Full Disclosure

Germaine Bolds-Leftridge has spent almost half of her life being what she calls a server. It’s a role she’s happily taken on during her three-decade broker career cultivating beauty brands like Mielle Organics, Oyin Handmade, Curls Dynasty, Kenya...

When Steve Mormoris left Coty, where he spent 16 years and ascended to CMO for the global fragrance division, in 2016, consumers were rejecting the celebrity scents that had been cash cows for over a decade and turning...

To Nohbo founder and CEO Benjamin Stern, the CPG industry’s moonshot is the elimination of plastic—and aiming for a moonshot in his blood. His grandfather was an engineer on the first Apollo mission, which paved the way...

A lot has changed for RMS Beauty since Beauty Independent’s Full Disclosure on founder Rose-Marie Swift in January 2019. Last August, investment firm Highlander Partners acquired the clean beauty brand, and Highlander managing director David...

One business segment’s lemons are often another’s lemonade. That’s certainly true in the retail industry. While high inflation and broader economic uncertainty aren’t welcome signs to most in the sector, off-price retailers are pretty sanguine about them. In...

Sula Labs’ name is a reference to Toni Morrison’s 1973 novel “Sula” focused on the relationship between friends Sula and Nel. In it, Morrison writes, “Sula never competed; she simply helped others define themselves.” AJ Addae, founder...