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Minneapolis Beauty Entrepreneurs On Running A Business During A Year Of Police Brutality, Social Uprising And Resilience
It’s been a heavy year for Minneapolis. George Floyd’s death in the Powderhorn Park neighborhood of the city on May 25 last year sparked outrage and worldwide protests as people demanded justice for his killing and systemic change...
Five Things Beauty Brands Need To Understand To Develop A China Strategy
For beauty brands, China isn’t an ancillary market, but a primary opportunity that requires a tailored strategy. The beauty industry in the enormous country is outpacing its competition and set to...
Beauty On Amazon Part 5: What Does The Future Hold For Amazon?
Over the past year, Beauty Independent’s Beauty On Amazon five-part series has examined Amazon’s place in the beauty industry—where it stands now, where the platform has ambitions of going and how the industry has evolved its...
Beauty And Personal Care M&A’s High-Price, High-Growth Dynamics
In the debate over growth versus profitability, the market is clearly in favor of growth in the household and personal care sector. “If you hit both growth and profitability, people still value growth more in the last six...
Beauty Brands On What It’s Like To Expand To The UK
In this edition of our ongoing series posing questions relevant to indie beauty, we ask 13 beauty brand founders and executives: What’s the process been like to expand to the United Kingdom? Have you encountered any bumps along...
What’s The Outlook For Beauty With The Pandemic Easing In The US?
The near-term outlook for the beauty industry is bright. Consumer research from management consultancy McKinsey & Co. shows American consumers are generally optimistic about the country returning to normalcy after more than a...
