CAA Brand Incubator Creative Beauty And Pley Beauty’s Collapse Leaves Contractors Unpaid

When CAA formed beauty brand incubator Creative Beauty in late 2019 and over two years later launched Pley Beauty, a makeup brand connected to actress Peyton List, contractors, from makeup artists to photographers, gladly signed on to...

The Beautification Of Bug Repellent

Insect repellent is the latest unsexy category getting a glow-up.  Brands such as Mimikai, Buzzie, Sckrfree and Swarm are making it buzzy with the aim of unseating dominant

Clean Beauty Retailer Clean(er) Beauty Shop Closes

Clean(er) Beauty Shop, formerly known as Trellis Beauty, is closing shop. Founded by beauty industry veteran Tracy Trellis Flores, the clean beauty retailer is shuttering its Raleigh, N.C., flagship on July 27, and its...

Tattoo Care Brand Stories & Ink Secures $1.6M With The Aim Of Doubling Sales In 18 Months

Stories & Ink has raised $1.6 million in funding to support its next phase of growth. The funding is from a mix of new and existing investors, including The Emerson Group, a retail distributor with Crown...

How Beauty Retailers Can Maintain Their Edge As Amazon Encroaches

With more prestige beauty brands joining its ranks in recent months, Amazon has been leveling up in beauty in a big way and challenging established retail leaders Sephora, Ulta Beauty, Target and Walmart for customers’ dollars....