Can Beauty Brands Encourage Less Consumption While Selling Stuff?

In a recent New York Times article, fashion writer Vanessa Friedman described “sustainable fashion” as an oxymoron because sustainable “implies ‘able to continue over a period of time,’ according to the

What Founder Dan Hodgdon Learned From Past Stumbles To Build Vegamour

Vegamour founder and CEO Dan Hodgdon lived a lot of lives prior to launching his multimillion-dollar haircare band. By the time he was 17 years old, he had already moved to 20 different places. “I lived in...

How To Measure And Improve Customer Loyalty

New isn’t always better, especially when it comes to customers. In a beauty industry deluged with trends, products and brands, companies that hold onto customers over time stand out in a crowd of Teflon operations. “If you want...

With The Stock Market And VC Down This Year, What’s The Deal Environment Like For Emerging Beauty And Wellness Brands?

When beauty and wellness companies examine economic indictors, they can easily see many of them don’t look all that beautiful or well. For the stock market, 2022 has been a punishing year—and prognosticators don’t forecast its fortunes...

After Launching On Amazon, Lady Gaga’s Haus Labs Shifts To Sephora. What Does The Move Say About Beauty Distribution Today?

When Lightspeed Ventures-backed and Lady Gaga-affiliated Haus Laboratories premiered exclusively on Amazon for pre-order on July 15, 2019, not coincidently Prime Day, before going fully live with the e-tailer in September that year, many in the beauty industry...

Looking To Enter The Mom And Baby Category? Here Are Some Factors To Consider.

More and more beauty entrepreneurs are looking to create mom and baby products, which they view as filling a white space and having the potential to attract loyal lifetime customers. However, the mom and baby category isn’t the...