Beneath the Surface
Uline Is The Beauty Industry’s SoulCycle
With a catalog of more than 36,000 items filling 750-plus pages, distribution centers in seven U.S. cities, 6,000 employees in North America, affordable prices, low minimums and commended customer service, Uline has become a preferred shipping supplies...
Lord Jones’ CBD Competitors Could Follow Its $300M Deal With Jackpots Of Their Own
The green rush has turned into green riches. When Canadian marijuana company Cronos Group Inc. revealed Friday that it would acquire Redwood Holding Group, owner of CBD brand Lord Jones, for $300 million, huzzahs reverberated throughout the...
Will Indie Beauty Brands Take Sides In The Upcoming US Presidential Election?
As the United States plunges into the presidential primaries, its divisions are being laid bare in communities across the country, polling data, Twitter posts and Democratic presidential candidate debates, which start up again today. Brand founders...
More Indie Beauty Brands Than Ever Participate In Amazon Prime Day
Starting today, Amazon will put on what’s anticipated to be the largest ever Prime Day, a two-day shopping event Coresight Research forecasts will generate $5.8 billion in sales, up from roughly $4 billion over one day last...
What Smaller Brands And Retailers Can Learn From Sephora’s Diversity Training
In April, the pop singer SZA tweeted that a Sephora employee called security on her while she was shopping at a store in Calabasas, Calif. Following the incident, Sephora closed its locations for an hour-long diversity...
Neptune Appoints Schmidt’s Naturals Co-Founder Michael Cammarata CEO As CPG Executive And Investor Interest In The Cannabis Segment Swells
Michael Cammarata, co-founder and former CEO of Schmidt’s Naturals, believes the cannabis consumer products segment isn’t too different from the aluminum-free deodorant segment when he jumped into it five years ago. There’s a sea of small brands—and new...
