Expert Dialogue
Beauty Products, Shopping Dynamics And Influencer Strategies That Will Dominate In 2023
Darian Symone Harvin, beauty editor at large for Image at the Los Angeles Times, predicts consumers may start to reevaluate where they shop for beauty products next year as retail spending contracts in...
Uoma’s Sharon Chuter and Pacifica’s Brook Harvey-Taylor On Aligning Activism With Running A Business—And The Price They Pay For It
Increasingly, people are participating in consumerism based on their personal credos, whether they involve workers’, women’s or animal rights, environmentalism, racial equity, poverty alleviation or another issue. Nearly 85% of gen Zers, for example, say they buy based...
Tips From Pound Cake, Winner Of The $1M Black Ambition Prize, On How To Create A Persuasive Pitch Deck
After a little over a year in business, cosmetics brand Pound Cake won Pharrell Williams’ $1 million Black Ambition grant. The money will be dedicated to staff, marketing and support of the brand’s new retail partnership...
Valuations Slide As The Pace Of Beauty M&A Slows, But Prestige Beauty Shows Resilience
Beauty brand valuations are tumbling from last year’s peak as investors turn a sharper eye to businesses that can effectively navigate economic challenges. To Nini Zhang, managing director of investment banking at Bank...
“Prove That You’ve Won Somewhere”: The Bridge Mentorship Program Is Guiding Brands To Score Funds In A Shaky Market
In today’s uncertain market, investors are looking for brands that remove some of the uncertainty. “The most important thing when you’re talking to investors, especially when you’re a small brand, is to prove that...
What Investors And Retailers Are Looking For In Today’s Beauty Market
Retailers believe scents will sell this holiday shopping season—and into 2023. “In the same way that maybe five years ago it was all about indie skincare, I think it’s become a bit about indie fragrance,” said Leigh Quilhot, senior...
