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Eric Ryan Sells A Third Brand With Unilever’s Acquisition Of Welly
Unilever has acquired a majority stake in Welly Health PBC, the playful bandage brand from the mind of entrepreneurial consumer packaged goods maverick Eric Ryan, for an undisclosed price. The deal comes less than two years after...
Haven Well Within’s Timely Mission To Help Women Turn Their Homes Into Sanctuaries
Before the pandemic, as millennials came of age as powerful consumers, their interest in experiences over things began to shape how companies selling to them oriented their businesses. Sycamore Partners-owned Talbots was one such company. Under the...
New Marketplace The Fascination Wants To Make It Easier For Consumers To Shop DTC Brands
In a 2020 in which many companies were devastated, entrepreneurship flourished in the United States. Nearly 4.5 million small businesses started, making 2020 the biggest year on record for business formation with a 24.3% surge from 2019,...
After Reinventing The Shower Cap, Design-Focused Brand Shhhowercap Is Now Poised To Do Much More
Too much focus is scarcely ever a bad thing for a brand in its nascent stages. Shhhowercap is case in point. Founder Jacquelyn De Jesu launched it in 2015 with very clear vision to upend the shower...
The Opposite Of Fast Beauty: How The Conservatory Curates An Assortment Built To Last
When Vogue contributing editor Robert Sullivan wrote in 2019 that The Conservatory’s Hudson Yards opening represented “a sea change, a true tipping point, for retail,” the ensuing dramatic tipping points for brick-and-mortar stores were far beyond the...
Skincare For The New Normal: Fortify+ Is Fighting Bacteria While Providing Beauty Benefits
Amid tremendous uncertainty in March last year as the pandemic was taking root in the United States, David Klar, who would go on to lose relatives and longtime friends to the coronavirus, received a surprise package on his...
Grind Pretty’s Mimi J Is Building A Beauty Empire By Helping Other Women Build Their Businesses
Mimi Johnson, the Atlanta-based makeup artist and budding beauty mogul better known as Mimi J, isn’t satisfied simply building a business. Instead, the founder of product line-cum-retailer The Glamatory and content-commerce vehicle Grind Pretty wants to...
