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New Owner American Exchange Group’s Plans For Indie Lee’s Future
In 2008, a then 37-year-old Indie Lee endured multiple health crises. Born Lisa Swengros and called Indie Lee, short for “Independent Lisa,” a blog she wrote, Lee was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis after her feet and...
How Experts Think Emerging Beauty Brands Should Build Teams In A Profit-Focused Market
Ambitious emerging beauty brands are facing cross-pressures when it comes to building their teams. On the one hand, as we explored in a No Stupid Questions story earlier this month, they’re being advised to bring in C-Suite...
CAA Brand Incubator Creative Beauty And Pley Beauty’s Collapse Leaves Contractors Unpaid
When CAA formed beauty brand incubator Creative Beauty in late 2019 and over two years later launched Pley Beauty, a makeup brand connected to actress Peyton List, contractors, from makeup artists to photographers, gladly signed on to...
Tattoo Care Brand Stories & Ink Secures $1.6M With The Aim Of Doubling Sales In 18 Months
Stories & Ink has raised $1.6 million in funding to support its next phase of growth. The funding is from a mix of new and existing investors, including The Emerson Group, a retail distributor with Crown...
African Skincare Brand Uncover Raises $1.4M To Help It Go Global
Nairobi-based Uncover, a skincare brand with sunscreen, serum, sheet masks and more for women with melanated skin, has raised $1.4 million in an oversubscribed funding round to heighten its presence in existing markets and expand beyond them....
Co-Founder Andrew Glass Plots Wakse’s Big Retail Push And BeachDays’ Big Launch
Fifteen years ago, Andrew Glass’s beauty industry career started in a kiosk at Eastview Mall near Rochester, N.Y., hawking Proactiv to teenagers crowding the halls. From there, it would wind through distribution (EC Scott Group) and brands (Astral Brands,...
West Lane Capital Partners Breathes New Life Into Beauty Bakerie With Acquisition
Fresh off the acquisition of Mented Cosmetics, West Lane Capital Partners is enlarging its beauty business again by buying Beauty Bakerie. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. It represents a precipitous reversal of fortunes...
