Beauty Contract Manufacturer M&A Lull Expected To Be Short Term

As the supply chain was unkinking after the shock of the pandemic, beauty companies looked to onshore production and emerging beauty brands with outsourced production grabbed market share, mergers and acquisitions in the beauty contract manufacturing sector were...

5 Beauty And Wellness Opportunities Ozempic Is Opening Up

By 2030, there’s projected to be 30 million users of GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic, Mounjaro and Zepbound in the United States, roughly equivalent to the number of people in the country who have eczema,...

In An Election Year, Brands Are Pushing For Paid Parental Leave. Will They Make A Difference?

Federal law in the United States currently requires companies with 50 or more employees provide 12 weeks of unpaid leave to care for a new child or medical condition, causing many parents to be torn...

Off-Price Retail Treasure Hunts Fuel TikTok Beauty Content And Sales

When Brianna Roman, a content creator and busy mom who admittedly shops too much, took a quick trip to T.J. Maxx in August, she uncovered products from several of beauty’s leading brands—Milk Makeup, Glossier, Anastasia Beverly...

Luxury Beauty’s E-Commerce Conundrum

When department stores’ market share began imploding, the rise of multi-brand e-tailers offered a lifeline, albeit a feeble one, for high-end beauty brands looking for another sales and awareness outlet. With the exit of Net-a-Porter from the wholesale...

The Rational State Of Indie Beauty In 2024

The whiplash effect from the pandemic-stoked e-commerce surge and self-care obsession to the ensuing reset marked by a return to traditional retail shopping and expressive beauty threw indie beauty brands for a wild loop last year. This year,...