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Plant Apothecary’s Retail Network Blooms At Home And Abroad
Plant Apothecary’s retail distribution network is flowering. The high-design unisex skin and body care line recently reached Rue21 stores and Macy’s online after entering Target, Dermstore, Free People and CB2 over the last two years. Plant Apothecary’s expansive...
Lesley McIntosh Returns To The Beauty Industry To Spotlight Indie Brands
Lesley McIntosh couldn’t shake the beauty industry. While occupying marketing and branding posts at L’Oréal and Procter & Gamble, she put her stamp on personal care aisles by shaping Gillette Venus, and L’Oréal Paris Age Perfect and Men’s...
All Some Consumers Want For Christmas Is Self-Care And Compassion
Making merry through mindful gifting.
Three years ago, Aromatherapy Associates global CEO and chair Tracey Woodward and her two kids decided it was better to...
Reverie’s Indie Rocker Chic Kicks Natural Hair Care Up A Notch
Reverie founder Garrett Markenson injects an indie rocker sensibility into a natural hair care segment that’s often high on the granola quotient. The brand’s stark black-and-white packaging and single-word product names are so chic that
Alex Thiersch Illuminates The Expanding Med Spa Retail Opportunity
In the Nineties, the Clintons ruled the White House, Victoria Beckham rose to fame as Posh Spice, Al Gore danced to the Macarena, the iPhone was a mere glimmer in Steve Jobs’ eye and Allergan started seducing Americans...
Indigo Private Label Cosmetics Is A Manufacturer For Indie Beauty Brands By Indie Beauty Brand Founders
Necessity is the mother of invention, at least in the case of Indigo Private Label Cosmetics, a makeup manufacturer. Cindy Holland-Rodriguez and her daughter Andrea Rodriguez were developing the soon-to-be-launched natural beauty brand Ariza when they ran...
Worker B Generates Buzz With Mall Of America Store
Worker B has a new home for its hive of products. After opening a 600-square-foot store a year ago in the Mall of America, the Minneapolis-based bee-focused brand has settled into a 1,000-square-foot space in...
