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19 May

Gen Z Business Founders, Retail Brand Leaders to Speak

The Retail Influencer Network, a network of senior business leaders, investors and analysts founded by Berns Communications Group, today announced the initial speaker lineup for its second annual Retail Influencer CEO Forum Featuring the Z Suite. The total-day, invitation-only summit on Sept. 12 at Recent York’s Crosby Street Hotel will unite Gen Z leaders and influencers with retail and brand executives “to assist the industry unlock the Gen Z consumer mindset,” in accordance with organizers. The forum’s programming will center on the theme of “Courageous Leadership Paving the Way for Real Change,” and featured speakers will include “CEOs, ZEOs and senior executives who're leading with conviction and connecting deeply with Gen Zers along the way in which,” BCG said in an...
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11 May

Kathleen Baird-Murray Probes Beauty Founders’ Failures in Recent Podcast

LONDON — Freelance author and editor Kathleen Baird-Murray has let her curiosity get the perfect of her, and launched a podcast where she asks beauty founders how they coped with the inevitable crises that got here with constructing businesses. Called “Keeping Face,” the podcast launches Wednesday with Tina Chen Craig, founding father of U Beauty, talking about how, during one particularly difficult moment, she collapsed on the ground of her hotel room. In other episodes, Baird-Murray talks to Frederic Fekkai; Bobbi Brown; John Legend, founding father of Loved01; and Charlotte Mensah, one among Britain’s top stylists and experts on natural, textured and mixed-heritage hair. Mensah is the owner of The Hair Lounge on London’s Portobello Road, and built her salon business with...
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14 Apr

Three Beauty Founders Who Are Redefining Business – WWD

Indie brand founders are difficult the established order. “I take advantage of the tag line, ‘I like my products, how I like my people, nontoxic,’ which is a nod to surrounding yourself with talented conscious leaders and businesses,” said Dorian Morris, chief executive officer and founding father of Undefined Beauty. “Because that’s where you'll be able to make a change.” Joining Morris at WWD’s L.A.B. Forum in Los Angeles were Fiona Co Chan, CEO and founding father of Youthforia, and Lesley Thornton, holistic aesthetician and founding father of Klur. They sat down with Monica Arnaudo, chief merchandising officer of Ulta Beauty, who dug into how each founder is redefining the sweetness industry.  “I’m not going to redefine beauty alone,” Thornton said. “After I...
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10 Apr

Moj Mahdara On Closing The Gap Between Founders And

Moj MahdaraKohl Murdock Moj Mahdara is best generally known as the disruptor who mobilized the ability of Gen-Z and variety to show the complete beauty industry on its head for the higher a part of a decade. Holding fast to their belief within the power of influence over affluence, Mahdara has now turned their sights to the sector of enterprise capital. Because the CEO and architect of Beautycon, Mahdara manifested a vision where content creators could construct iconic CPG brands, and Gen-Z talent could fundamentally break from the homogeneity and establishment of the wonder and wellness industries. Mahdara’s keen eye for next-generation brands, talent, and trends prompted platforms like Latest York Times and WWD to call Beautycon the “mecca” and “superbowl”...
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