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How PPC’s Brandon Frank Is Shifting Links In Beauty’s Packaging Supply Chain Amid Tariff Turbulence
As the CEO of distributor Pacific Packaging Components, Brandon Frank’s job is solving packaging puzzles for beauty companies such as Drunk Elephant, Briogeo, Shiseido, Dr. Bronner’s, Sun Bum and Hims & Hers. Where can they...
Source Beauty’s Maggie Spicer On The Competitive Advantages Of Sticking To Sustainability Amid Tariff Pressures
For beauty brands committed to sustainability, President Donald Trump’s tariffs are a huge test of the strength of that commitment. Source Beauty founder Maggie Spicer, a former trade attorney supporting sustainability and social impact in...
Marketing A New Beauty Product: What Indie Brands Really Spend
In a recent No Stupid Questions story, we checked in with 10 beauty consultants, including two who had opened and closed their own beauty and wellness brands, for estimates on what it costs for an...
FirstLook’s Brian Folmer On What Investors Really Want To Learn From CPG Brand Pitches
One of the first steps to a consumer packaged goods brand nailing down investment is getting the brand’s goods to a person who invests. That’s FirstLook’s entire proposition. Launched by CPG investor Brian Folmer, the Cleveland-based...
American Beauty Brands Rethink International Expansion Strategies Amid Trump’s Trade War
President Donald Trump’s immigration, tariff and foreign policies have spiked Americans’ anxiety about traveling abroad, and cooled visits from travelers abroad into the United States. They’re not the only ones. Businesses are changing their views on...
Professional Or Personal?: Entrepreneurs On Whether Beauty Treatments Should Go On The Company Card
Some of the most eye-popping nuggets from the lawsuit filed on March 4 by former Thirteen Lune investors Relevance Ventures and Beauty Generations Fund against Thirteen Lune co-founder Nyakio Grieco, new ownership SNR Capital and others...
The Next 85 Days Are Critical For Future-Proofing Beauty Supply Chains, According To Atelier’s Nick Benson
Whether a beauty brand generates $1 billion or $1, it can’t be disentangled from the global supply chain. That’s because it’s practically impossible for some part of its business, whether ingredients, packaging, manufacturing, distribution or marketing, to...
