AI-Driven Wig Customization Company Parfait Receives $5M In Funding
Parfait is gearing up to disrupt the wig category with $5 million in funding. The funding round was led by Upfront Ventures and Serena Ventures, backer of wig and hair extension company Mayvenn. Other participants include...
“This Has Affected Sales Tremendously”: Beauty Retailers Talk Rising Prices
Despite optimistic predictions inflation would decline, it’s been unrelenting of late. In the United States, inflation jumped 8.5% in April from a year ago to reach the highest level since 1981. Although economic conditions can certainly change,...
Sommer Ray’s Imaraïs Beauty Raises $1.25M In Seed Funding, Expands Retail Distribution
Less than a year after entering the market with better-for-you ingestible skincare gummy Glow, influencer Sommer Ray’s Imaraïs Beauty has raised $1.25 million at a $12.5 million valuation. Private individuals from Canada,...
Starting From A Tiny Outpost In Jackson Hole, Beauty Mark Aims To Become A Nationwide Beauty Retailer
When Jen Visosky nabbed her first job out of college as an assistant buyer at Neiman Marcus, she would spend entire paychecks on the department store’s luxury skincare. It turns out that spending was for research. Last year,...
Pubic Hair And Public Norms: How Beauty Brands Are Navigating Changing Personal Grooming Attitudes And Practices
In the past five years, publications the likes of Vogue, Elle and Daily Mail have declared the bush is the new...
