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A Peek At Prestige Haircare’s Rise From Two Emerging Brands Enmeshed In It
Haircare, a beauty industry category relatively light on deal activity historically, has seen an explosion of interest of late from investors due to sales growth, a slew of emerging brands and consumers’ willingness to...
Inside The Fundraising Process That Led To Vegamour’s Big $80M Deal
More than three years after it started, Vegamour crossed $1 million in monthly sales in November 2019. Ultimately, its business surged 800% that year. The sales and growth attracted investors, and General Atlantic poured $80 million into the brand for...
The Skincare Boom May Be Over. Where Should Skincare Brands Go From Here?
Even though Kim Kardashian is banking on skincare with the upcoming launch of her new brand SKKN, the skincare category isn’t where much of the action is taking place today in the beauty industry. As Larissa...
From Being Careful About COGS To Creating Unique Bundles, Beauty Brands Discuss Retail Strategies That Work
In the late 2010s, direct-to-consumer (DTC) brands bypassing middlemen, most notably traditional retailers, achieved success by amassing large customer bases at relatively low cost. Today, things aren’t as they once were. In an exceedingly saturated market, the costs...
Amid Fretting About A Down Market, Byredo Inks A $1B Deal With Puig. Is It Just A Blip?
With the United States roiled by economic volatility, many beauty investors, investment bankers, executives and entrepreneurs have been predicting deal flow and valuations will ebb—and their predictions could absolutely come true. However, recent beauty news has thrown...
Should The Spa Industry Fight For The Legalization Of Sex Work?
In March 2021, a white man killed eight people—primarily Asian women—in shootings at three Atlanta area spas. The man, 23-year-old Robert Aaron Long, is serving a life sentence after pleading guilty and could face the death penalty....
