Habitat Partners On Valuation Discipline, Founder Dilution And The State Of Play In Consumer VC
Early in its history, Red Antler began routinely participating in equity-for-services arrangements with select clients, notably Behance, the platform for creative professionals that was acquired by Adobe in 2012 for over $150 million. The experience, largely a...
Beauty’s 2026 M&A Forecast: Measured Acceleration, Bifurcation And Selectivity
Beauty M&A weathered 2025 better than most categories. Beauty deal volume dipped roughly 6.7%, according to investment bank Capstone Partners, a far gentler slowdown than the broader consumer sector, and the...
Kiss Beauty Group Acquires Cool Girl Nail Brand Chillhouse
Chillhouse has a new home. The millennial and gen Z nail brand has been acquired by Kiss Beauty Group, parent company of mass-market nail and...
The Big Makeup Trends That Matter In 2026—And Those That Don’t
In 2025, the makeup category owed a lot to the mouth. Without lip products, it would have slumped. Instead, growth was modest in the first nine months of the year, with Circana estimating the...
How Nearly 50-Year-Old WishGarden Herbs Resonates With Everyone From MAHA Followers To Erewhon Shoppers
Family-owned and -operated wellness brand WishGarden Herbs has already gone through an acquisition—way back in 1987. That year, Boulder, Colo.-based midwife Catherine Hunziker bought the women’s wellness business, a literal closet’s worth of herbal tinctures designed to...
