Otherland’s Candle Care Content Sizzles On TikTok
As co-founder and CEO of direct-to-consumer candle brand Otherland, Abigail Cook Stone has fielded innumerable questions about the challenges of selling candles via screens, where they obviously can’t be sniffed, at least not yet, an...
New Brand Uzima Raises The Luxury Profile Of Textured Haircare And Scalp Care
Leona Dondi tinkered with around 13 beauty brand prototypes over the course of a decade before landing on the idea for her new textured haircare and scalp care brand Uzima during a 2018 business trip to South Korea....
With Traditional PR Tough, What Awareness Strategies Are Indie Beauty Brands Pursuing?
The idea for the latest edition of our ongoing series posing questions relevant to indie beauty comes from Margarita Arriagada, founder of the luxury beauty brand Valdé and former chief merchant at Sephora. As she’s...
Exciting Spring Product Launches From Sexual Wellness Brands
Sexual health and wellness brands continue to build their businesses in a political environment that seems inhospitable to sexual freedom. Still, their raison d’etre is to create products that encourage people to explore intimacy...
Retail News Report: Ulta Beauty Exceeds $10B In Sales, Consumer Spending Surges, And Nordstrom Leaves Canada
Another month, another mixed bag for retail performance. While consumer spending is rising again after a disappointing holiday season, large retailers and department stores are generally still grappling with profit and inventory issues that have been...
