Beneath the Surface
A Dose Of Digital Drama: Why Selling CBD Online Is Still A Struggle
Less than six months after the much-lauded passage of the Farm Bill legalizing the hemp trade, it’s proving not to be the panacea for CBD product selling many thought it would be. Beauty and wellness brands marketing CBD-infused...
The Men’s Market Looks Downright Glowy (Hint: Male Face Masking Is Involved)
After leaving the stuffy finance sector a year ago for a more informal office environment at WeWork, where he’s senior sales associate, handsome trainer on the side Michael Taylor shaves only once every 10 days. “When I shave...
Does Being Green Make Green?
Beauty brands are increasingly wearing sustainability efforts as badges of pride, touting the ways they’re working to save the environment from supplying refills to offsetting carbon footprints. Do these efforts, which can be tough on the bottom line,...
Why Small Beauty Brands Mean So Much To Mass-Market Stores Right Now
Indie beauty brands haven’t just had a significant impact on the prestige and direct-to-consumer segments. At the nation’s mass-market stores, they’ve nudged out legacy brands to score prime real estate. Without indie beauty brands injected into the merchandise...
Do The Skin-Fasting, Skip-Care, #NoBuy, #ShopMyStash And Sustainability Movements Add Up To A Pullback In Skincare Spending?
Last week, Alison Wu, the health and self-care guru behind Wu Haus, embarked on a seven-day break from beauty products in response to a Man Repeller article on skin fasting, a practice promoted by the company...
Don’t Know Your EDI From EBITDA? Here’s A Glossary Of Terms Every Beauty Entrepreneur Needs To Understand
Suzanne LeRoux, an attorney prior to launching One Love Organics, thought the legal profession was rife with jargon. But beauty retailers’ acronym-riddled vocabulary puts legalese to shame. “I’d hear things like 3PL and didn’t know anything they...
