Beautycon's Moj Mahdara: 'Experiential retail and e-commerce is how we scale'
When Moj Mahdara took the role as Beautycon CEO, she wasn't particularly interested in beauty. To this day, she doesn't wear makeup herself. What she was attracted to was the unique community and fand...
11 Apr 201932min
Hum Nutrition's Walter Faulstroh: Launching as a DTC brand allows you to educate the customer
Before starting Hum Nutrition, Walter Faulstroh was a beauty junky with some frustrating skin problems. He had always had a passion for skin care, but no matter what he did, he couldn't seem to get ri...
3 Apr 201931min
Tengram Capital Partners' Rich Gersten: 'Clean' and 'natural' are no longer differentiators
In the last few years, there has been a boom of investments in the world of beauty. Brands like Glossier continue to receive massive rounds of funding, and join the elite club of beauty brands that ha...
28 Mar 201935min
SoulCycle's Melanie Whelan: We're finding more ways to engage with our customer
When you look at Melanie Whelan's career path, it doesn't exactly point to SoulCycle. Prior to landing at Equinox and SoulCycle, Whelan held positions at Starwood Hotels and Resorts and Virgin USA. Fo...
21 Mar 201933min
Bloomingdale's Stacie Borteck: We're evolving to meet the needs of the modern beauty consumer
It is no secret that with the rise of direct-to-consumer companies and e-commerce shopping, legacy retailers are struggling to maintain massive flagship stores and retail footprints. While some retail...
14 Mar 201933min
Uma Oils' Shrankhla Holecek: 'It took convincing to launch our wellness products'
If you're starting your day with lemon water or a turmeric latte, or practicing meditative breathing, you're practicing Ayurveda. Although the concept of Ayurveda is relatively new to most Americans, ...
7 Mar 201938min
RMS Beauty's Rose-Marie Swift: 'There is no next phase for RMS Beauty'
For over three decades, Rose-Marie Swift was one of the most sought-after editorial makeup artists in the world. But then, her health started to change. Once she started to dig into the industry, and ...
28 Feb 201939min
Glow Recipe's Sarah Lee and Christine Chang: 'We've expanded past being defined as a K-beauty brand'
When Sarah Lee and Christine Chang joined forces to start Glow Recipe in 2014, they wanted to find their own way to introduce the US consumer to Korean beauty. Now, fast-forward five years, Glow Recip...
21 Feb 201930min
