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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...
“We’re Losing Talented People”: As Production Slumps, Hollywood Makeup Artists And Hairstylists Fight For Survival
Over the past five years, Hollywood’s movie and television industry has operated in fits and starts, thanks to COVID shutdowns, strikes by SAG-AFTRA and the Writers Guild of America and most recently wildfires, which halted...
Early-Stage Beauty Investors On How They Pick Winning Brands
The earlier stage a business, the riskier it is for investors to pour money into it, but those that do it right can realize tremendous upside. “There’s an opportunity for...
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...
The Humble Deodorant Goes Bougie And Bankable
In 2017, as aluminum-free deodorants were transforming personal care for the pits, Unilever and Procter & Gamble moved to capture customers migrating to more natural options by purchasing Native and Schmidt’s, respectively. Now, the deodorant category is...
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....
