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Should Kids Be Legally Barred From Buying Adult Skincare?
Alex Lee, a member of the California Assembly, has introduced a revised version of a bill that, if passed, would ban the sale of anti-aging skincare products with harsh ingredients to people under the age of...
What Private Equity’s Big Deal Energy Means For Emerging Beauty Brands And Consumers
Private equity firms, backers of some of the hottest brands in beauty, including Summer Fridays, DIBS Beauty, Rare Beauty and Makeup by Mario, have become the dominant player in beauty transactions. According to Megamarket...
Like Consumers, Many Beauty Investors Love Dupes
As dupe brands continue to expand (see MCoBeauty’s and Timeless Skin Care’s recent Target launches and Dossier’s attempt to push beyond imitation), Sandra Nait-Amer, managing director at financial services firm Rothschild &...
Why Hims & Hers Is Winning Over Wall Street As It Clobbers Traditional Beauty Companies
Recent headlines have focused on the beatdown publicly traded beauty companies have taken. Puig, Beiersdorf and L’Oréal’s stocks are hovering just above their 52-week lows and significantly underperforming the S&P. The stocks of other beauty conglomerates...
The Lukewarm Expectations For The Growth Of Beauty Products “Made In The USA”
NielsenIQ estimates 7% of beauty products sold in the United States are manufactured domestically. President Donald Trump’s institution of a 10% tariff on goods from China, the largest single manufacturing source of beauty products bought...
Stagnation Or Evolution?: The Fierce Debate Over Beauty’s Sputtering Ingredient Innovation
Beauty industry insiders have been chewing and stewing over ingredient innovation stagnation. In a recent piece in the publication Happi, for example, Akshay Talati, chief innovation officer at Supergoop, and marketer Maya Sarin address this concern....
