Expert Dialogue
“The Next Black Millionaires” Stars Kazmaleje’s LaToya Stirrup And Undefined’s Dorian Morris On The Power Of The F Word
Participating in Unilever-owned SheaMoisture’s The Next Black Millionaire program, the power of the F word, focus, was impressed upon Kazmaleje founder LaToya Stirrup and Undefined Beauty
Podcast Good For U(?) Sunsets, But Not Before Imparting Conscious Consumerism Wisdom
In its year and a half run, the podcast Good For U(?) examined beauty and wellness consumption critically. However, its criticism came with a healthy dose of compassion as its hosts Michelle Pellizzon,...
What It Really Means To Be A Profitable Beauty Brand
If beauty entrepreneurs are to be believed, virtually no one is building a brand to exit. Still, that doesn’t indicate they wouldn’t consider a lucrative deal should it be on the table, right? To situate themselves...
The Opposite Of Overnight Success: How U Beauty, Nécessaire And Shani Darden Skin Care Are Carefully Becoming Powerhouses
After an age in which the consumer packaged goods industry applauded unicorns (many as mystical as the creature they were named for), the new age is starting to celebrate the brand equivalent of the quahog clam. The
What Beauty M&A Looks Like Now That The Era Of Rapidly Growing DTC Brands Is Largely Over
In the 2010s and the outset of the 2020s, the beauty industry saw several brands scale quickly and sell at strong multiples. A prime example is Drunk Elephant, which Shiseido purchased for $845 million, a valuation...
Experts Believe AI Will Fundamentally Change The Beauty Industry In A Few Years
Despite warnings from artificial intelligence leaders at OpenAI, Google DeepMind, Anthropic and other emerging platforms about the threats of AI wresting control of the world from humans, not to mention annihilating jobs, the technology doesn’t...
