McKinsey & Co.: Consumers Expected To Pull Back On Skincare And Makeup Purchases This Year

While inflationary pressures have been easing in the United States, consumers remain cautious with many planning to pull back their beauty purchases this year as they feel the sting of elevated prices, according to market analysts. ...

Finding The Right 3PL Provider Can Be A Logistical Nightmare. Founders Tell Us How They Did It.

Investor Tina Bou-Saba has chatted with the founders of thousands of beauty and wellness brands, and she rarely comes across one completely satisfied with their third-party logistics provider. To help brands pin down a quality 3PL provider,...

How To Crack The Assortment At Fast-Growing Facial Bars

As brands look to sell products beyond their websites and retailers, many of which are pulling back from newness in pursuit of profit, they’re clamoring to get into the fast-growing facial bar sector.  The...

How Cautious Beauty Investors Are Evaluating Brands Today

Beauty M&A is expected to increase this year, but that doesn’t mean investors and strategic buyers will become less choosy with their targets, according to dealmakers involved in the industry.  “Desirable brands...

Where Beauty Brand Founders Think DEI Initiatives Stand Today In The Wake Of The Lawsuit Against Fearless Fund

Fearless Fund, the Black women-owned venture capital firm backing early-stage businesses owned by women of...

All The Ways Emerging Beauty Brands Fund Their Businesses

Among direct-to-consumer brands, there’s a lot of talk of technology stacks or all the different tools used to run e-commerce and digital consumer interactions, but financial stacks or all the different mechanisms brands depend on to fund their...