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Why D.S. & Durga Co-Founder David Seth Moltz Doesn’t Feel Pressure To Create The Next Byredo
After its $1 billion sale of Byredo to Puig in 2022, Manzanita Capital has made its next bet on fragrance by buying a majority stake in D.S. & Durga. The deal, which succeeds...
New Federal Package CEO Melissa Niebes Plans To Double The Manufacturer’s Business In 5 Years
This month, Melissa Niebes, formerly a VP at Reckitt and L’Oréal, became CEO of Federal Package. Most recently president and chief commercial officer at the beauty contract manufacturer, she steps into a role previously held...
Co-Founder And CEO Ju Rhyu Tells Us Great Advice She Got Before Hero Cosmetics’ Big Exit—And Shares Some, Too
Seven years into its business, Mighty Patch maker Hero Cosmetics has become the No. 1 acne patch brand on the market, sold over 1 billion acne patches and reached 25,000 doors at retailers the likes of Target, Walmart,...
Farmacy Founder David Chung Has A New Brand At Sephora And Growing Manufacturer Out To Transform The Supply Chain
Serial beauty entrepreneur David Chung is far from done with serial beauty entrepreneurship. After selling Sephora-native clean beauty brand Farmacy to Procter & Gamble in 2021, he’s back with another brand hitting Sephora, The Rootist, a...
Why Hum Nutrition Shifted To The Mass Market
Nearly a decade ago, digitally native Hum Nutrition was a central figure in a wave of ingestible brands that entered prestige beauty retail. Prestige beauty retailers wanted in on a skyrocketing wellness category and saw ingestible products...
Inspired By The Culture Of His Barbershop, Serial Entrepreneur Houston White’s Grooming Brand Could Reach $25M In Sales This Year
Shortly after Houston White established Fresh, a barbershop in the Camdentown neighborhood of Minneapolis, in 2007, he formulated a pomade for his clients that’s blossomed into Fresh by Houston White, an 11-product face, hair and body collection...
