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L Catterton Invests $150M In Product Personalization Leader Function Of Beauty
L Catterton is powering personalization with a $150 million minority strategic growth investment in Function of Beauty, a direct-to-consumer leader in tailoring haircare, skincare and body care formulas to individual consumers. The series B capital puts...
Moving On From J.C. Penney, Sephora Will Open Shops Inside Kohl’s Locations
The beauty retail landscape is being reshaped by marriages between major chains. Less than a month after the revelation that Ulta Beauty will open more than 100 in-store formats at Target locations in the fall of next year...
As The CBD Market Matures, E-Tailer Poplar Diversifies Its Assortment And Releases A Wellness Catalog
Poplar is evolving beyond its CBD e-tailer beginnings. With the input of Blair Lauren Brown, creator of early CBD beauty brand Verté Essentials, who joined the company started by CEO Beryl Solomon as co-founder and chief product...
Under The Stewardship Of Beauty Industry Veteran Conny Wittke, Superzero Is Upscaling Zero-Waste Haircare
Superzero is out to be the Tesla of plastic-free haircare bars. “If we’re right, the bar will become the next bottle,” says Gurval Caer, former vice chair and CMO of digital agency Wunderman and co-founder of messaging...
This New Skincare Brand Is Like Your Personal Mental Health Coach
“I’ve always been a person that’s consistently trying to work on myself, trying to better myself,” says Marley Marl, a deejay and artist captured by director Julia Ngeow in Selfmade’s video featuring three members of...
How Verishop Is Building Its Beauty Assortment For Millennial And Gen Z Shoppers Changed By The Pandemic
Verishop launched in July of last year with an ambitious plan to do for vendors and online shoppers what Amazon hasn’t: be a source of quality brand information, curation and discovery. In the little over a year...
Has The Beauty Industry Reached Peak Incubator?
Before releasing The Ordinary in 2016, the brand that changed skincare with affordable, ingredient-centered products, parent company Deciem had developed at least a dozen brands. Named for the Latin word for “tenth,” founder Brandon Truaxe steered it...
