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Direct-to-consumer green scented product brand Skylar raised $8 million in Series A funding led by FirstMark Capital, with participation from Upfront Ventures, Amplify LA, Gingerbread Capital, [...]

As wellness becomes mainstream, mindfulness and meditation apps are booming, and Calm is leading the pack, hitting unicorn status completing a $88M Series B funding round and pushing its [...]

Native was founded in 2015 with a direct-to-consumer sales model created to reimagine the personal care category from the ground up, beginning with deodorant. Acquired by Procter & Gamble in [...]

As the beauty, health, and wellness industries have converged in the past three to four years, the supplement business has gone along for the ride. Beauty supplements have gotten a makeover, with [...]

CEW recently hosted their annual “State of the Beauty Industry Report 2018-2019,” featuring insights and data from The NPD Group’s Larissa Jensen, executive director and beauty industry [...]

The beauty industry has a love-hate relationship with the Washington-based nonprofit Environmental Working Group (EWG). I suppose how you feel may depend on where your brand and products rank on [...]

With the amount of M&A activity and conferences connecting brands with money, an entrepreneur may think raising money and a successful exit are just the way beauty brands are built today. We are [...]

Firmenich has launched a sustainable and traceable fragrance collection “Scent for Good, Naturally.” Developed by combining proprietary consumer insights with leading EcoScent Compass™ [...]

QVC has rebranded to support cross-platform shopping. About 60% of QVC US sales are e-commerce sales, two-thirds of which are happening on mobile devices. With this in mind, QVC is going where [...]

New Mountain Capital-backed Topix acquires plant-based and results-driven skincare brand ClarityRx. The brand has a 16-year track record of partnering with the most successful spas and [...]