Headline Ingredients Partner
Croda Beauty
Website: https://www.crodabeauty.com/en-gb
At Croda Beauty, we’re innovating for a beautiful world, one experience at a time. With a commitment to innovation, we craft sustainable high-performance ingredients that redefine beauty standards, set trends and surpass expectations. Our dedication to excellence and innovation drives us to develop ingredients that not only meet evolving consumer needs but exceed them.
With cutting-edge technology and capabilities in functional ingredients, actives and botanicals, along with our extensive formulation expertise, we can help you stand out in a competitive market and build an enduring brand in the global beauty industry.
Headline Logistics Partner
PFS
Website: https://www.pfscommerce.com/
PFS is now part of GXO, the world’s largest pure-play contract logistics provider. Trusted by leading brands worldwide, we prioritize brand-centric experiences that inspire customer loyalty.
Our core verticals include health and beauty, jewelry, apparel, footwear and CPG organizations. With 20+ years as an industry leader, we are the BPO of choice for brand-centric omnichannel operations. Grow your brand with our eCommerce fulfillment services designed to keep your spirit and values front and center.
Headline Amazon Partner
Luminize
Website: https://luminizemarketing.com/
Luminize Marketing specializes in growing health and beauty brands on Amazon through our Distribution Model or Marketplace Partner Management Model. Our customized marketing strategies focus on maximizing brand protection, advertising management, inventory management, listing optimization, and healthy margins. We provide Best in Class services for both partnership models, and we're committed to helping our clients succeed. Luminize is considered the Top 5 Sellers by volume in the US, grossing over 150MM. Contact us today to learn how we can help grow your brand on Amazon.
Platinum Partners
Beauty Barrage
Website: https://www.beautybarrage.com/
At Beauty Barrage, we understand the demands facing beauty brands at retail and the challenge of limited resources to support their distribution strategy.
Our team of beauty advisors, trainers, and managers treats your brand as if it was our own. With over 300+ beauty professionals servicing over 3000+ doors in the U.S. and Canada, we help minimize your investment and maximize your sales return. Best of all, you don’t have to worry about all that comes with managing employees. Our full-service team manages all sales activities while training, planning, and nurturing in-store retailer relationships.
Named to the Inc. 500 list of fastest-growing companies in America, we understand what it takes to scale rapidly. We are also a certified Nationally Recognized Minority Business Enterprise, proudly creating jobs (not gigs) for people across the country.
Our best in class services have received recognition and honors from some of the most respected authorities in business.
QuickBox
Website: https://www.quickbox.com/
QuickBox revolutionizes e-commerce fulfillment using innovative reporting technology, a committed client services team, and superior order processing skills. With fulfillment centers in Carson, CA, Denver, CO, Atlanta, GA, and Wayne, NJ, QuickBox allows your brand to reach customers quickly, reducing inventory errors and shipping delays. Our locations offer tailor-made warehousing solutions, ensuring reliable and economical order fulfillment, inventory management, and shipping. Expect enhanced productivity and streamlined operations with QuickBox.
QVC
Website: https://www.qvc.com/
QVC® is a world leader in video commerce, which includes video-driven shopping across linear TV, ecommerce sites, digital streaming and social platforms. QVC empowers shoppers with knowledge and shares insights in an engaging way. Based in West Chester, Pa., QVC has retail operations in the U.S., U.K., Germany, Japan and Italy.
Gold Partners
Cascadia Capital
Website: www.cascadiacapital.com
Cascadia Capital is an independent investment bank providing middle-market entrepreneurs and family-owned businesses with merger and acquisition advice, capital raising and strategic advisory services. For nearly two decades, the firm has strived to deliver the best outcomes for its clients by leveraging its extensive transaction experience, deep domain expertise and commitment to building long-term relationships. Cascadia is a pure advisory firm and is not conflicted by trading, lending, research or cross-selling business.
