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COVID-19 Is Putting Stress On The Global Beauty Supply Chain
As COVID-19 stretches around the world, global links in the beauty industry’s supply chain are coming apart. The first frays in the chain were centered in China, where the outbreak in January and February inhibited supplies, particularly packaging,...
What Indie Beauty Brands Can Do To Support Retailers Reeling From Store Shutdowns
With a large portion of storefronts shuttered across the country, the retail business is being slammed by the fight against COVID-19. In this edition of Beauty Independent’s ongoing series posing questions relevant to beauty entrepreneurs, we ask 12 retailers: What...
The COVID-19 Employee Handbook: How Indie Beauty Brands Are Protecting Workers During The Pandemic
In this edition of Beauty Independent’s ongoing series posing questions to beauty entrepreneurs, we ask 20 beauty business founders and executives: As uncertainty in the beauty industry mounts with COVID-19 continuing to spread, what steps have you taken...
Base Beauty’s Jodi Katz On How To Successfully Execute Virtual Events
In the beauty industry, live events are occasions for joy, celebration and connection as brands mark product releases, collaborations, advertising campaigns, anniversaries and other milestones. Now that events have shifted from physical settings to screens, brands have the...
Work-Life Imbalance: How Beauty Entrepreneurs Are Juggling Childcare And Running Their Businesses
On top of the tough job running a brand, shelter-in-place orders increasing around the world to stem the spread of COVID-19 are forcing beauty entrepreneurs to handle childcare and education responsibilities. We wondered how they’re doing with their...
This Skincare Entrepreneur Was Formerly A Federal Reserve Economist. Here Are His Tips To Get Brands Through COVID-19’s Financial Fallout.
Before launching Men’d Skin Co. last August, I spent three years as an economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and five years as a data scientist and commercial risk manager at a major credit card company....
