Rachel Brown
A New Vision For Men’s Grooming: Maapilim Scores $4M To Advance Gender-Neutral Products Sold Digitally
Maapilim has picked up $4 million to move forward with its mission of modernizing the version of masculinity propagated in the grooming segment. Participants in the funding round include Viola Ventures, Kaeden Capital, a joint venture of...
Pulleez Pulls Into Ulta Beauty With Its Upscale Hair Elastics
Rubber bands are basic. For ponytails destined not to be, there’s Pulleez, a high-end hair accessories brand that’s landed on Ulta Beauty’s website. “The Ulta customer is the perfect age for our product. I think every age...
Costco’s E-Commerce Business Pushes Into Prestige Beauty And Major Trends
As traditional beauty retail distribution divisions break down, Costco is picking up emerging prestige players online such as Adsorb as it extends into trendy beauty territory. The brand is part of a J-beauty initiative at the...
A Pure Cup Of Tea, Important Cause And Cool Factor: Direct-To-Consumer Brand Bon Temps Launches With Starbucks In Its Sights
Starbucks tried to develop a major tea brand with Teavana and failed. Now, new tea company Bon Temps wants to pick up where Teavana left off and right its wrongs. “I’m looking at us as a future...
New Retailer Salt&Water Takes Clean Beauty To The Heartland
The coasts don’t have a monopoly on clean beauty. In Oklahoma City, makeup artist Chelsey Ann Cobbs is leading consumers into the segment at her new store Salt&Water, which has begun with a pop-up before it settles...
True Botanicals Pushes Into Retail As It Pulls Back From Wholesale
Inside True Botanicals’ 1,800-square-foot San Francisco store, customers can sniff ylang ylang, rose and sandalwood as they assemble custom scents, receive facials tailored to their skincare concerns with back-bar products not found elsewhere and check out the...
The Moneyed Mayvenn: Essence Ventures Leads A $23M Series B Round To Grow The Hair Extension Business
Middlemen remain powerful even in an age in which they’re often disparaged. Take Mayvenn Inc., the wig and hair extension startup that’s snagged a $23 million round of Series B funding led by Essence Ventures with participation...
