Executives Behind The Outset, Homecourt And Loved01 Tell Us How The Celebrity Brands Are Built For The Long Haul

Contrary to popular belief, not all celebrities think of beauty brands as cash grabs, according to executives behind celebrity beauty brands.  Three of those executives—Avantha Arachchi, COO at A-Frame Brands, the personal care...

After A Horrific On-The-Job Accident, Ebb & Flow’s Community Steps Up To Help Founder Ty Bramwell

On Sept. 19, Ebb & Flow founder Ty Bramwell sent a vulnerable note to her brand’s email list. It shared the harrowing details of an on-the-job accident 50 days earlier that caused her to be...

Retailer Standard Dose Appears To Have Closed

Standard Dose seems to have closed. The troubled beauty and wellness retailer’s website is down, and emails sent to founder Anthony Saniger from Beauty Independent have bounced back. Saniger’s LinkedIn profile has been...

Clean Market And Ora Put A Wellness Spin On The Bar Crawl Concept

In the fall and winter, New York City is crawling with bar crawls. “We wanted to create our own that is a bit more our speed,” says Lily Kunin, founder of wellness destination Clean Market. ...

How Department Stores Lost Relevancy—And What They’re Doing To Regain It

More than twenty years after American department stores started to decline, the former titans of retail haven’t regained their edge.  Strained by slumping sales, debt, mismanagement and shifting consumer sentiment, several legacy department stores...