Sexual Wellness Brand Maude And Supplement Brand Asystem Partner On Libido Gummies

In June last year, Maude raised a $5.8 million series A round, bringing its total funding to $10 million and making founder Éva Goicochea a member of a small group of Latina founders to raise...

How Sexual Health And Wellness Brand Founders Are Fighting Social Media Censorship

Sexual health and wellness brand founders often have to be de facto activists, too. While most other consumer packaged goods brands can gain market traction by advertising their products through Google and social...

Why Samara Walker Doesn’t Want Her Brand Àuda.B Limited To Black-Owned Sections At Retailers

Samara Walker’s vegan nail polish brand Àuda.B landed on many lists of Black-owned brands in 2020, and she inked wholesale partnerships with Nordstrom and Francesca’s shortly after. But Walker was wary of retailers’ sudden interest in Black-owned...

Influencer Sommer Ray’s Imaraïs Beauty Enters J.C. Penney As The First Ingestible Brand In Its New Beauty Assortment

After scoring partnerships with Nordstrom, Saks Fifth Avenue and Holt Renfrew in the six months since its launch, influencer Sommer Ray’s brand Imaraïs Beauty will enter J.C. Penney locations with recently revamped beauty...

World Of Chris Collins Becomes The First Black-Owned Fragrance Brand At Sephora

Data from The NPD Group shows that super-premium niche fragrance brands doubled their sales last year as the wider prestige fragrance market registered 49% growth. As consumers venture back into the world, they want to smell good...

Merigold Creates Monthly Face Masks To Address The Ways Skin Changes Throughout The Year

Hillary Tijerina had the same face mask tub sitting in her bathroom for three years. During some points of the year in Denver, where she lives and spent about a decade as a pediatric nurse at Children’s Hospital...