Retailers

Agnes Fallen, founder of The Beauty Edit Box, was working in the beauty industry before she could legally order alcohol. At 17 years old, the Toronto-based entrepreneur got a job as a cosmetician at Shoppers Drug Mart....

The beauty industry has been great at creating stuff. Now, it’s starting to come to terms with all of it. To address the environmental consequences of beauty merchandise, Sephora is ramping up its sustainability efforts by launching...

Entrepreneurs in the sexual wellness space are an interesting bunch. Even among this intriguing cohort, Kate Roberts, creator of new sexual health marketplace The Body Agency, cuts a fascinating figure. The founder and...

Milkmen aren’t generally the bellwether of beauty trends, but they’re the inspiration behind Naked Frankie. “When we launched, we started out as a delivery service for bath and body essentials,” says Jennifer Zhao, who founded the company...

After coronavirus lockdowns, economic upheaval, political strife and climate calamities, it’s hard to blame people for turning to retail therapy for some relief. The National Retail Federation is convinced they’ll be in a spending mood throughout the year....

While coronavirus vaccines illustrate the power of Western medicine, many Americans are keenly aware of its shortcomings. Taryn Violé is one of them. For the past decade, she’s dealt with rheumatoid arthritis, an autoimmune condition that isn’t easily...