Clean Fragrance Brand Lake & Skye Acquired By Longtime Investor Tru Fragrance
Following a nearly 7-year relationship with Lake & Skye, Tru Beauty & Fragrance has acquired the clean fragrance brand. The incubator behind Le Monde Gourmand, Yellowstone and Wrangler fragrances, which entered private equity firm...
How New CEO Kecia Steelman Can Improve Ulta Beauty’s Business
Ulta Beauty is charging into 2025 under new leadership. Announced on Monday, Dave Kimbell is stepping down as CEO three years after assuming the position and 11 years after starting his tenure...
The Great Drugstore Contraction’s Surprising Upside For Emerging Beauty Brands
Almost a third of pharmacies in the United States closed between 2010 and 2020, according to a recent article in the journal Health Affairs, and retail analytics firm RetailStat estimates there were 3,000...
15 Beauty Brands Forecast 2025 Sales
Last year, we asked indie beauty brand founders to project their 2024 sales—and we received a lot of nos. The rejection reflected founders’ discomfort talking about money, especially at a time when they were uneasy about the state...
Beauty Manufacturing: The Trends That Will Reign And Be Dethroned In 2025
As we kick off 2025, President-elect Donald Trump’s potential tariff, health and immigration policies are heightening uncertainty in the beauty manufacturing sector. Sorting through how things could shake out, for the latest edition of our ongoing series posing...
