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New York-based private equity firm Castle Harlan together with Branford Castle Partners have acquired Sunless, the world’s preeminent manufacturer and marketer of spray tanning equipment, [...]

Japanese brewer Kirin Holdings Co., Ltd. acquired a 30.3% stake in cosmetics company Fancl Corp for 129 billion yen ($1.21 billion) moving further toward pivot to capitalize on the [...]

Harlem Capital Partners is a New York-based minority-owned early-stage venture capital firm founded by managing partners Henri Pierre-Jacques and Jarrid Tingle, alongside venture partners John [...]

All talk and no action is seen as trust-washing by consumers. Today consumers are not only evaluating brands on the function of products and services but also on their purpose and [...]

Nielsen released a consumer report that informs interest in cannabis beyond recreational use. Their answers provide insight into what the emerging categories we may see disrupting products sold [...]

What do Michael Jackson, King Tut, and Leonardo da Vinci have in common? Sequins. 

VENeffect started as a conversation between two sisters and turned into an innovative skincare range with a breakthrough phytoestrogen technology to replenish lost elasticity and [...]

Dr. Lili Fan reveals her passion—science and new technology—in her latest invention of Dr. Lili Fan Probiotic Skincare. She is an experienced biochemist, microbiologist, and ophthalmologist who [...]

Celebrating its 25th anniversary, MAC Viva Glam has become a piece of beauty history. MAC was started by Frank Angelo and Frank Toskan in 1994 in reaction to the AIDS crisis. “We developed a [...]

As Neiman Marcus and Nordstrom enter Manhattan, retail icons Henri Bendel and Lord & Taylor have closed, and now NYC icon Barneys has filed for bankruptcy protection—again. The Pressman [...]