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African Skincare Brand Uncover Raises $1.4M To Help It Go Global
Nairobi-based Uncover, a skincare brand with sunscreen, serum, sheet masks and more for women with melanated skin, has raised $1.4 million in an oversubscribed funding round to heighten its presence in existing markets and expand beyond them....
Co-Founder Andrew Glass Plots Wakse’s Big Retail Push And BeachDays’ Big Launch
Fifteen years ago, Andrew Glass’s beauty industry career started in a kiosk at Eastview Mall near Rochester, N.Y., hawking Proactiv to teenagers crowding the halls. From there, it would wind through distribution (EC Scott Group) and brands (Astral Brands,...
West Lane Capital Partners Breathes New Life Into Beauty Bakerie With Acquisition
Fresh off the acquisition of Mented Cosmetics, West Lane Capital Partners is enlarging its beauty business again by buying Beauty Bakerie. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. It represents a precipitous reversal of fortunes...
Everist’s Marketing Shift To Product Performance Over Sustainability Supercharges Sales
Everist, a 3-year-old eco-friendly brand with waterless hair and body care concentrates, has shifted its digital marketing and advertising focus from sustainability to product performance, boosting sales and profitability. The shift comes as some sustainability-oriented beauty brands...
Should Emerging Beauty Brands Be Filling C-Suite Roles Earlier Than Ever?
At Beauty Independent’s Dealmaker Summit last month, Rich Gersten, co-founder and managing partner at beauty and wellness venture capital firm True Beauty Ventures, advised today’s emerging beauty brand founders to think about recruiting a...
“Keurig For Makeup” Company BoldHue Raises Over $3M In Seed Funding To Launch Custom Foundation Device
BoldHue, the beauty technology company behind a cosmetics-mixing countertop device, has raised $3.37 million in seed funding to bring its total funding to $5.37 million and finance the release of its device. Founded...
Beauty Industry Insiders Highlight 10 Underappreciated Tactics Of Skillful Beauty Brands On The Cusp Of Greater Scale
No beauty entrepreneur creates a brand in a silo. The forces of change in the beauty industry—consumer caution, gen alpha’s influence, retail consolidation and an omnichannel advertising environment are a few of the latest—molds a brand...
