Why SkinOwl Is Shuttering Its Store At Peak Performance
During a time when many independent beauty retailers have closed due to financial strain and changing consumer behavior, SkinOwl is doing something far less common: shuttering a store when the sales are good. The 13-year-old skincare...
Peachy Secures Investment From Stride Consumer Partners To Expand Its Focused Med-Spa Model
Peachy has a good reason to feel pretty peachy: It’s received investment from private equity firm Stride Consumer Partners. Financial details of the funding round, other than...
After A Decade Of Costly Lessons, Bootstrapped Brand Reina Rebelde Reins In Retail Risk
Reina Rebelde emerged in 2016 as a love letter to the women and men of the Latino makeup-wearing community. Unlike many competitors, which sought Latinx market share but often counted few among the top brass, Reina Rebelde...
Kindred Brands Acquires Kinship To Launch A Platform For Underdeveloped Beauty Brands
Kindred Brands, a newly formed holding company targeting underdeveloped beauty brands, has acquired sensitive skincare brand Kinship in its first deal, with plans to grow it in the natural grocery channel as an...
With VMG Partners’ Backing, Can Vacation Follow Sun Bum’s Path To An Exit?
Could VMG Partners replicate the success it had with Sun Bum at Vacation? The private equity firm, which invested in Sun Bum ahead of its sale to SC Johnson in 2019 at a...
