Brand Report
Noto Botanics Opens A Store In Los Angeles While Looking To Expand Its Reach Well Beyond The City
Three months after opening its first brick-and-mortar store in Los Angeles, Noto Botanics is ready to see if its line is as “universally sexy” as it intends it to be by introducing a slew of new products, and...
Fur’s Co-Founders On Their “Shark Tank” Appearance, Retail Markups, Rejections And Publicly Discussing Pubic Hair
On Friday evening, BFFs Laura Schubert and Lillian Tung were discussing pubes on the boob tube—and it wasn’t for premium cable content. The co-founders of Fur, a personal care brand dedicated to breaking taboos around pubic hair...
L’Oréal Leads Global Beauty In The Latest Quarterly Earnings
Major trade winds were on display in the most recent quarterly reports issued by four of the largest international conglomerates that followed bellwether trends familiar to today’s beauty entrepreneurs. The contrasting results and perspectives presented by...
For Retail Buyers, Wellness Reigned Supreme At IBE LA 2020
The retail buyers in attendance at Indie Beauty Expo Los Angeles 2020 were on the hunt for products to help their customers feel better, not just look better. That’s the takeaway from the...
For New Skincare Brand Luneia, Performance Doesn’t Come At The Planet’s Expense
Gemma Harling is new skincare brand Luneia’s muse. She’s also its founder. Guided by Harling’s personal experience hunting for products to address her hormonal acne and professional experience stewarding brands at retail as a former senior beauty...
Ulta Beauty Expands Its Supplement Selection With The Launch Of Ora Organic
A year and a half after launching in around 800 The Vitamin Shoppe locations across the country, plant-based ingestible specialist Ora Organic is bringing a six-product edit to Ulta Beauty. The partnership is part of the retailer’s Sparked...
