Neighborhood Goods Stores To Close Permanently

Neighborhood Goods, a retailer attempting to create a new type of department store for direct-to-consumer brands, has informed vendors that it will be closing this month. In an email sent to them last...

“We Are Oversaturated”: How Investment Is Changing The Med-Spa Market

Aesthetic nurse practitioner Chris Bustamante, founder of med-spa Lushful Aesthetics, believes the bustling med-spa industry has hit peak saturation. In fact, he theorizes it reached peak saturation a year or two ago. “We are oversaturated,” he...

Subscription Box Company Kinder Beauty Shutters

The cruelty-free beauty and lifestyle subscription box service Kinder Beauty has been dissolved, according to an email to vendors obtained by Beauty Independent.  “Kinder Beauty has never been profitable,” wrote...

Former Onda Beauty President Reopens Luxury Retailer Sommetbeauty In New York City

Four months after launching in Manhattan’s Tribeca neighborhood, Sommetbeauty is reopening in the Upper East Side.  The luxury retailer from Jane Fernandez, former president of clean beauty retailer Onda...

Blissim Shows It’s Possible To Make The Beauty Subscription Box Model Profitable

French beauty subscription box service Blissim is thriving as similar companies in the United States contend with declining demand. Formerly the European arm of the beauty subscription box pioneer...

The Travel Retail Opportunity For Emerging Beauty Brands

It’s time for emerging beauty brands to explore travel retail, according to Gebr. Heinemann. One of the largest travel retailers in the world, Hamburg-based Heinemann operates branded shops...