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Roundtable — episode 139
Bridge Mentorship: How to Become Funding Ready
Celebrating the end of another successful year with the Bridge Mentorship program in partnership with True Beauty Ventures, Nader Naeymi-Rad,... -
Roundtable — episode 137
Building Beauty Campaigns That Captivate
In today’s crowded digital landscape, capturing a beauty shopper's attention requires more than just a catchy hashtag or a vibey Instagram... -
Roundtable — episode 136
TikTok Shop
TikTok Shop is revolutionizing the way beauty brands engage with customers, create viral moments and drive sales. Join Nader Naeymi-Rad and... -
Roundtable — episode 135
Beauty, Wellness & Beyond
What do eyelashes, scalp care, and mushrooms have in common? They are just some the beauty-adjacent categories tapping into whitespace and... -
Roundtable — episode 134
Succeeding in Mass & Prestige Retail
Securing placement in retailers with hundreds—or even thousands—of doors can be a game-changer for any brand. However, managing partnerships... -
Roundtable — episode 133
Dealmaker Summit + Uplink Expo: Insights and Top Takeaways
Join Nader Naeymi-Rad and Beauty Independent's editorial team as they distill key insights about topics like the State of Dealmaking, retail,... -
Roundtable — episode 132
Bringing Brands Stateside
Achieving success in your home market is hard enough, but growing internationally comes with a landslide of other challenges to work through.... -
Roundtable — episode 131
Bridge Mentorship: How to Become Funding Ready
On the fifth edition of the Bridge Mentorship program in partnership with True Beauty Ventures, Nader Naeymi-Rad, True Beauty Ventures... -
Roundtable — episode 130
SPF & Self Tanning
While self-tanning and SPF products are not new—a flood of upstarts are making noise, innovating the way (and frequency) customers are using... -
Roundtable — episode 129
Beauty Buyers
Retail partnerships are key to scaling but can be complicated to navigate for big and small brands alike. Buyers shed light on their perspective... -
Firsthand — episode 124
Quarterly Data Snapshot Q4 ‘23
Join us for our ongoing roundtable bringing together the best and most respected providers and research from around the industry.... -
Roundtable — episode 116
Leading Celebrity Backed Brands
From Instagram-famous influencers, to models, actors and atheletes, the possible payouts of owning a beauty or wellness brand is luring famous... -
Roundtable — episode 114
Quarterly Data Snapshot Q2 ’23
Join us for our ongoing roundtable bringing together the best and most respected providers and research from around the industry.... -
Roundtable — episode 113
Stand Out Brands
What does it take to succeed (and sell out) in Sephora or Ulta? Join Claire McCormack and the founders of three fast-growing brands (all... -
Roundtable — episode 112
How Emerging Brands are Using AI
Emerging brands are often on the cusp of what's new whether that is a trending ingredient, brand positioning or new marketing channel, and... -
Roundtable — episode 111
The New Guard
From driving industry trends to securing major retail placements— there is no doubt about it, U Beauty, Nécessaire, Shani Darden Skin Care... -
Roundtable — episode 108
Emerging Beauty’s Brightest Stars
Founders garner much of the attention in indie beauty—as they should. However, they're not the only people responsible for a brand's success.... -
Roundtable — episode 107
Luxury Retailers
“Premiumization” is beauty’s new leading buzzword and for good reason. With it comes the promise of lofty margins, target markets with... -
Roundtable — episode 106
Brand Closures: The Post-Pandemic Landscape
The onset of the pandemic was undoubtedly a stressful period for beauty brand founders, but the stress hasn’t faded as founders try to... -
Roundtable — episode 105
Quarterly Data Snapshot Q4 ’22
Join us for our ongoing roundtable bringing together the best and most respected providers and research from around the industry.... -
Roundtable — episode 103
Retail Distribution
Direct-to-consumer brands may have proliferated in recent years, but building out omnichannel operations is widely considered the key to scale... -
Roundtable — episode 99
Quarterly Data Snapshot Q3 ’22
Join us for our ongoing roundtable bringing together the best and most respected providers and research from around the industry.... -
Roundtable — episode 98
Bridge Mentorship: How to Become Funding Ready
Following the inaugural session of the Bridge Mentorship program in partnership with True Beauty Ventures, Nader Naeymi-Rad, True Beauty... -
Roundtable — episode 97
Live From The Showfloor Of Adit Live
Join host Nader Naeymi-Rad from the inaugural Adit Live event in Los Angeles for a special episode of Beauty Independent's In Conversation... -
