
Spark Beauty Initiative Brings North American Indie Brands To Feelunique Shoppers In Europe
Spark Beauty, a collaboration between European online retailer Feelunique and Indie Beauty Media Group (IBMG) will launch next Tuesday, allowing Feelunique’s customers in the United Kingdom to purchase products from over a dozen North American independent brands...

Global Category Manager Amy Jargo Pulls Back The Curtain On Whole Foods’ Whole Body Department
For natural beauty brands, 487-unit Whole Foods Market has been one of the primary stages for gaining national exposure, building relationships with compatible consumers and generating sales on a broad scale. It’s been a standard-bearer for ingredient scrutiny...

Co-Working Spaces Are All The Rage, But Do They Spell Big Bucks For Indie Beauty Brands?
Last Thursday, more than 50 people gathered at one of Los Angeles’ newest female-focused co-working spaces, The Riveter, to hear Volition Beauty co-founder Brandy Hoffman discuss product concepts that flourish when women conceive them. Volition’s merchandise...

Kush Queen Conquers CBD Skincare With Defynt, A New Sub-Brand That Portends More
Kush Queen is out to reign over CBD-centered skincare with Defynt Skin, a new sub-brand launching its first skincare product that signals the start of the company becoming an umbrella for multiple brand concepts. In the beauty segment,...

Is Amazon Prime Day Just For The Big Guys? Many In The Indie Beauty Community Think So
Are you marking your calendars for Prime Day on Monday? If you lead an emerging beauty brand, you may not be. Forecast by Coresight Research to generate $3.4 billion in sales this year, up from $2.4 billion...