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KraveBeauty Founder Liah Yoo’s New Venture Fund Wants To Change Beauty Investing For The Better
KraveBeauty founder Liah Yoo has launched the fund Press Reset Ventures with $1 million and a mission that’s much broader than achieving a good return on beauty investments. Yoo believes the traditional venture capital model is...
The Inkey List Launches Hair And Scalp Treatments At Sephora As “Hairtellectuals” Emerge As A Key Consumer Group
Will “hairtellectuals” be the next major consumer force in the beauty industry? The Inkey List and Sephora think they could be. Two years ago, the brand beloved by “skintellectuals” extended from skincare to haircare on its website...
How Derm To Door Is Changing People’s Relationship With Dermatology And Informing Their Skincare Choices
Dermatologist Lily Talakoub’s office, McLean Dermatology & Skincare, is in the Washington, D.C., suburbs, but she wants to be everywhere—and she’s getting there. Through Derm to Door, which she started in 2020 as an e-commerce platform delivering...
How Can Emerging Beauty Brands Avoid Glossier’s Stumbles?
Last week, Modern Retail broke the news that Glossier laid off over 80 employees, about a third of its workforce. The one-time millennial “it girl” brand, which raised $80 million series E funding in 2021 at a...
Stylish CBD Beauty Brand Beboe Therapies Closes
Beboe Therapies, a stylish CBD beauty offshoot of cannabis brand Beboe, has closed. The closure was announced by the brand on its Instagram account and website, where it explained it was shifting its attention to “the...
Undefined Takes Its Mission To Democratize Beauty And Wellness To Target, HSN And More
Undefined CEO and founder Dorian Morris is practiced in the art of the pivot. “As I think back on 2018, when I launched at Indie Beauty Expo, the packaging and the value proposition were very different than...
Credo Appoints Stuart Millar CEO, Prepares To Open Two Locations This Year
After wading through uncertainty during a topsy-turvy pandemic period, Credo is looking to a new leader to pave a clear path forward. Stuart Millar, GM and president for the Americas at Aesop, is assuming the CEO post...
