The Fertility Industry Has Mostly Ignored Men. New Sperm Health Startups Are Changing That.

As mounting research underscores the role of sperm quality in infertility, a load of health startups are shooting their shot in the sperm health space. When Steve Zanette and his wife experienced multiple...

ChatGPT Comes For Amazon: Inside The AI Shopping Revolution Reshaping Beauty

With ChatGPT becoming not only the snazziest and smartest digital encyclopedia, but a beauty store, brands must adapt or be left behind in both search and sales. ChatGPT operator OpenAI has introduced Instant Checkout, allowing...

How Executives Behind Expert-Founded Beauty Brands Balance Creativity and Business

While countless talking heads cosplay beauty experts on social media, Sephora is trumpeting the real beauty experts behind several of its brands like Danessa Myricks, Patrick Starr and Mary Phillips in its fall campaign. But...

TikTok Shop’s Power Player Position In K-Beauty Discovery And Sales

K-Beauty has K-popped in the United States, with South Korean exports to the country surging over 50% early this year, and TikTok virality playing an important role in introducing Americans to Korean beauty products and facilitating their...

The Mustache Is Gen Z’s New Beard

Before “Adults,” started filming, both Malik Elassal and Jack Innanen, the actors playing Samir and Paul Baker on the FX sitcom called gen Z’s “Friends,” were wearing mustaches, but Elassal was told his had to go....

Why Gwyneth Paltrow’s Good.Clean.Goop Was A Wipeout

Gwyneth Paltrow’s budget skincare brand Good.Clean.Goop had many promising ingredients when it launched two years ago: a famous founder with history in the beauty industry, clean beauty cachet, accessibility and prime retail placement at Target and...