DCL Logistics
Website: https://dclcorp.com/
DCL Logistics is a modern 3PL, grounded in 40 years of operational expertise. Providing comprehensive, flexible fulfillment solutions for companies of all sizes, we scale with our customer’s growth. With best-in-class fulfillment software, dedicated and personalized account management, and a national network of fully owned fulfillment centers brands come to us to grow their business. DCL Logistics specializes in omnichannel ecommerce fulfillment—from DTC, to B2B and retail, to online marketplace distribution—we’ve done the work to make logistics seamless for our customers.
dsm-firmenich
Website: https://www.dsm-firmenich.com/en/businesses/perfumery-beauty/beauty-care.html
dsm-firmenich Beauty & Care: A House of Science beyond Wellbeing.
Our Beauty & Care solutions bring beauty and health to the forefront of daily life. Looking after our face, skin, and hair is essential to our sense of self-confidence and holistic beauty. Our remarkably sustainable and scientifically proven solutions positively contribute to people’s lives by enhancing their physical and emotional wellbeing, with science that works and respects our planet for generations to come.
Our Skin Care portfolio includes natural, biotech and synthetic ingredients. We are leaders in organic and mineral UV filters, and we have a broad portfolio of bioactives, performance ingredients and sustainable solutions for a healthy scalp and beautiful-looking hair.
We are committed to offering innovative, scientifically proven, and market-validated personal care solutions that effectively respond to current market trends and key consumer needs, as well as to making a stronger and more transparent commitment to environmentally and socially responsible practices.
EKOM
Website: http://www.ekom.ai/
EKOM is fully automated, product data management software for digital commerce that allows brands and retailers to synchronize their product catalog at scale with real-time market trends. EKOM customers enjoy hands-free control of their product data alignment while experiencing enhanced discoverability and access to unique intelligence that automatically adapts to and informs on patterns and market behaviors at the individual product level.
Essentia
Website: https://www.essentia-beauty.com/
Essentia is an Italian beauty solutions provider with 25 years of experience across all beauty categories. Our highly skilled team oversees every step, from creation and development to manufacturing, with a strong commitment to ensuring quality and adhering to timelines.
Our mission is to offer brands and retailers unique and distinctive concepts that stand out in the market and evolve alongside consumer preferences. To achieve this, we invest heavily in upstream innovation in both formula and packaging, with a continuous commitment to sustainability.
Customization has been at the forefront of Essentia’s investments, enabling consumers to select the right products that meet their specific needs and expectations.
Our incubated brand, Ozmee, dedicated to eye area products, underwent 3 years of R&D focused on mascara, one of the essential makeup items. This led to the creation of Morphodiagnosis™, the first web app capable of providing a real-time digital diagnosis of eyelashes and matching the most suitable mascara to each person’s unique morphotype™
Mibelle
Website: https://www.mibellegroup.com/en/
Mibelle Biochemistry Switzerland designs and develops novel, high-quality actives for the beauty industry, which are based on naturally derived compounds and profound scientific know-how.
Inspired by nature – realized by science. Our scientists transform naturally derived plant compounds into truly functional bioactive cosmetic ingredients. All of our actives are supported by a biochemical concept, clinical studies – in vitro and in vivo – and considerable marketing documentation. Our boutique offering can help clients achieve: moisturizing & barrier repair, skin radiance, collagen stimulation, anti-redness, anti-oxidation & energizing properties, protection against photo-aging, and scalp care & hair regrowth. We offer a wide variety of COSMOS approved natural actives and a commitment to sustainability.
Mintel
Website: https://www.mintel.com/
Mintel is the expert in what consumers want and why. As the world’s leading market intelligence agency, our analysis of consumers, markets, new products and competitive landscapes provides a unique perspective on global and local economies. Our purpose is to help businesses and people grow. Find out more, visit mintel.com.
Moss Adams
Website: https://www.mossadams.com/home
Moss Adams is a fully integrated professional services firm dedicated to personally assisting clients with growing, managing, and protecting prosperity.
With more than 3,400 professionals across over 25 locations in the West and beyond, we work with many of the world’s most innovative companies and leaders.
Norwest
Website: https://nvp.com/
Norwest is a leading venture and growth equity investment firm that works side-by-side with the world’s top entrepreneurs, empowering them throughout their personal journey of professional growth. Managing more than $15.5 billion in capital, we have invested in over 700 early-to-late-stage companies, with more than 230 currently active. Focused primarily on consumer, enterprise, and healthcare, we provide businesses with the specialized resources, expertise, guidance, and connections to achieve their vision. Norwest has offices in Menlo Park and San Francisco, with subsidiaries in India and Israel. To learn more, visit nvp.com.
