How Growth-Focused Investor DRVE Boosts Brands’ Monthly Revenues

The shift to digital shopping means it’s imperative for both upstart and established brands to nail direct-to-consumer operations as the low barriers to entry have allowed for an influx of competitors. Allies of...

Key Design & Media’s Creative Director Keisha Pyzynski On How Brands Get The Most Bang For Their Design Bucks

From conceptualizing packaging and labels to creating social media graphics and website banner ads, graphic design plays an essential part in any marketing strategy, but videos, podcasts, educational posts and other content possibilities increasingly...

Women’s Wellness Specialist Winged Expands To Whole Foods Nationwide With Its First Non-CBD Product Range

“Winged was always meant to be a woman’s wellness brand, not a CBD brand,” declares Jess Mulligan, co-founder of the nearly 2-year-old Winged whose other baby, her son, turned 1 in May. “Winged...

Beautycounter’s SVP Of Mission Lindsay Dahl Takes On Clean Beauty’s Critics

Beautycounter is a clear example of clean beauty’s success. Founded in 2013, the cosmetics company that pronounces its purpose is to get safer products in the hands of everyone recently received a majority investment from The Carlyle...

What The Beauty Industry Needs To Do To Set Latinx Beauty Brands Up For Success

A one-time grant and a few press hits don’t equal long-term economic power—and that’s what Latinx beauty entrepreneurs are after. Over the past year, inequities faced by BIPOC brand founders in the beauty industry, including strains on cash,...

Scale Media’s Big Ambitions To Become A Next-Generation Beauty And Wellness Brand Holding Company

Scale Media, a direct-to-consumer beauty, health and wellness incubator that recently launched its sixth brand, is definitely starting to achieve scale. As shopping swung to e-commerce amid the pandemic, co-founder Ziv Haklili reports the company crossed $100...