Rachel Brown
Product-Market Fit Is An Oft-Uttered Business Term. How Does A Beauty Brand Actually Accomplish It?
Brand founders are being impressed upon to establish product-market fit during an economically precarious period in which business fundamentals are a focus. Exactly what constitutes product-market fit, however, is difficult to pin down. On Twitter, Sarah Moret, founder...
Goodwill Brands And Branded IP Acquire Natural Skincare And Body Care Brand Plant Apothecary
Goodwill Brands and Branded IP have acquired Plant Apothecary from Rare Beauty Brands. As part of the transaction, Thirteen Lune co-founder Nyakio Grieco has invested in the natural skincare and body care brand. Terms of...
Ex-L’Oréal Senior Brand Manager Frida Ålgars’ New Supplement Brand The Tenth Supports The Body And Mind
Trying to balance 16-hour days working as a marketing manager at supplement company Swisse Wellness and two young kids, Frida Ålgars was battered by stress and completely exhausted. To make matters worse, the stress and exhaustion were doing...
Carson Life Joins A Select Group Of Latina-Founded Startups That Have Surpassed $10M In Funding
Sonia Guzman, founder of Carson Life, has entered a select group of Latina founders who’ve raised in excess of $10 million in funding. Her Miami-based beauty and wellness brand has secured $2 million in bridge funding following...
Brand Founders Get Real About Bootstrapping In An Uncertain And Crowded Beauty Market
Murphy Bishop, co-founder of The Better Skin Co., believes it’s incredibly tough to be a bootstrapped beauty brand today. Not only are bootstrapped brands competing against well-funded players, they’re trying to navigate a beauty industry...
Is The Beauty Industry Suffering From A Product Quality Crisis?
Lorne Lucree, chief innovation officer at contract manufacturer Voyant Beauty and head of its business unit Atelier by Voyant Beauty, believes the beauty industry is suffering from a product quality crisis. He points to mold,...
From Ouai’s Former Product Development Director, Goop-Approved Brand Contemplation Tackles Sustainability From Multiple Angles
At the beginning of the pandemic, Ariane Noji, then director of product development at Ouai, desperately needed a reset. Glued to her computer churning out product releases, she was practically caged in her Los Angeles home...
