Is An Indie Beauty Brand Versus Private Label Showdown In The Offing?
Could the explosion of private-label beauty brands threaten the growth of indies in the beauty industry? It’s hard to overlook the muscle both physical and online retailers are putting behind in-house brands to boost margins and build loyalty....
Retailers Give Some Love To Under-The-Radar Indie Beauty Products They Believe Don’t Get Enough Of It
In this edition of Beauty Independent’s ongoing series posing questions to beauty entrepreneurs, we ask 18 retailers: What’s an indie beauty product that doesn’t get the love it deserves?
New Brand Bejbiskin Wants To Be Your Everyday Skincare Acid Companion
For the longest time, Francesca Marino didn’t do too much homework before buying skincare products. “I’d just walk into a pharmacy and read product labels and packaging, and decide based on that,” she recalls. “I figured they had...
Buyers And Execs From Sephora, Whole Foods, Dermstore And The Detox Market Lead BeautyX Retail Summit Lineup
Executives and buyers from such major beauty retail outlets as Sephora, Whole Foods and Dermstore, to name a few, will appear in force at the second annual BeautyX Retail Summit on May 13 and 14...
SPF Everything At Every Time: Supergoop Founder Holly Thaggard Extends Sun Care Beyond The Summer
Naiveté can be a beauty entrepreneur’s best friend. When Sephora offered Supergoop summer placement nine years ago, founder and former teacher Holly Thaggard demurred. She wanted to upend assumptions that interest in sun-care was confined to...
