The road from investment banking to baking to beauty isn’t obvious, but it's a circuitous career path that led Kate McLeod to launch her eponymous skin-care brand.

After nearly two years of exceptionally strong e-commerce sales, beauty and wellness companies bring their focus back to stores.

After successfully founding '90s it brand Stila in 1994 and selling it to Estée Lauder Companies five years later, Jeanine Lobell knows what it takes to start a beauty brand. But her latest venture, Neen, a DTC makeup line that operates via a subscription model, required considerable unconventional thinking.

After a series of hair M&A deals, I look at high-growth brands in the category. 

In April, Farfetch unveiled its beauty portfolio with 100 prestige brands sold on its marketplace. Not to be outdone, Moda Operandi announced in May its foray into beauty, which will debut this fall. And according to sources familiar with the matter, Shopbop is also rethinking its existing beauty edit and...

Businesses that don't have the pockets of an LMVH, Ulta Beauty or Unilever certainly run the legal risk if they share statements on social media channels or their websites. But at the same time, smaller- to medium-sized businesses are often disruptors, especially in beauty.

Glossier and Bala Bangles' price increases follow a series of others from indies like RMS Beauty, Deciem and E.l.f. to majors like Procter & Gamble. Some like P&G increased prices in 2021, but price hikes throughout beauty and wellness categories appear ongoing and constant. It begs the question, how resilient...

Saint Jane and Foria were some of the first CBD-centric brands that hit the market, but both are veering outside their tried-and-true territory. Saint Jane launched its Luxury Sun Ritual SPF on May 31, and Foria debuted two non-CBD products on June 9: Breast Oil with Organic Botanicals and Awaken...

This week, I look at the Revlon bankruptcy rumors.