Rachel Brown
What Beauty Industry Insiders Make Of Recent Retail Partnerships And Acquisitions
In this edition of Beauty Independent’s ongoing series posing questions relevant to indie beauty, we ask 40 beauty brand founders, executives and consultants: There have been a slew of acquisitions and partnerships in the retail and e-tail portion...
Olura Launches With A Multifaceted Skincare Device, Raises $1 Million To Support Growth
After the coronavirus pandemic hit last year, consumers skipped services at their local spas and dermatologist offices, and transformed their bathrooms into skincare sanctuaries with newfangled products and devices. Olura’s co-founders and its investors don’t think consumers...
Alpha-H Founder Michelle Doherty’s Daughter Jamee Parker Creates Australian Beauty E-Commerce Platform
Jamee Parker thinks the Down Under should be a top dog in the beauty industry—and she’s created a new e-commerce platform to help it get there. Launched in December, A-Beauty carries 30 Australian brands, including Bare Skinfood,...
Clean Haircare Pioneer Evolvh Launches At Anthropologie And Will Soon Enter Free People
“The world should know about us at scale,” says Boris Oak, founder and CEO of Evolvh, who’s working to make that happen with new distribution and marketing initiatives. The clean haircare brand has entered Anthropologie and...
“A Diversified Brand”: Undefined Enters Whole Foods With Adaptogenic Mushroom Products As It Expands From CBD
Undefined hit the market with CBD beauty products a few months prior to the federal Farm Bill that legalized the hemp trade in the United States being signed into law in December 2018. Since then, the...
Beauty Entrepreneurs’ (Surprising) Reactions To The Great Celebrity Bathing Controversy Of 2021
There’s something about being squeaky clean that Americans really value. It’s at least part of the reason why personal hygiene is a huge priority for them, two-thirds shower daily, and oil-based cleansers light on suds have...
How Beauty Brands Think The Delta Variant Will Impact Business—And What They’re Doing As A Result
In this edition of Beauty Independent’s ongoing series posing questions to beauty entrepreneurs and executives, we ask 19 of them: How do you think the Delta variant could affect your business and the beauty business more...
