Uri And David Minkoff’s Amino-Focused Wellness Brand BodyHealth Launches At Erewhon Market

The Minkoff name has become synonymous with entrepreneurship. Rebecca Minkoff and her brother Uri co-founded the Rebecca Minkoff apparel brand, which sold to Sunrise Brands last year.  While Uri was running the...

Yeouth Parent Company Kevgo Is Diversifying Its Amazon Presence And Looking To Retail

In 2014, personal care manufacturer Formulab was at a crossroads. Burnt out from producing merchandise for companies with exasperating demands, founder and cosmetic chemist Kevin Mallory was eager to take it in a new direction. “A venture capitalist...

New Brand Sholayidé Creates Eco-Luxe Scents With Black Women In Mind

Founder Sholayide Otugalu named her first brand Joséphine Cosmetics after artist and activist Josephine Baker. Her new brand, Sholayidé, shares her name, which means “blessings all around” in the West African language Yoruba. Otugalu defines the brand...

Launching At Walmart, Clean Age Is Carving Out A Space For Gen Z In Mass-Market Personal Care

Before it launched in 2020, Clean Age, a gen Z-focused personal care brand created to be better for consumers and the planet, drew up a retail-centered distribution plan to secure a large grocer, large big-box outlet and...

Ranavat Expands Sephora Partnership With All-Door US Rollout

A year after entering about 250 Sephora stores, Ranavat is expanding across the beauty specialty retailer’s roughly 535 locations in the United States.  The Ayurveda-inspired skincare and haircare brand...

With Everything Under $10, Glossmetics Wants To Be The Go-To Brand For Price-Conscious Gen Z Shoppers

Brand incubator Gloss Ventures is making moves on several fronts. Its new brand Glossmetics, which sells skincare and tools for under $10, landed at Walmart Canada in January, where it’s already increased...