The DTC personal care market has evolved rapidly and the recent layoffs by Glossier can teach the industry how a brand can misstep and what to know going forward, says One Rockwell.
In the male-dominated world of venture capital, one firm is breaking into the cosmetics market and supporting companies focused on tech and led by women and diverse teams.
This summer, a new series called Going Public will stream on Entrepreneur.com and across that publication’s social channels. Both accredited and non-accredited investors will have the opportunity to invest in companies appearing on the series.
The cordless-hair-tool startup, founded by Stacey Boguslavskaya and Monica Abramov in 2017, plans to use the capital to develop new tech, expand internationally, and double the size of the Lunata team.
The newly founded collective has announced an equity ownership partnership with Yellow Beauty, a brand that holds turmeric as its hero ingredient and the imperative to end child marriage in Bangladesh as its mission.
On Friday LBP and Patrick Starrr announced the new brand, now available for sale on the Sephora website (and launching in over 500 doors across 2 countries later this month).
On Wednesday, the fragrance maker announced having signed a strategic agreement with Divabox, the company that owns the Origines-parfums beauty ecommerce platform. It’s an investment deal that brings e-retail to Interparfums.
This week, the food waste company and the debt and equity capital firm announced an investment deal meant to help Citrus Extracts grow beyond its current product line.
This month, the prestige clean color cosmetics brand Ilia Beauty announced a Series B funding round, led by Sandbridge and including the New York City – based firm Silas. The investment enables Ilia to, among other things, further finance product development...
This month’s investment deal between food and beverage venture capital firm BFG and skin care startup ZitSticka raised some eyebrows. So, Cosmetics Design checked with BFG partner Ben Fenton and ZitSticka co-founder Daniel Kaplan to find out why their...
This week, the venture capital firm focused on science-based beauty and wellness businesses announced that it is funding and partnering with ELSI Beauty, a microbiome friendly, sensitive-skin care brand that’s making good use of tech and consumer data....
This month, the beauty packaging company announced its equity investment in 3 China-based companies specializing in components and complete makeup packaging solutions.
The Ontario, Canada – based color cosmetics brand announced a first funding deal with Raven Indigenous Capital Partners this week. The firm invests to support indigenous values and social enterprise. And while both the Cheekbone Beauty brand and the investment...
In 2012, the specialty chemical company established an in-house venture capital firm. Over the intervening years, the company has invested in nearly 20 businesses, many of which promise to influence the future of the cosmetics and personal care industry....
The global cosmetics and personal care ingredient supplier hired a chief accelerator director in 2017, invested in One Ocean Beauty in 2018, and this week the company is exhibiting at Uplink Live in New York City. At this year’s BeautyX Capital Summit,...
Coconut oil is the hero ingredient in Kopari products. And the San Diego, California – based beauty startup has plans to grow its business even further, creating more coconut beauty products and reaching more consumers in-store and online.
Codex is a global beauty collective with plans to bring numerous science-backed, clean beauty brands to market. The collective’s first line, called Bia, launched just this week and is already a brand worth watching.
This week, the Women’s Entrepreneurship Strategy initiative invested $100,000 to help grow the Cliona Derma beauty business and in doing so increase the number of women-owned ventures in the country.
Founders Neda Daneshzadeh and Alicia Sontag announced the launch of Prelude Growth Partners at the start of this month and are on the lookout for “high potential, fast-growing consumer brands” in the beauty business.
The hair color startup, led by CEO Amy Errett, announced this month that it’s accepted another $25m in venture capital funding, moneys that will let the company’s brick-and-mortar footprint expand exponentially over the next two years.
The prestige, professional color cosmetics brand announced this month that the private equity firm L Catterton has made a large capital investment that will allow the makeup brand to expand quickly in the US.
The prestige and professional hair care company has been in business for over 20 years. And as products for curly and textured hair are gradually more welcome in the mainstream beauty market, both the brand and the company’s new investor partner believe...
Early this year the global beauty and fragrance company announced plans for a complete reorg, following its 2016 acquisition of Elizabeth Arden. Now the company has hired a chief operating officer with a track record of restructuring.
This week, the premium beauty brand announced that it has accepted a significant capital investment from the new and powerful L Catterton firm. Both parties anticipate being partners for the long-term.
This week, the cosmetics and personal care company announced a partnership with private equity firm Main Post Partners and is looking forward to global growth.
Croda has moved to bolster its European surfactants offering with a groundbreaking ceremony at its Chocques manufacturing site in northern France that signals the start of a major capital investment.
The Cosmetics Design Group (a company with no affiliation to this publication) has bought a majority stake in the successful indie brand, and going forward the two companies will essentially act as partners.
The Nestlé Skin Health division is building on to its existing North American manufacturing plant, boosting production capacity and increasing employment at the site by more than 20%.
A number of investment companies have all raised their stakes in the business during the past two quarters, as part of efforts to raise capital in the business, which has been performing strongly of late as executives look to raise capital for further...
The newly formed private equity group L Catterton is a partnership among LVMH, Groupe Arnault, and Catterton, and is aiming to impact all the major consumer markets—cosmetics and perfumes included.
Procter & Gamble saw all of its categories post a double-digit drop in sales for the first quarter fiscal year 2016 due to weak demand and a strong dollar; and Beauty and Grooming were the biggest offenders.
Unilever CEO Paul Polman insists the company will continue to invest in its brands across all sectors but that soft markets and a slow global economy do not show any signs of improvement any time soon.
Amway has invested in $25 million in a Binh Duong based facility that will focus on beauty from within brand, Nutrilite as part of its 'long-term commitment to Vietnam.'
Procter & Gamble is on course to emerge as a leaner and probably healthier business in the wake of selling off a $12.5 billion slice of its fragrance and cosmetics business to Coty.
It has been a busy time for Procter & Gamble with the brand divestment to Coty and the announcement of its new CEO and this all acts as evidence that the company is shifting its focus away from Beauty, according to market research firm Euromonitor...
There's still time left to register for Cosmetics Design's multifunctional color cosmetics forum, where our panel of experts will discuss the latest innovations and challenges of a segment where alphabet creams are just the tip of the iceberg...
France-based natural ingredients player Naturex has invested in the expansion of its production facility in Chile in an effort to increase the processing of quillaia extract.
A group of associated companies that specialise in agricultural investment projects have plans to further invest in the supply chain of oud and its source—the endangered Agarwood tree.
There is a lot of value in Eastern markets due to emerging economies, a focus on ingredient and packaging innovation, and changes in consumer behaviour, meaning Asia, along with Latin America and Africa, will be key global consumer markets over the next...