Rachel Brown
The Beauty Brands, Products And Trends Thriving At Thrive Market
Thrive Market is billed as Whole Foods meets Costco online, but that’s not a completely apt description in some respects. The digital market tries hard to banish the “whole paycheck” notion from natural and organic grocery shopping by...
Indie Beauty Brands Experience Average Order Value Gains And Strong Demand For Self-Care Amid Disappointing Black Friday And Cyber Monday Sales
Nearing the end of a year in which the pandemic stubbornly refused to disappear and the global infrastructure underpinning the consumer packaged goods industry buckled, the fervor surrounding Black Friday and Cyber Monday faded as consumers spread their...
Amazon Business Buyer Suma Brands Purchases MedZone
Suma Brands is in the MedZone. The Amazon brand acquirer has purchased the company behind sports personal care and skincare brands MedZone, SweatZone and Zone Naturals, maker of the natural anti-chafe stick Chub Rub. Terms of...
Le Mini Macaron’s US Business Sweetens With A Target Launch
Le Mini Macaron is finding its retail sweet spots in the United States. The brand known for its Gel Manicure Kit featuring a macaron-shaped LED light launched at 250 Target doors for the fourth quarter and will...
What Happened When Skincare Brand Crude Stopped Advertising On Facebook And Instagram
When Crude participated in the Stop Hate for Profit campaign in June of last year calling on companies to boycott Facebook for allowing hate and extremism to spread on its platforms, founder and CEO Denise Cartwright...
True Beauty Ventures’ Cristina Nuñez On Bridge Mentorship, Missteps Indie Brands Make And Hot Beauty Categories
About a year and a half ago, Cristina Nuñez and Rich Gersten set out on a novel project to establish True Beauty Ventures as a venture capital firm with operational and financial expertise focused on beauty and...
Influencer Reagan Hart Brings A Circular System To Sheet Masks With New Brand Low Beauty
To Reagan Hart, low impact doesn’t mean low performance. The clean beauty and lifestyle influencer has launched the brand Low Beauty with the idea of developing effective products that don’t leave a lasting imprint on the earth....
