Beauty Companies Breathe A Sigh Of Relief As UPS Strike Is Averted

The supply chain has largely evened out following challenging pandemic-related disruptions, but the threat of a major carrier strike nearly dealt it another big blow. More than 330,000 United Parcel Service workers were set...

First-Of-Its-Kind Retail Tool Tote Eyes Beauty Expansion

Tote is closing the gap between offline and online experiences as retailers prioritize omnichannel strategies.  Launched in June 2022, the service, which is expanding to beauty stores, allows shoppers to set...

Ogee, Melanin Haircare And Kate McLeod’s Crawl-Walk-Run Approaches To Succeeding At Retail

As direct-to-consumer distribution has gotten trickier, beauty brands are crashing physical retailers’ doors, but brick-and-mortar distribution isn’t an automatic winner and failing at a big chain can spell the end of a brand.

“The Next Black Millionaires” Stars Kazmaleje’s LaToya Stirrup And Undefined’s Dorian Morris On The Power Of The F Word

Participating in Unilever-owned SheaMoisture’s The Next Black Millionaire program, the power of the F word, focus, was impressed upon Kazmaleje founder LaToya Stirrup and Undefined Beauty

Is Lipstick Licked?

The latest lip launches, including U Beauty’s The Plasma Lip Compound, Summer Fridays’ Lip Butter Balm, Iero Beauty’s Moonkissed Luminous PH Lip Comforter, Rhode’s Peptide Lip Treatment and Kylie Cosmetics’ Tinted Butter Balm, are missing...