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Why Unilever Closed Ren Clean Skincare Instead Of Selling It
On Thursday last week, Unilever announced it made the “difficult decision to begin formal steps to close the Ren business” by the end of the third quarter this year. The company said, “A combination of internal factors,...

Fazit And By Rosie Jane Discuss Taylor Swift, Bethenny Frankel And Strategies For Building On Virality
In an algorithm-driven digital world where fortunes can change overnight, going viral often seems like a dream come true for beauty brands. However, bridging an instant pop and prolonged sales requires clever strategies. ...

Should The US Want A Beauty Manufacturing Job Renaissance?
One of the stated main goals of President Donald Trump’s imposition of 10% tariffs on virtually every country in the world and as much as 245% on China is to bring manufacturing jobs back to America. In the...

Sunless Tanners Get Their Moment To Shine
In a beauty industry shifting at the speedy pace of micro-trends, the desire for sun-kissed skin seems to be a perma-trend. The self-tanner and bronzer category is expanding and innovating...

Juice Beauty Runs Out Of Juice. Has Clean Beauty, Too?
Juice Beauty has run out of juice. The clean beauty pioneer—started by Karen Behnke in 2005, it filed for a trademark on the term “clean beauty” a decade ago and launched National Clean Beauty Day in...

Source Beauty’s Maggie Spicer On The Competitive Advantages Of Sticking To Sustainability Amid Tariff Pressures
For beauty brands committed to sustainability, President Donald Trump’s tariffs are a huge test of the strength of that commitment. Source Beauty founder Maggie Spicer, a former trade attorney supporting sustainability and social impact in...