Sephora Declares 2023 Speed up Founders Cohort

7 Dec

Sephora Declares 2023 Speed up Founders Cohort Getty: John Phillips / Stringer Sephora Declares 2023 Speed up Founders Cohort Since its 15% pledge, Sephora has dedicated itself to encouraging and supporting Black and Brown beauty owners. Entering its eighth 12 months, the 2023 Speed up Brand Incubation Program has chosen a cohort of seven cosmetic founders starting from skincare and makeup to fragrance and haircare, furthering their mission to full representation on their striped shelves. “We're very excited to welcome all 2023 finalists to the Speed up program and into the Sephora family,” said Priya Venkatesh, Senior Vice President, Global Merchandising, in an announcement. “Our program continues to create spaces for BIPOC-founded and owned brands that represent our clients and the world today, all while...

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19 Nov

Wella Company Hosts Forum With OPI and Briogeo Founders

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Wella Company Hosts Forum With OPI and Briogeo Founders

For her first event as chief executive officer of Wella Company, Annie Young-Scrivner gathered OPI’s Suzi Weiss-Fischmann and Briogeo’s Nancy Twine for a founders’ forum aimed to encourage. Young-Scrivner is comparatively latest to beauty. Prior to joining Wella in December of 2020, when the corporate became an independent identity (now under KKR’s ownership), the chief was the CEO of Godiva Chocolatier. And previously, she had a greater than seven-year profession at Starbucks. At Wella, she oversees an almost $3 billion portfolio of skilled and retail hair and nail brands. Together with OPI and Briogeo, there’s Wella Professionals, Ghd, Sebastian Skilled, Clairol and Nioxin. Held at company headquarters in Calabasas, California on Nov. 10, the 2 founders discussed their brand story and the...

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22 Oct

Meet The Founders Behind 75 Black-Owned Skin Care And

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Meet The Founders Behind 75 Black-Owned Skin Care And

Founders Behind Founders Behind For greater than 50 years, ESSENCE has been a frontrunner in promoting Black-Owned beauty brands. Continuing in our tradition, we’re introducing you to the masterminds behind a few of the hottest products on the multi-billion-dollar market that ensures our Black never cracks. From kitchen chemists to beauty industry insiders, meet the business owners who used their passion (and private experiences) to create products that remember our melanin from the within out! Just in time for the vacations, most of those beauty brands are offering great deals to your shopping needs. From head to toe, they got you covered. Editor’s Note: There are countless Black-owned beauty brands and we regret that we couldn't include all of them, and their founders, on...

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15 Oct

Latine Female Founders Discuss Breaking Barriers, Scaling a Business

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Latine Female Founders Discuss Breaking Barriers, Scaling a Business

To shut out Hispanic Heritage Month, DealmakeHers, an invite-only community of influential female executives, hosted a “Celebrating Latina Disruptors” forum moderated by MSNBC’s Daniela Pierre-Bravo and Forbes’ Maggie McGrath on Friday. On the forum, six Latina founders, including Ceremonia founder Babba Rivera; Birdies cofounder Bianca Gates; Latin American Fashion Summit cofounder Estefania Lacayo; Curamia cofounder Dafna Mizrahi; Wondermind cofounder Daniella Pearson and Cuyana cofounder Karla Gallardo, spoke about their respective skilled journeys, how they've scaled their businesses despite facing higher barriers to entry and funding and the trail toward making a business ecosystem with increased racial parity. Kicking off the discussion, Pierre-Bravo spoke with McGrath with about her recently released book, “The Other,” which goals to function a guide for navigating the...

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