Author Archives: Paul Alexander

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 […]

Last February, I wrote in this space about the clean beauty trend shifting from a focus on ingredients to a focus on sustainability. Clean beauty continues to shape many of the biggest developments in the cosmetics space, but questions about efficacy have arisen for a number of “clean” products, and, by extension, the entire trend. […]

We are now almost 75% through the month of January – if you are participating in Dry January and have made it this far without a slip up, good work. In Dry January, participants try to abstain from alcohol for the month of January. Many who partake do so to kick off the new year […]

With fears of an impending recession mounting, an increasing number of apparel brands and retailers have recently announced cost cutting measures and more bearish outlooks, including PVH, Gap, G-III Apparel Group, Rent the Runway, and Levi’s. Many of these companies have reported that inventories have risen to uncomfortably high levels. While this environment is worrisome […]

Nine months ago, I wrote in this space about the growing popularity of Dry January and the broader category of no- and low-alcohol (NoLo) beverages. The NoLo trend continues. NielsenIQ reports that as of May, trailing 12-month sales of non-alcoholic spirits were up 116% year over year. Celebrities are starting to hop on the trend […]