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28 Mar

OSEA Is Reportedly Exploring a Deal, Sale

OSEA Is Reportedly Exploring a Deal, Sale
One other beauty brand is hitting the market, WWD has learned. Pioneering “clean” skincare brand OSEA has reportedly tapped Raymond James because it explores deal options, in keeping with industry sources. Each OSEA and Raymond James declined to comment. Financo, now a component of Raymond James, handled OSEA’s first deal in 2021. The brand landed a minority investment from Cavu Enterprise Partners, which also holds stakes in skincare brands Nécessaire and Topicals. Sources pegged the brand’s net sales at around $100 million annually, about a fair split between retail and the brand’s website. It is on the market at Ulta Beauty, along with Nordstrom and smaller specialty retailers.  The brand is one in all a plethora hitting the M&A market, though the bulk fall under...
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17 Dec

Exploring Genderless Skin Care and Fragrance – WWD

Exploring Genderless Skin Care and Fragrance – WWD
Skincare and fragrance could also be big industries to disrupt — however the genderless wave is coming.  Very similar to the style industry, the sweetness world is segmented by gender, with products produced and marketed to men and women. Nonetheless, the rise of genderless skincare and gender-free fragrance could also be poised to start out a silent revolution within the multibillion-dollar industry.  The worldwide skincare market is predicted to usher in $153.3 billion in 2022, and grow greater than 5 percent at a compound annual growth rate through 2026, in line with Statista. The fragrance market is projected to usher in $56.7 billion, and to grow nearly 4 percent at a compound annual growth rate through 2026. Inside those markets, consumers are trying to...
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4 Dec

Exploring Korea’s skinny obsession and the plus-size models fighting

Exploring Korea’s skinny obsession and the plus-size models fighting
In a fat-shaming, skinny-obsessed society with a high eating disorder rate, listed below are the trailblazers fighting for acceptance “If a lady weighs over 50 kg, she should be nuts” - this line told by a male protagonist of a Korean online drama Dam Naneun Jib to his girlfriend’s girlfriend went viral after being aired last yr since it touched upon a dark side of K-beauty - the obsession with skinny body types. The “50 kg myth” is a perfect created by Korean mainstream media by glorifying celebrities who openly discuss their weight being 40-something. K-pop idols often share their extreme food plan regimes with a view to achieve the under-50 ideal weight,...
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29 Nov

Exploring the complexities of Bioart

Exploring the complexities of Bioart
Following on from his guide to biohacking, Kenyan-born, Canada-based bodybuilder turned biohacker Glyph, one half of Instagram duo @biohackinfo, now turns his attention to bioart A former bodybuilder, Glyph has at all times been fascinated by the concept of human enhancement. However it wasn’t until he moved to Canada where he met CyphR – a biochemistry undergrad, who on the time of meeting had already performed several implantation procedures on himself (he has one RFID chip implant that he uses to start out his automotive, lock and unlock his phone, and one other one by which he stores the private keys to his cryptocurrency wallets) – that he was in a position to...
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