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Maya Crothers’ Circuitous Path To Leading A Skincare Brand
CircCell founder Maya Crothers is a prime example of the benefits of following where life takes you. A former consultant who had left the workforce to concentrate on her family, Crothers didn’t envision leading a...
Joyus Aims For Partnerships With Condé Nast And Hearst In New Incarnation
Joyus, once a promising version of QVC and HSN for the digital age, is pivoting to supply commerce solutions for content providers. StackCommerce, which sets up branded shops for online technology news, men’s lifestyle and education...
Ayla Stands Out By Paying Attention In An Era Of Short Attention Spans
Ayla founder Dara Kennedy is an established doyenne of natural beauty retailing, and her business isn’t even a decade old. Well before Credo hit the scene, she sensed skincare customers yearned for attention and...
Skincare Shoppers Are Increasingly Saying No Thank You To Synthetic Ingredients
Evidence is mounting that unease over potentially harmful synthetic ingredients is shaping the skincare market. Following a report from the NPD Group determining that consumers increasingly seek face products without parabens, phthalates, sulfates, fragrance...
Direct Sales Beauty Companies Market Makeup, Moisturizers And Social Missions
Andrew McBride, a 10-year veteran of the direct sales industry, was accustomed to companies with sales and recruitment as their chief objectives. Altruistic efforts were sometimes warmhearted corporate responsibility projects, but not a reason for being. McBride’s...
Life Elements Endures Many Elements Of Business Life On The Way To Strength
Martha Van Inwegen is the Madonna of entrepreneurs. She reinvents herself to stay relevant. Van Inwegen’s been a Feng Shui consultant, beekeeper, intimacy products vendor, website development specialist and, now, and a natural cleansing wipes...
Jodi Katz On The Power Of Packaging To Communicate Brand Stories
Looking good is not all there is to the business of good looks. In today’s inundated beauty marketplace, Jodi Katz, founder of creative agency Base Beauty and former U.S. creative director of L’Occitane en Provence,...
