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Should The US Want A Beauty Manufacturing Job Renaissance?
One of the stated main goals of President Donald Trump’s imposition of 10% tariffs on virtually every country in the world and as much as 245% on China is to bring manufacturing jobs back to America. In the...

Sunless Tanners Get Their Moment To Shine
In a beauty industry shifting at the speedy pace of micro-trends, the desire for sun-kissed skin seems to be a perma-trend. The self-tanner and bronzer category is expanding and innovating...

Juice Beauty Runs Out Of Juice. Has Clean Beauty, Too?
Juice Beauty has run out of juice. The clean beauty pioneer—started by Karen Behnke in 2005, it filed for a trademark on the term “clean beauty” a decade ago and launched National Clean Beauty Day in...

Source Beauty’s Maggie Spicer On The Competitive Advantages Of Sticking To Sustainability Amid Tariff Pressures
For beauty brands committed to sustainability, President Donald Trump’s tariffs are a huge test of the strength of that commitment. Source Beauty founder Maggie Spicer, a former trade attorney supporting sustainability and social impact in...

Marketing A New Beauty Product: What Indie Brands Really Spend
In a recent No Stupid Questions story, we checked in with 10 beauty consultants, including two who had opened and closed their own beauty and wellness brands, for estimates on what it costs for an...

American Beauty Brands Rethink International Expansion Strategies Amid Trump’s Trade War
President Donald Trump’s immigration, tariff and foreign policies have spiked Americans’ anxiety about traveling abroad, and cooled visits from travelers abroad into the United States. They’re not the only ones. Businesses are changing their views on...