Odore
Website: www.odore.com
Odore’s customer engagement platform transforms the way beauty brands connect with their customers. While Odore collaborates with leading conglomerates like L'Oréal, LVMH, Shiseido, and Kao, the platform supports brands of various sizes across the beauty industry.
Odore provides a full suite of services: Brand Fans & Advocates Management, Customer Data Activation, Cross-Channel Marketing, Product Sampling, and Advanced Analytics. These tools can be used individually or together to improve marketing effectiveness.
Odore has since managed tens of millions of customer profiles and facilitated thousands of marketing campaigns, helping diverse brands refine and elevate their marketing strategies. Backed by venture funding, the platform continues to grow and expand its offerings as it helps brands master the challenges of digital marketing and thrive.
PulpoAR
Website: https://pulpoar.com/
As PulpoAR, we provide the next generation of Virtual Try-On technology to industry-leading retail companies around the world. We develop Virtual Try-On technology for makeup and skincare brands by using AR&AI for online and offline stores.
Revieve
Website: https://www.revieve.com/
Revieve, in collaboration with CVS Pharmacy, is at the forefront of revolutionizing beauty product discovery through the integration of the market-leading AI Makeup Artist Virtual Try-On (VTO) and cutting-edge AI Skin Advisor with AI skin diagnostics and personalized routine recommendations across 600 CVS Pharmacy locations that have CVS Beauty Consultants in-store. By making this tool more widely available customers can access a seamless blend of innovation and convenience that aligns perfectly with the CVS Pharmacy mission to deliver personalized health and wellness solutions. The AI Skincare Advisor powered by Revieve’s Beauty Tech Platform is a sophisticated experience designed to provide personalized skincare recommendations. This technology leverages AI to analyze individual skin needs, offering tailored product suggestions from the wide selection of clinically proven skincare brands available at CVS Pharmacy such as CeraVe, La Roche-Posay, and Vichy.
Rockerbox
Website: https://www.rockerbox.com/
Rockerbox centralizes advertising data across all media channels to help marketers solve their core challenges—accurately attributing conversions, optimizing media investments, and driving growth. Our products simplify the complexity of multi-channel marketing, enabling large brands to leverage best-in-class MMM, MTA, and other analyses for enhanced strategic decision-making.
Rosenthal & Rosenthal
Website: https://www.rosenthalinc.com/
Rosenthal & Rosenthal (www.rosenthalinc.com) is the leading factoring, asset based lending, purchase order financing, d2c and e-commerce inventory financing firm in the United States, specializing in beauty & personal care, wellness, fashion, furniture & home goods, food & beverage and d2c sectors. Rosenthal’s clients benefit from a range of credit and financing solutions that either stand on their own or can be paired with existing funding, long-term venture debt or equity capital to support rapid growth, without regulatory restrictions of a bank.
In business for more than 85 years, our firm is now led by the third generation of the Rosenthal family. Over the years, we have financed countless growing businesses by providing the working capital and financial resources they need and taking an active interest in their success.
Our clients benefit from the fact that we’re still a private, family-run business. They know us by name and they know we don’t disappear once the deal is signed. They know we’re reliable, reasonable, and fair. They know that we’re there for the occasional business hiccups and that we’ll always be responsive to their needs as they change.
We have seen our clients through good times and bad, start-ups and bankruptcies, market upswings and recessions, even pandemics.
Through it all, we have remained a trusted partner to thousands of businesses, embracing the same spirit of entrepreneurship and innovation
That defined our company when it was established. Rosenthal is proud to support more than 600 clients across the country, with offices in New York, California, Georgia and North Carolina.
SuperOrdinary
Website: https://superordinary.co/
SuperOrdinary is the leading global growth partner and e-commerce accelerator connecting brands, creators, and consumers everywhere. SuperOrdinary is the go-to partner for facilitating sustainable global expansion for today's most exciting consumer brands and creators.
SuperOrdinary’s worldwide team of social commerce and marketplace experts help brands and creators establish influence, scale global sales channels, and build communities throughout the world. Superordinary works with over 250 of today’s leading consumer brands and has a network of over 65,000 creators globally. SuperOrdinary has offices and live-streaming studios in Shanghai and Los Angeles.
