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Indie Beauty Dish: Brand Openings And Closures, Executive Moves And More From Summer 2025
Ginny Wright has joined Orveon Global as CEO. She was previously CEO of Audemars Piguet Americas and president of Kiehl’s Since 1851. Orveon owns Buxom, Laura Mercier and Bare Minerals. She succeeds Neela Montgomery, who...
HSN’s No. 1 Beauty Brand Brings $100M Success Story To Ulta Beauty
In three years, Nakery Beauty has become the No. 1 beauty brand on HSN and pulled in around $100 million in sales for products warding off the body’s discomforts like pain, exhaustion, vaginal odor and...
Allison Kent-Gunn Breaks Down 8 Big Packaging Shifts In The Age Of Tariffs And Sustainability Realism
On social media, Allison Kent-Gunn, aka Allison Turquoise, is an ebullient translator of packaging from people’s favorite beauty brands. She informs her 90,000-plus fans that Summer Fridays’ squishy applicator is made from thermoplastic...
Is Beauty’s Founder-Led Era Over?
In a June article, The Business of Fashion declared the end of the founder-led era. In response, Tamar Koifman, a beauty strategy advisor and marketing leader, asked on LinkedIn, “How could we be so naive?”...
The Surprisingly Confident State Of Indie Beauty 2025
The picture for the pretty-making business hasn’t been all that pretty this year. Tariffs are eating into the bottom line. Digital advertising costs have soared. High-profile brands are closing. The TikTok micro-trend machine is wearing thin....
Bullish’s Mike Duda On CPG’s New Unconventional Founders, That Coldplay Concert, His Med-Spa Bet And Bullish Outlook
Mike Duda was at that Coldplay concert. “I can’t believe I’m admitting I went to a Coldplay concert, but actually it was good. It’s probably going to be on my LinkedIn bio,” he laughs, remembering the big...
Your Beauty Products Have Gotten More Expensive
The cost of looking good is going up. Whether it’s a lip gloss that’s $3 more expensive or a shampoo that’s an extra $2, beauty product prices are climbing faster than prices overall. The...
