Clio Founder And CEO Jamie Leventhal Steps Down As CEO Of Beacon Wellness Brands

Jamie Leventhal has stepped down as CEO of Beacon Wellness Brands, the parent company of Clio, which he started in 2001 and placed sex toys on the shelves of mass-market retailers the likes...

Former Follain VP Cristina Bagozzi Launches Mood-Enhancing Clean Fragrance Brand Emmotiv

When Cristina Bagozzi was 11, she moved from Romania to the United States with her parents, who were fleeing their home country’s economic instability four years after the communist regime was toppled in the Romanian Revolution of 1989....

Indie Beauty Brands Share Their Big (And Small) Business Goals For 2023

Since the start of the pandemic, uncertainty has been a business constant. Heading into next year, with the economy and the state of indie beauty rocky, the uncertainty is by no means fading. Amid it, indie beauty...

Holy Curls Gets A Big Bounce In US Retail Distribution

Holy Curls has a—holy crap!—ton of new distribution. The haircare brand has entered Bluemercury, J.C. Penney and Violet Grey. By 2023, it will be across J.C. Penney and Bluemercury’s store networks nationwide, where it’s in...

Indie Beauty Brands Saw Black Friday And Cyber Monday Sales Lifts Despite Pulling Back On Advertising

The beauty industry was handed a nice gift over Black Friday/Cyber Monday as consumers stocked up on scents, skincare, color cosmetics and more at prices befitting their slimmed-down budgets—and indie beauty brands were among those receiving the spoils....