The NPD Group's Larissa Jensen: 'Brands are now reacting to consumer demand'
The role of the analyst in any industry is to monitor how that industry is evolving and track the movement of some of its most major players. Larissa Jensen's industry of focus is beauty, and she has ...
2 Maj 201935min
Erno Laszlo's Charles Denton: 'If you want to succeed, you need to embrace risks'
When Charles Denton took over Erno Laszlo in 2011, the massive legacy brand was flailing. Now, eight years into his role of chairman and CEO, Denton has big plans for the brand, including new efforts ...
25 Apr 201940min
Briogeo's Nancy Twine: 'The challenge of working with retailers is we don't get customer data'
After a seven-year career at Goldman Sachs, Nancy Twine decided to try to make a company out of the curly-hair products she'd made for herself for years. So she presented her products at a trade show,...
18 Apr 201934min
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 Mars 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 Mars 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 Mars 201933min
