
Decoding Amazon Success: A Guide For Beauty Brands In 2024
More than 60% of American consumers’ product searches begin on Amazon, according to market analytics firm Jungle Scout, and more than 310 million active customers worldwide shop on the platform, 80% of them in the United...

L’Oréal-Backed Biotech Startup Debut Showcases Niacinamide Alternative With New Brand Deinde
For its first beauty brand, L’Oréal-backed biotechnology startup Debut is spotlighting its lab-brewed alternative to niacinamide in products formulated to combat the effects of inflammaging or low-grade inflammation that immunologist Claudio Franceschi identified nearly a quarter a...

DTC Brand Dime Makes Brick-And-Mortar Retail Debut At Ulta Beauty
For its first move into physical retail, fast-growing direct-to-consumer brand Dime is heading to Ulta Beauty. Slated to be in 540 of the beauty specialty chain’s stores by March, it will roll...

Compass Diversified Acquires Natural Period Care Brand The Honey Pot Company For $380M
Compass Diversified, a publicly traded holding company specializing in niche middle-market businesses, has acquired The Honey Pot Company to make its niche of natural period care much bigger. Known as CODI, the holding company is...

“We Are Oversaturated”: How Investment Is Changing The Med-Spa Market
Aesthetic nurse practitioner Chris Bustamante, founder of med-spa Lushful Aesthetics, believes the bustling med-spa industry has hit peak saturation. In fact, he theorizes it reached peak saturation a year or two ago. “We are oversaturated,” he...