With New Brand Un_did, A Beauty Industry Veteran Aims To Subvert Industry Norms
After a decade in sales and marketing for big beauty brands, Romi Dasani was burnt out. He says, “I was like, ‘You know what? I feel like I’m getting stuck in a rut.’” To escape the rut, he...
Why Amazon Is The Next Big Breeding Ground For Beauty M&A
On Wednesday, Unybrands, an outfit billing itself as a serial acquirer of Fulfillment By Amazon, e-commerce and direct-to-consumer stores, announced a $25 million round of funding involving investors the likes of Airbnb co-founder Nathan Blecharczyk, Public Goods...
Five New Black-Owned Beauty And Wellness Brands To Watch
While the Beauty Independent editorial team saw a lull in the usually steady stream of new brand announcements during the first months of the pandemic, that slowdown didn’t last. Many enterprising would-be entrepreneurs, countless numbers of Black women...
Beauty On Amazon Part 4A: Why Many Beauty Brands Avoid Amazon
In the first three parts of our Beauty on Amazon series, we covered how Amazon has been positioning itself to be a formidable player in beauty commerce, the various business models Amazon employs to work with beauty and...
After Securing Distribution At Military Retail, Grooming Brand Bravo Sierra Marches Into Target
Bravo Sierra is expanding civilian distribution. After debuting in August of 2019 at The Exchange, the retailer serving United States Army, Marine, Navy and Air Force bases, and going live on its website, the grooming brand rolled...
