Consumers, business owners, and policy makers received some good news last week. The Labor Department reported on Wednesday that wholesale prices were down 0.5% in October, their biggest decline in three and a half years. The decline was notably better than expectations as well, as economists had expected a 0.1% increase. This news, coupled with […]
Despite the war in Ukraine, elevated inflation, higher interest rates, and other challenges, the consumer sector has remained more resilient than many expected over the last year or so. However, in the last several months, a specific industry headwind has emerged and become too worrisome to ignore: retail theft. There has always been theft (“shrink”) […]
We are excitedly counting down the weeks until the return of the Consensus Great Brands Show (CGBS), which will take place September 13th, at the New York Times Center in Manhattan (CGBS Website). CGBS is returning for the 10th time, after a pause for COVID, and we are bringing the show back bigger and better than […]
We are excitedly counting down the months and weeks until the return of the Consensus Great Brands Show (CGBS), which will take place September 13th, at the New York Times TimesCenter in Manhattan (CGBS Website). CGBS is returning for the 10th time, after a pause for COVID, and we are bringing the show back bigger and […]
Over the last year, we’ve written in this space about two of the most important trends in beauty, clean beauty and biotech beauty. While those trends continue, one transaction announced last week underscored a third major trend in the space. Ceremonia, a Latinx clean hair care brand, raised $10 million in a series A led […]