Shen Beauty’s Jessica Richards: Let the consumer choose 'to shop toxic, organic or clean'
Although growing up in an “organic lifestyle” meant eating “turkey and sprouts” at school instead of tater tots, Jessica Richards, founder of Shen Beauty, benefitted from that "granola" upbringing in ...
5 Aug 202136min
Skinfluencer Sean Garrette: 'My focus and passion is treating people of color'
Like many of the hopeful young adults before him, Sean Garrette, an esthetician and influencer, moved to New York with his sights set on a career in fashion. But when his dreams to be a fashion editor...
29 Jul 202138min
QVC and HSN CMO Brian Beitler: Video commerce is becoming the new standard
Although QVC may have set the blueprint for modern-day livestream shopping, which was accelerated by the pandemic, the televised home shopping network was not exempt from the challenges of the past ye...
22 Jul 202138min
SuperOrdinary CEO Julian Reis on being exactly where the customer is
Despite taking a self-proclaimed non-traditional career path, Julian Reis, founder and CEO of beauty incubator SuperOrdinary, credits his initial experience in the conventional finance industry as the...
15 Jul 202141min
Revlon CEO Debra Perelman on matching the "timelessness" of her brands with the "timeliness" of the moment
From pouring over Revlon magazine ads as a young girl to becoming the first female CEO of the company in 2018, Debra Perelman personifies the “emotional connection” consumers have with beauty. “A big ...
8 Jul 202138min
Kjaer Weis CEO Gillian Gorman Round: "Luxury is not having everything all of the time"
Gillian Gorman Round may have spent her career in big beauty, from L'Oréal to Gucci Group to most recently Revlon, but she couldn't turn down the opportunity to become CEO at Kjaer Weis, even in the m...
1 Jul 202134min
Walmart's Musab Balbale: "The ethos of Gen Z squarely matches Walmart's ethos"
If the idea of Walmart as a beauty hub seems new, then the expansion of the nation’s leading grocer’s beauty e-commerce business by Musab Balbale may be equally disruptive. Balbale, the merchandising ...
24 Jun 202132min
Hyram Yarbro on his new beauty brand: 'The primary intent is social change'
From growing up on a cattle ranch to having his face grace the shelves of Sephora, skinfluencer Hyram Yarbro, 25, has taken the beauty world by storm due to his honest yet informative persona. “When ...
17 Jun 202152min
