From Ideating Brands To Investing In Them, Product Society Wants To Redefine What It Means To Be A Beauty Manufacturer

Eight years ago, co-founder Philip Miller was schooled on the difficulties of securing a beauty manufacturer after he picked up orders from some 40 stores for the brand Joan’s A Keeper at a trade show...

Elevation Labs Acquires Smaller Copacker Boomerang Laboratories

Elevation Labs has acquired beauty manufacturer Boomerang Laboratories to diversify its geographic and merchandise reach. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. Started in 1999, Boomerang was previously purchased by private-label and contract...

Investor And Serial Entrepreneur Danielle Sobel Launches Hormonal Wellness Brand Turn Health

Investor and serial wellness entrepreneur Danielle Sobel has embarked on her most personal project yet. The founder of Juice Society and Dandy, also an early investor in Maude who backs consumer goods companies...

Spa And Store Lena Rose Opens Second Location In Chicago Area

Lena Rose is doubling down on the Chicago area.  The clean beauty spa and boutique has opened a 1,750-square-foot location in Naperville, Ill, a suburb about an hour’s drive from Chicago,...

Wellness-Focused Brand Blended Champions Body Care As A Self-Care Practice

Erica Patterson intends for her newly relaunched brand, Blended, to stand out in an increasingly crowded body care category. “I wanted to create the most advanced version of these products featuring new ingredients such as shea nilotica,...