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Aerosoles Owner American Exchange Group Acquires HatchCollective To Enter The Beauty Category
American Exchange Group, owner of footwear brands White Mountain and Aerosoles, has broken into the beauty category by acquiring brand incubator HatchCollective. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. New York-based American Exchange Group takes over
Act+Acre Spotlights Scalp Care At Sephora
Act+Acre’s decision to zero in on scalp care put it on a path to enter Sephora, where it officially premieres online today and is rolling out to 235 doors on Friday. The beauty specialty retailer is showcasing...
When Will Early-Stage Funding For Beauty And Wellness Brands Turn Around?
If you’re an early-stage brand looking for institutional funding now, you’re late to beauty’s venture capital party. These days, as Joanna Glasner, a columnist for Crunchbase, put it, “Beauty is a pretty unattractive area for...
Jaclyn Cosmetics’ Future Is Uncertain As Jaclyn Hill Closes Other Brands
Jaclyn Hill, the beauty influencer who helped make now-defunct Becca Cosmetics’ Champagne Pop highlighter pop, hasn’t been able to do the same for her own products. She’s closing Koze, an apparel and accessories brand she launched last...
How B.A.I. Biosciences’ Sophie Bai Went From Trying To Cure Cancer To Working On SPF 1,000 For Astronauts
“The next decade of beauty has to be truly science led,” says Sophie Bai, founder and CEO of B.A.I. Biosciences. The biotechnology company’s role in shaping beauty’s science-led future has just begun. In March, it launched...
What Growth Rate Is Achievable For Beauty Brands This Year?
In a recent tweet, Cody Plofker, CMO at Jones Road Beauty, wrote, “Growth is extra hard to come by this year.” Prompted by his post, for the latest edition of our ongoing series posing questions relevant...
SKU’s Michelle Breyer Takes Stock Of Accelerator Programs And What CPG Brands Should Be Focused On Right Now
At textured hair digital destination NaturallyCurly, co-founder Michelle Breyer took a problem she was passionate about—that people with curly hair weren’t celebrated and couldn’t find products right for them—and addressed it by building a lucrative business. At...
