The Third Way: A New Era Of Beauty Dealmaking Emerges
As traditional mergers and acquisitions pathways lose their luster for many beauty brands, a new playbook is gaining traction among founders and investors. It’s not the tried-and-true strategic acquisition. Nor is it the well-worn private equity...
Former SiO Beauty And IMG Execs Launch Practical Alchemy With Elevated Beauty Essentials
A former IMG business affairs executive and model, Doris Wong has never had the kind of schedule that permits a laborious 10-step skincare routine. “Although it’s really fun to pamper yourself and be intentionally...
Facing Criticism, B Lab Unveils Stronger B Corp Certification Standards
Facing criticism that its certification process didn’t adequately account for the global impacts of multinational corporations, B Lab, the nonprofit behind the B Corp movement encouraging businesses to be forces for good, has...
Pact Sees Beauty Shoppers Recycle Nearly 2.6X More Last Year
After beauty product recycling through Pact declined in 2023, the tide of beauty waste turned last year, when the nonprofit saw both consumer engagement and the volume of beauty product empties it collected from consumers...
Why Tower 28’s “No White Cast” Mineral Sunscreen Backfired—And How Brands Can Do Better
Tower 28 has apologized for claiming its new SOS FaceGuard SPF 30 Mineral Sunscreen has a universal tint and leaves no white cast after cosmetic chemists and influencers, including Julian Sass, Aba Asante and
