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Has Sustainability Become Table Stakes For Beauty Brands?
Ten to 15 years ago, a new wave of brands such as Josh Rosebrook, Indie Lee, Odacité, Tara Harper, RMS Beauty and W3ll People put clean beauty...
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The Hormonal Birth Control Backlash: Wellness Goldmine Or Political Minefield?
Tatyannah King, a 28-year-old sex educator in Philadelphia, recently stopped taking hormonal birth control. After being on the pill for seven years, she was curious how her body would feel without it. “My general...
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Understanding Beauty’s Biotechnology Revolution
Beauty’s love affair with biotechnology has only just begun. “Biology and biotechnology are the next wave of potential,” said Jasmina Aganovic, founder of biotech company Arcaea and...
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Ulta Beauty’s CEO Says Beauty Is Cooling Off. Should Everyone Panic?
Two months into Ulta Beauty’s fiscal year, CEO Dave Kimbell told analysts at a J.P. Morgan conference on Wednesday last week, “We have planned for moderation in total category growth to kind of the mid-single-digit range....
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What Retailer Should Rhode Choose?
A lucky retailer will soon bag one of beauty’s biggest prizes, Rhode. Two years after starting in direct-to-consumer distribution, the skincare brand connected to Hailey Bieber is believed to be entering either...
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Josh Rosebrook On The Power Of Staying Independent In A Beauty Market That Valorizes Big Exits
Josh Rosebrook, a celebrity hairdresser turned product developer, began his namesake clean beauty brand in 2009 within a year or two of the launches of fellow clean beauty brands Tara Harper, Ilia, RMS Beauty and...