Indie Beauty Reality Check: How Much It Really Costs To Market A Big Product Launch
After we ran a No Stupid Questions story last year on the costs of launching a beauty product that largely focused on development and production, Jana Bobosikova, co-founder and CEO of KIKI World, suggested we do...
Bulletin Co-Founder Ali Kriegsman On Why Founder-Led Brands Are The Future—And Not All Founders Will Like It
At Bulletin, Ali Kriegsman and Alana Branston built an unexpected empire. After a series of pivots—it went from a newsletter spotlighting cool indie brands they started in 2015 while working at content marketer Contently to a membership...
“Tariffs Are A Death Sentence”: Nearly 40 Female Brand Founders Call For Small Business Exemptions
A group of nearly 40 female founders from consumer packaged goods brands that have collectively driven over $800 million in revenues have come together to publicly ask that small businesses receive exemptions to tariffs imposed by...
New Skincare Brand Glean Wants To Raise The Profile Of African Ingredient Qasil
New skincare brand Glean is looking to make qasil, an East African botanical, as prominent as other African beauty ingredients like shea butter, marula oil, argan oil and baobab oil. Qasil powder is a beauty product...
Indie Beauty Dish: Retail Launches, Brand Deals And More From March 2025
Nameless CPG appears to have acquired Freck Beauty. It joins a portfolio at the holding company extending across beauty, sexual wellness, food and wellness with the brands Wander Beauty, Awkward Essentials, Wile, Ladybird Provisions, Everly,...
