“Tariffs Are A Death Sentence”: Nearly 40 Female Brand Founders Call For Small Business Exemptions
A group of nearly 40 female founders from consumer packaged goods brands that have collectively driven over $800 million in revenues have come together to publicly ask that small businesses receive exemptions to tariffs imposed by...
New Skincare Brand Glean Wants To Raise The Profile Of African Ingredient Qasil
New skincare brand Glean is looking to make qasil, an East African botanical, as prominent as other African beauty ingredients like shea butter, marula oil, argan oil and baobab oil. Qasil powder is a beauty product...
Indie Beauty Dish: Retail Launches, Brand Deals And More From March 2025
Nameless CPG appears to have acquired Freck Beauty. It joins a portfolio at the holding company extending across beauty, sexual wellness, food and wellness with the brands Wander Beauty, Awkward Essentials, Wile, Ladybird Provisions, Everly,...
Focused On Bigger Issues, Ulta Beauty And Target Step Back From Shop-In-Shop Expansion
As Ulta Beauty and Target face consumer caution, the slowing momentum of beauty industry growth, tariff impacts, fierce competition and more, the decision to pause further expansion of...
Digital Health Company Wellkasa Acquires Supplement Brand Peak + Valley
Digital health and nutraceutical company Wellkasa has acquired supplement brand Peak + Valley for an undisclosed price. Nadine Joseph, founder of Peak + Valley, which sells $29.99 adaptogenic capsules Restore My Sleep,...
