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The Grommet’s Unusual Form Of Commerce Spotlights Small Guys
The Grommet calls its model citizen commerce and even trademarked the term. Behind the concept are individuals using their hard-earned dollars to support fellow individuals who happen to have created cool products. The products on The Grommet...
Bluemercury’s Marla Beck On The Importance Of Specialization, The Beauty Industry’s Favorable Demographics And The Vetting Process For Emerging Brands
Remember when indie beauty wasn’t everywhere? Marla Beck certainly does. Its scarcity in 1999 was a big part of why she founded Bluemercury with her husband Barry. The specialty retailer generated excitement for beauty junkies like Beck...
Not So Fast Amazon: Qurate Retail Group’s Rob Robillard Has Bold Ambitions To Make Beauty Bigger Than Ever At QVC, HSN and Zulily
Rob Robillard has tackled more sides of the beauty business firsthand than possibly any other beauty executive. He’s held roles at established brands (Kiehl’s Since 1851) and emerging ones (Living Proof long before it was acquired by...
The Animals’ Choice For Beauty Shopping: Emerging E-tailer Good Cubed’s Assortment Is Completely Cruelty-Free
Beauty product purchases tend to have consequences for people, the planet and animals that a growing number of consumers rather avoid. At e-commerce concept Good Cubed, they can avoid them without doing substantial research on every item...
New Boutique Ivy Wild Is Wrapping Washington D.C.’s Millennial Shoppers In Clean Makeup And Skincare
When marketing professional Rachel Mulcahy got bit by the entrepreneurial bug, she didn’t intend to become a store owner. “I didn’t [think] I would get into any kind of retail business, but I also happen to...
Global Category Manager Amy Jargo Pulls Back The Curtain On Whole Foods’ Whole Body Department
For natural beauty brands, 487-unit Whole Foods Market has been one of the primary stages for gaining national exposure, building relationships with compatible consumers and generating sales on a broad scale. It’s been a standard-bearer for ingredient scrutiny...
