luxe Haircare Brand Swears Sustainability Doesn’t Require Sacrifice
Sabrina Szinay, a third-generation hairdresser whose advertising and red carpet curriculum vitae includes celebrities and brands Winona Ryder, Felicity Jones, Anya Taylor, Chanel, Chloe, Louis Vuitton and Hermes, has tried almost every haircare brand imaginable. When it comes...
Hand In Hand Sells Majority Stake To Bain Capital Double Impact
Hand in Hand’s business is now hand in hand with Bain Capital Double Impact. The clean personal care player that’s donated nearly 14 million bars of soap to help combat water-borne diseases is the first consumer packaged...
Beauty Retailer Vegan Fine Body Set To Open In Boca Raton, Plans Expansion To Other US Cities
Vegan Fine Brands is out to put vegan beauty and food on the map and, by that, it means the map of the United States, where it hopes to open locations in the top 10 to 15...
How Natural Hair Influencer Whitney White Built A Brand That Quickly Sold Out At Ulta Beauty
In 2015, when Business Insider heralded Whitney White as Michelle Phan of the natural hair movement, the influencer hadn’t followed in Phan’s footsteps to sell products. Three years later, she launched Melanin Haircare, a brand she...
