Subscription Box Company Kinder Beauty Shutters

The cruelty-free beauty and lifestyle subscription box service Kinder Beauty has been dissolved, according to an email to vendors obtained by Beauty Independent.  “Kinder Beauty has never been profitable,” wrote...

Farmacy Founder David Chung Has A New Brand At Sephora And Growing Manufacturer Out To Transform The Supply Chain

Serial beauty entrepreneur David Chung is far from done with serial beauty entrepreneurship. After selling Sephora-native clean beauty brand Farmacy to Procter & Gamble in 2021, he’s back with another brand hitting Sephora, The Rootist, a...

Former Onda Beauty President Reopens Luxury Retailer Sommetbeauty In New York City

Four months after launching in Manhattan’s Tribeca neighborhood, Sommetbeauty is reopening in the Upper East Side.  The luxury retailer from Jane Fernandez, former president of clean beauty retailer Onda...

Why Hum Nutrition Shifted To The Mass Market

Nearly a decade ago, digitally native Hum Nutrition was a central figure in a wave of ingestible brands that entered prestige beauty retail. Prestige beauty retailers wanted in on a skyrocketing wellness category and saw ingestible products...

From Penises To Pods, Five Wellness Trends Poised To Explode In 2024

According to Global Wellness Institute, the global wellness economy was worth $5.6 trillion in 2022 and is projected to hit $8.5 trillion in 2027, double its 2020 size. The massive economy, which is bigger than the...