Retail Buyers Reveal Their Favorite Finds From IBE LA 2020

Indie Beauty Media Group’s 2020 expo season kicked off last Wednesday and Thursday with the trade show IBE LA taking over the Magic Box at The Reef in downtown Los Angeles. Nearly 190 beauty, wellness...

How Off Are Indie Beauty Brands’ Sales Forecasts?

In this edition of Beauty Independent’s ongoing series posing questions to beauty entrepreneurs, we ask brand 15 founders and executives: How accurate was your first-year forecast?

Cannabis Stores Are Proliferating, But Are They Worth Visiting?  

When the cannabis industry was underground, stores serving cannabis users weren’t much to look at. But capitalism can act quickly, and mounting recreational marijuana legalization over the last eight years has transformed old-school pot shops into modern retail...

Scotch Porter Set To Launch At Target Stores To Help Men Around The Country Tend To Their Beards

Beards have ventured far beyond Brooklyn. Men’s grooming and skincare startup Scotch Porter is taking its beard care across the country to nearly 500 Target locations. Starting Sunday, the brand that’s primarily been available via direct-to-consumer distribution...

Care/of Enters The Beauty Ingestibles Category As It Shoots For Profitability

Care/of’s customers care a lot about their looks. As a result, whether they go by Lauren, Claire, Alex, Sophie, Hannah or Steph, the direct-to-consumer company that customizes vitamin packs down to the names printed on its pouches...