Roundtable — episode 96
Building Brand Loyalty
Any brand can have flash in the pan success thanks to the virality of TikTok, but the key to building lasting success lies in having a devoted... -
Roundtable — episode 95
Amazon Metrics That Matter
Amazon has proven to be an extremely lucrative channel for beauty and wellness brands that are able to capitalize on the opportunity;... -
Spotlight — episode 22
Going Global
Vegamour launched when a digital-only brand had the opportunity to grab market share quickly without outside retail partnerships. But... -
Roundtable — episode 89
Retail Strategy
Direct to consumer brands may have proliferated in recent years, but working with physical and digital retail partners is the key to ensuring... -
Spotlight — episode 21
Building A Unicorn
It takes more than a great idea and efficacious product to make noise in the beauty industry. Join Nader Naeymi-Rad, Vegamour’s founder and... -
Spotlight — episode 20
Founder’s Foundations
Every entrepreneur starts somewhere. Join Nader Naeymi-Rad, Vegamour founder and CEO Dan Hodgdon and his wife and co-founder of Akhassa Lisa... -
Roundtable — episode 85
Quarterly Data Snapshot Q1 ’22
Join us for our ongoing roundtable bringing together the best and most respected providers and research from around the industry.... -
Roundtable — episode 83
Beauty And Lifestyle Buyers
Between the many retailers in the beauty and lifestyle segment, there’s a fierce arms race raging to secure the hottest brands in the market.... -
Roundtable — episode 80
The Store Of The Future
Consolidations, department store struggles, and ongoing pandemic disruptions shaped the industry significantly at the outset of this year. But... -
Roundtable — episode 64
Niche Beauty E-Tailers
Launching in hundreds of doors with big box chain or pure play retailer is often what a founder dreams about, but many brands find more... -
Roundtable — episode 62
The Great M&A Retail Shakeup
The tide is rising for beauty retail. Beauty insiders have been abuzz over the recent movement in the retail segment—Sephora acquiring... -
Roundtable — episode 61
Winning Retail Strategies
Direct to consumer brands may have proliferated in recent years, but working with physical and digital retail partners is the key to ensuring... -
Roundtable — episode 56
Lessons In European And UK Product Compliance
The shift to digital has enabled consumers from all over the globe to discover new beauty brands, increasing the desire for US-based brands to... -
Roundtable — episode 51
Beauty In China
China, the world’s second largest beauty market in terms of revenue and consumption value behind the US, is ripe with growth opportunity. And... -
Roundtable — episode 45
Selling On Amazon
Beauty Independent conducted surveys of independent brands in 2019 (pre-pandemic) and 2020 (post-pandemic) to explore the diverse experiences of... -
Roundtable — episode 43
Omni-Channel Retail
Delivering a seamless digital and in-person shopping experience is crucial for leading retailers. Join IBMG co-founder Nader Naeymi-Rad and top... -
Roundtable — episode 42
Sex Sells: Sexual Wellness At Retail
In 2021, you can buy lube at Nordstrom, shop vibrators at Holt Renfrew and browse arousal oils at Urban Outfitters. Sex sells, now more than... -
Roundtable — episode 38
Maximizing Amazon
For emerging beauty brands, Amazon is perhaps the biggest opportunity in commerce, but it is an enormous and oftentimes perilous portal to... -
Roundtable — episode 36
Beauty Retail’s Evolution
To say shopping for beauty and wellness changed in 2020 would be an understatement. But nimble retailers are embracing this as time to innovate... -
Roundtable — episode 29
Quarterly Data Snapshot Q3 ’20
Join us for the first installment of our ongoing roundtable bringing together the best and most respected providers and research from around the... -
Roundtable — episode 18
Niche Retailers
In this episode, some of the most prestigious indie beauty retailers gather for a panel on meeting unmet consumer needs and what they look for... -
Roundtable — episode 14
Cosmetics & Skincare Retail Leaders
The heads of three of the most highly desirable boutiques for beauty entrepreneurs sit on a panel to shed light on their perspective of... -
Roundtable — episode 7
Post-COVID Retail Models
Stores with walls aren’t dead, agreed the four retail experts and strategists during the In Conversation webinar about the retail models of... -
Roundtable — episode 6
Department Stores: Is There A Future?
The pandemic didn’t cause department stores’ struggles. It did, however, speed up the consequences of those struggles. In this webinar, four... -
Roundtable — episode 3
Beauty Retailers
There’s no roadmap for operating beauty stores during a pandemic. The challenge for retailers? Sorting through how to allow and urge shopping...