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When Indie Beauty Media Group, producer of Indie Beauty Expo and owner of Beauty Independent, announced Berlin as the second European location for its indie-only beauty trade show, some questioned the geographical choice. Now with the...

Indie Beauty Expo Los Angeles 2019 attendees were hungry for ingestibles, skincare and clean color cosmetics. That’s the finding of a post-expo consumer and retail buyer survey covered in IBMG’s Anthology Of Independent Beauty for the fourth edition...

CBD draws comparisons to caffeine, aspirin, and castor, canola and argan oils. No matter the comparison, the bottom line is that CBD, the cannabis constituent that won’t get you high, is infiltrating every merchandise product category and subcategory...

When Indie Beauty Expo traveled to Los Angeles for the first time in 2016, indie beauty was in its infancy and small brands were sorting out their places in the broader beauty industry. What a difference three...

This year served up plenty of indie beauty highs (the president signed the Farm Bill into law Thursday to legalize hemp-derived CBD) and lows (remember when minors were working at a organic personal care manufacturer?). The...

For retail buyers attending IBE London, variety was the spice of the trade show. More than 200 buyers identified a broad array of brands as their top 10 choices from the event that took place in October...