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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...
Former Amazon And CVS Executive Set To Launch Livestreaming Beauty App Trendio
Trendio, a video-focused beauty shopping platform, is set to emerge from a beta testing period in the summer to officially launch this fall. The platform will be a competitor to Flip, Newness and Supergreat in a beauty...
Beauty Industry Insiders Review HBO Max’s Docuseries “Not So Pretty”: Is It Fearmongering Or Informative?
Last month, HBO Max released “Not So Pretty,” a four-part docuseries exploring the “ugly” side of the beauty industry. According to the publication Glossy, following its premiere, a #notsopretty hashtag popped up on TikTok and racked up...
HydroPeptide Founder April Zangl Peck Is Closing Her Second Brand, Save Me From. She’s Spilling On Her Missteps So You Can Avoid Them.
After selling skincare brand HydroPeptide in 2016, April Zangl Peck was determined to do things differently with her second beauty venture. She began HydroPeptide in 2004 with a single formula produced by a small manufacturer, packaging that...
A Look At The Beauty Industry Today: The New Lipstick Index, No IPOs, Cost Hikes And Inelastic Prices
Sorry beauty brands and consumers, costs aren’t coming down. At least that’s what Nini Zhang, investment banking director of luxury, beauty and apparel at Credit Suisse, is predicting. In last Wednesday’s Beauty Independent In Conversation...
How Beauty Entrepreneurs’ And Execs’ Mothers Introduced Them To Beauty—And How They’re Introducing Their Kids To Beauty Differently (Or Not)
With Mother’s Day coming up on Sunday, for this edition of our ongoing series posing questions relevant to indie beauty, we asked 45 beauty entrepreneurs and executives the following questions: What role did your mother play in introducing...
