How Beacon Award Winner Sisterwould Hit Six Figures With A Minimal Marketing Budget

When sister-in-laws Rina Gocaj-Bekiri and Floriye Elmazi couldn’t find hair products that catered to pressing condition-based concerns, such as dandruff, psoriasis, alopecia, hair loss and the effects of chemotherapy on hair, they decided to combine their passions for...

The Formula For Lasting Influence: Jane Tsui Is Creating A Library Of Cosmetic Chemistry Content On TikTok

Many beauty consumers today know cosmetic chemists play important roles in creating the skincare, makeup, body care and haircare products lining the shelves of their favorite beauty stores. Their knowledge is thanks to cosmetic chemists like Jane Tsui...

Makeup Brand Minori Beauty Taps Small Retail Network For Big Results

For Minori Beauty, growing big is about starting small. Launched in 2021, the bootstrapped makeup brand isn’t rushing to secure a major retail partner just yet. Instead, it’s relying on a robust...

Iris Finance’s Drew Fallon On Why The Gap Between Brand Haves And Have-Nots Is Growing

Drew Fallon, CEO and co-founder of Iris Finance, an AI-powered finance data platform for consumer packaged goods brands, believes the worst of the direct-to-consumer reckoning is over. That doesn’t mean he believes the path to...

New Owner American Exchange Group’s Plans For Indie Lee’s Future

In 2008, a then 37-year-old Indie Lee endured multiple health crises. Born Lisa Swengros and called Indie Lee, short for “Independent Lisa,” a blog she wrote, Lee was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis after her feet and...

Byoma Parent Company Future Beauty Labs’ Rapid Rise To Masstige Skincare Superstardom

Glasgow gets an average of 170 days of rain per year, making it either the last place you’d expect to find one of the Western world’s fastest-growing sunless tan and skincare companies—or the first. Marc Elrick, CEO of...