Weekly News: Starbucks, Fast Food Coffee, Adele + Beauty, Skincare M&A, & Sephora

Send to KindleTweet It’s all food and beauty here for the weekly roundup. First up, the food. Starbucks is adding Hazelnut Macchiato to its list of standard espresso drinks. Meanwhile after last year’s few acquisitions, the West Coast coffee giant is prepping to extend its loyalty card program to Teavana. The rollout would allow cardholders [...]

Beauty Wars: A Look at the Major Players

Send to KindleTweet There is a retail war going on right now to compete for your beauty budget. I’ll start with a few confessions. I’m a beauty junkie. I have a bestie and we both once lived in The City, New York that is. When were equally miserable at our underpaid jobs in Manhattan offices, [...]

Links of the Week: MJ & Lipstick, Gym + Booze, Fancy Bagels, Fashion Startups & The Kid Diet Controversy

Send to KindleTweet I’ve decided that coffee will always be my security blanket. I’ve decided Amazon is my true love. I’ve decided there’s a positive correlation between online dating and online shopping, because of course online dating does not necessarily result in more sex, though men would like that. It does however lead to more [...]

Natural Baby Beauty

Send to KindleTweet Baby products are the one budget loophole, where men and women alike consider spending beyond their means in the pursuit of safety and education. It’s obvious babies don’t need beauty products, but sunscreen is an ongoing debate in the beauty sector, where marketing drives most the sales behind the scores of mediocre [...]

Bamboo: Sustainable Ingredient Du Jour

Send to KindleTweet Bamboo is quickly becoming ingredient of choice for companies in the cosmetics and personal care industry looking to improve their sustainability credentials, according to the recent Consumer Packaged Goods trend report from market researcher Datamonitor. According to Datamonitor’s Product Launch Analytics, the number of new products utilizing bamboo both within packaging and [...]

The Luxe Beverage

Send to KindleTweet There’s no shortage of energy drinks, but there is a shortage of energy drinks that don’t incite a gag reflex. We’re proud to say we found one that we actually like the taste of, both regular and diet. Rubyy has our beloved blood orange, which with other elements, makes for a taste [...]