Eric Ryan Sells A Third Brand With Unilever’s Acquisition Of Welly
Unilever has acquired a majority stake in Welly Health PBC, the playful bandage brand from the mind of entrepreneurial consumer packaged goods maverick Eric Ryan, for an undisclosed price. The deal comes less than two years after...
Mora Cosmetics Is Out To Prove Halal Beauty Isn’t A Niche Business
Back in the 1990s, native New Yorker Minara El-Rahman was a frequent patron of The Halal Guys on 53rd Street and 6th Avenue in Manhattan. In the decades since, she’s watched it burgeon into a national franchise with...
How Protective Styling Salon Concept Naza Beauty Survived A Year Of Lockdowns
On Feb. 22, 2020, Natanya Montgomery held the grand opening of Naza Beauty, her hotly anticipated protective styling salon concept designed for Black and brown women, and located in San Francisco’s trendy Mission District. “We...
Haven Well Within’s Timely Mission To Help Women Turn Their Homes Into Sanctuaries
Before the pandemic, as millennials came of age as powerful consumers, their interest in experiences over things began to shape how companies selling to them oriented their businesses. Sycamore Partners-owned Talbots was one such company. Under the...
How Beauty Brands End Retail Relationships Without Burning Bridges
In this edition of Beauty Independent’s ongoing series posing questions relevant to beauty entrepreneurs, we ask 13 brand founders and executives: What do you do when you want to pull out of a retailer?
