Nate Rosen, An Authority On All Things CPG, Launches Shops Around The Corner To Showcase Small Retailers

Nate Rosen, who delves into all things CPG at his newsletter Express Checkout, wants to celebrate the big business of small retail with new retail platform Shops Around The Corner. ...

Beauty And Retail Insiders Offer The Body Shop’s New Owner Suggestions For How To Revive The Storied Chain

Last week, Natura & Co announced it’s selling The Body Shop to Aurelius Group in a deal valued at around $280 million. Founded in 1976 by Anita Roddick with a store in the English city Brighton, The...

How Indie Beauty Brands Believe MoCRA Will Impact Their Business

In December last year, President Joe Biden signed the Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act (MoCRA), the most significant expansion of the United States Food and Drug Administration’s oversight of cosmetics in over 80 years, into law. It gives...

Wellness For Quitters: Brands Are Modernizing Products That Help You Kick A Habit

David Rentein started out as a social smoker, but his smoking became a regular habit while he was at the helm of successful meal replacement startup Soylent. When his fiancé told him he had to quit,...

Two Allergan Alumni Create Proof Aesthetics To Be The “Glossier Of Med-Spas”

Allergan alumni Winnie Eastwood and Gardenia Perez have teamed up to launch med-spa concept Proof Aesthetics.  Beginning with a location in Carlsbad, Calif., it’s targeting a young, diverse clientele that its co-founders feel...