Taylor Bryant
Henkel Backs Science-Driven Synthetic Hair Extensions Brand Ruka In $4.5M Round
Henkel is backing Ruka, the British textured hair brand known for its synthetic wigs, weaves and braiding hair, as part of a $4.5 million funding round to fuel fiber innovation, retail expansion in the United...
How Bask & Lather Used TikTok Shop To Power A 9-Figure Business
Bask & Lather has become one of TikTok Shop’s breakout beauty successes. The bootstrapped textured haircare brand ranked No. 8 on e-commerce intelligence platform Charm.io’s list of top beauty brands on the platform during the first...
Brand Founders On Emma Grede’s “Three-Hour Mom” Approach: Smart Boundary Or Parenting Red Flag?
If there was any doubt, Emma Grede, co-founder of Kardashian- and Jenner-affiliated brands Good American, Skims and Safely and host of the podcast “Aspire,” is showing why she’s an entrepreneur—or, at the very least, a personal-brand machine—to be...
Sephora And Ulta Beauty’s Top Haircare Brands Reveal Different Playbooks For Success
New first-quarter data from Jump Accelerator shows there isn’t just one way to win in haircare right now, with brands advancing through identity-centered storytelling and premium positioning at Sephora and performance-led claims, professional credibility and sharper...
South Korean Fragrance Brand Nonfiction Opens First North American Store In New York
After five locations in South Korea, three in Japan, one in Hong Kong and another in Thailand, fragrance brand Nonfiction has opened its first store stateside in...
Prestige Textured Haircare Brand Adwoa Beauty To Liquidate
Adwoa Beauty, the brand that brought high-performance, high-end textured haircare to Sephora, is liquidating following a court ruling Friday that converted its Chapter 11 bankruptcy case to Chapter 7, according to news first reported...
Fundamental Brands To Acquire $31M Fragrance License Holder For Ellen Tracy, Mustang And More
Fundamental Brands is acquiring Great American Beauty, the fragrance license holder for brands including Ellen Tracy, IZOD, Ford Mustang and Caribbean Joe in a deal adding approximately $31 million in sales to its...
