One message was clear at Beauty Independent’s 2025 Dealmaker Summit last week in New York City: the bar for beauty brand investment has never been higher. From skincare to scalp care, aesthetic...

Haircare is on the up and up. Sales in the category grew 6.6% last year to $21.7 billion, according to market research firm Circana. And Greg Starkman, co-founder of haircare brand Innersense Organic Beauty,...

Although the skincare category is experiencing some shakiness—in prestige, it was down 3% in dollars and up 1% in units in the first quarter, according to Circana—it remains a resilient engine of brand value, consumer...

With previous beauty holdouts jumping on Amazon, succeeding on the giant e-tailer is taking much more precision than just creating a product detail page and waiting for sales. “Brands should think of it as...

As traditional mergers and acquisitions pathways lose their luster for many beauty brands, a new playbook is gaining traction among founders and investors. It’s not the tried-and-true strategic acquisition. Nor is it the well-worn private equity...