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The Kombucha Effect Comes for Hair Care

Following the well-worn path from wellness hack to beauty solve, fermented ingredients are making their way to hair care, thanks to a growing number of high-profile startups.

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The Kombucha Effect Comes for Hair Care

Following the well-worn path from wellness hack to beauty solve, fermented ingredients are making their way to hair care, thanks to a growing number of high-profile startups.


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Who Is Going to Buy All These Makeup Brands?

This week, the founder and creative director introduced her foray into colour cosmetics with Pocket Blush, an adorable stick formula, that trades on her most used beauty product.

Beauty

Who Is Going to Buy All These Makeup Brands?

This week, the founder and creative director introduced her foray into colour cosmetics with Pocket Blush, an adorable stick formula, that trades on her most used beauty product.


Direct-to-Consumer

How to Save a DTC Brand Without Crushing Its Soul

The past year has seen a stream of last-minute rescue deals for once-hot start-ups. Acquirers of formerly distressed brands weigh in on how to improve operations and retain what made them special in the first place.

Direct-to-Consumer

How to Save a DTC Brand Without Crushing Its Soul

The past year has seen a stream of last-minute rescue deals for once-hot start-ups. Acquirers of formerly distressed brands weigh in on how to improve operations and retain what made them special in the first place.


Partner Content

How Unilever Prestige Ensures Its Brands Stay Relevant

On stage at The Business of Beauty’s Global Forum, Vasiliki Petrou discussed market disruption, evolving consumer behaviour and how she believes brands like K18, Tatcha, Hourglass and Dermalogica stay relevant to their consumers in a saturated market.

Partner Content

How Unilever Prestige Ensures Its Brands Stay Relevant

On stage at The Business of Beauty’s Global Forum, Vasiliki Petrou discussed market disruption, evolving consumer behaviour and how she believes brands like K18, Tatcha, Hourglass and Dermalogica stay relevant to their consumers in a saturated market.


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How Merit Won Over the Grown-Up Glossier Girl

Instead of getting caught up in Gen-Z mania, Merit has become profitable and expects to hit $100 million in revenue this year by targeting Millennials with classic luxury branding and no-makeup makeup.

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How Merit Won Over the Grown-Up Glossier Girl

Instead of getting caught up in Gen-Z mania, Merit has become profitable and expects to hit $100 million in revenue this year by targeting Millennials with classic luxury branding and no-makeup makeup.


Sustainability

What’s Behind the Slow Fashion Recession

The closure of Mara Hoffman and other brands that built ethical consumption into their business models is raising questions about whether there’s room in the market for brands that put sustainability first.

Sustainability

What’s Behind the Slow Fashion Recession

The closure of Mara Hoffman and other brands that built ethical consumption into their business models is raising questions about whether there’s room in the market for brands that put sustainability first.


Sports

Why Padel Is Luxury’s New Favourite Sport

Brands from Valentino to Prada and start-ups like Pulco Studios are vying to cash in on the racket sport’s aspirational aesthetic and affluent fanbase.

Sports

Why Padel Is Luxury’s New Favourite Sport

Brands from Valentino to Prada and start-ups like Pulco Studios are vying to cash in on the racket sport’s aspirational aesthetic and affluent fanbase.


Beauty

Gregg Renfrew Is Purchasing Beautycounter Out of Foreclosure

The founder, who was ousted and recently came back to the line as CEO, will regain control of the company.

Beauty

Gregg Renfrew Is Purchasing Beautycounter Out of Foreclosure

The founder, who was ousted and recently came back to the line as CEO, will regain control of the company.


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Puig, Backers to Raise €2.6 Billion in Madrid IPO

Puig and its founding family plan to sell Class B shares at €22 to €24.50 each, the Barcelona-based company said Thursday in a filing with the Spanish securities regulator.

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Puig, Backers to Raise €2.6 Billion in Madrid IPO

Puig and its founding family plan to sell Class B shares at €22 to €24.50 each, the Barcelona-based company said Thursday in a filing with the Spanish securities regulator.


Beauty

How to Raise Money as a Black Beauty Brand

Black founders carry a markedly higher burden when it comes to educating investors on the value and viability of their business ideas — but there is an art and science behind knowing when your brand is ready and what kind of investors will be the best fit.

Beauty

How to Raise Money as a Black Beauty Brand

Black founders carry a markedly higher burden when it comes to educating investors on the value and viability of their business ideas — but there is an art and science behind knowing when your brand is ready and what kind of investors will be the best fit.


Beauty

Estée Lauder’s Big New Skincare Bet Is Like The Ordinary – at Six Times the Price

Deciem’s other skincare brand, NIOD, also sells serums with names straight out of a lab, but with more complex formulations and higher-end packaging. A decade into the science-backed skincare craze, the company believes its consumers are ready to move upmarket.

Beauty

Estée Lauder’s Big New Skincare Bet Is Like The Ordinary – at Six Times the Price

Deciem’s other skincare brand, NIOD, also sells serums with names straight out of a lab, but with more complex formulations and higher-end packaging. A decade into the science-backed skincare craze, the company believes its consumers are ready to move upmarket.


Direct-to-Consumer

Why Mergers Might Be the Next Wave of DTC Exits

Apparel brands Knot Standard and Billy Reid are teaming up in a move investors say we may see more of as fashion start-ups seek alternative funding routes to grow their businesses.

Direct-to-Consumer

Why Mergers Might Be the Next Wave of DTC Exits

Apparel brands Knot Standard and Billy Reid are teaming up in a move investors say we may see more of as fashion start-ups seek alternative funding routes to grow their businesses.