
11 Emerging Indie Deodorant Brands Working Hard For People’s Pits
Deodorant sales dipped as the pandemic got underway, but don’t tell that to indie beauty brands. The industrious entrepreneurs behind them are churning out new deodorants faster than most people can work up a healthy stench. They’re...

What Beauty Retailers Say About The Pledge To Dedicate 15% Of Shelf Space To Black-Owned Brands
On May 29, Aurora James, the designer behind Brooklyn-based accessories label Brother Vellies, called upon retailers to dedicate 15% of their shelf space to Black-owned brands. “Female founders and Black people who are the founders of...

Serial Entrepreneur Keenan Beasley Gets Active With New Athleisure Haircare Brand Sunday II Sunday
Sunday II Sunday consumers shouldn’t be afraid to break a sweat. The new athleisure haircare brand from entrepreneur Keenan Beasley’s incubator Supply Factory Brands is beginning with four products—Soothe Me Daily Scalp Serum, Root Refresh Micellar...

DTC Sexual Wellness Specialist Cake Launches With Over $1.4M In Seed Funding
A cream made for male masturbation? A lube intended for beginner anal play? Launching today, Cake is betting on consumer demand for premium and highly specialized products designed to enhance sexual experiences regardless of the gender or...

How Amy Duncan’s CBD Brand Mowellens Was Reborn After The Death Of Her Husband
There are many unpredictable things in life. Amy Duncan’s husband Chris’s brain cancer diagnosis in 2012, a year into their marriage, is certainly one of those things. Thrust into a caretaker role while working full-time at a healthcare...