Validated Claim Support
Website: https://validatedcs.com/
Validated Claim Support is a privately held clinical research company that bridges objective, statistically significant measurements and subjective consumer insights. We also specialize in industry leading before and after photography and compelling visual data to promote product efficacy.
VCS is FDA Registered and Inspected, QVC/HSN approved, and owner operated/led. Our mission is to provide the most customer service oriented clinical research anywhere, with no exceptions.
Our promise: To be Ethical, Accurate, and Transparent, even if it means turning down a study because it's outside of our scope or not a perfect fit. We'd rather help you find the right partner then bite off more than we can chew.
Don’t just state your claims. . . Validate them! Let us help you give your customers a reason to believe in your products.
Event Partner
BMO
Website: https://commercial.bmo.com/
As the 8th largest bank in North America by assets1, BMO has a 200+ year history of being a strong, safe, and stable financial services partner. Our strategic focus on North American growth, supported by a global presence that provides our clients access to the world, sets us apart from our competitors.
By partnering with BMO Commercial Bank, you will have access to a dedicated team of specialists with extensive experience working in the beauty and wellness industry. From emerging consumer trends to commodity price fluctuations, we understand the issues that can impact your business. Our advisory approach is based on understanding your goals and providing customized solutions to help your company grow and maintain a competitive advantage.
Additionally, BMO Capital Markets gives us access to in-depth expertise to help you achieve long-term growth and business success through merger and acquisition advice, capital raising and value added ideas through rapidly changing market conditions.
1Source: Bloomberg GICS screen of largest North American banks by total assets as of April 30, 2024
BMO Commercial Bank is a trade name used in the United States by BMO Bank N.A. Member FDIC
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Buchalter
Website: https://www.buchalter.com/
Buchalter is a full-service business law firm that has been teaming with clients for nine decades, providing legal counsel at all stages of their growth and evolution, and helping them meet the many legal challenges and decisions they face. Our clients are engaged in a diverse global economy governed by complex laws and regulations, and they trust us as advisers and business partners because we are involved in their world.
GoodKind Co
Website: https://www.goodkindco.com/
Based in Austin, Texas Goodkind is a leading manufacturer of clean and green beauty products. While we specialize in natural deodorant, skin and facial care products, the number one thing we do is build trust. Trust that we’re always going to tell you the truth about your formulation, trust that we’re going to make your products the way we say we will, trust that we’re going to deliver on time, and trust that we’re going to become your favorite business partner. Because without trust, none of the rest really matters.
Norman Consultants
Website: https://normanconsultants.com/
Norman Consultants is a leading boutique Executive Search firm at the crossroads of Consumer and Technology, combining the strategic rigor of a top 10 firm with the agility and high-touch of a boutique. We collaborate with brands that are shaping the future, from skilled artisans and forward-thinking visionaries to pioneering innovators and discerning investors. Our expertise lies in identifying and placing exceptional leadership capable of driving transformative change, backed by a track record of tangible success.
OceanX
Website: www.oceanx.com
OceanX is a technology-first fulfillment provider for industry-leading beauty, wellness, and lifestyle brands. We offer a full spectrum of direct-to-consumer (DTC), B2B, and Amazon fulfillment services. These services include a modern fulfillment-as-a-service solution, and a dedicated customer success team. With a 99.5% same-day ship, two-day nationwide shipping coverage, 99.8%+ order accuracy, access to top-tier postage rates, and the ability to capture over 3,000 eCommerce orders per minute – OceanX has set the bar for what a premier solution provider should offer clients.
Media Partners
Global Cosmetic Industry
Website: https://www.gcimagazine.com/
Global Cosmetic Industry is the industry resource for beauty and personal care business and retail insights, trends, market data, ingredients, packaging and best practices for driving innovative products & brands. Brand owners, marketers, executives and product developers worldwide rely on Global Cosmetic Industry to help them work faster, smarter and better.
STYLUS
Website: https://www.stylus.com/
Stylus are the expert source for trends and insights.
At Stylus, we uncover trends, predict change, and provide the intelligence that helps businesses prosper. With a relentless curiosity for what’s new, what’s now and what’s next, our experts are the authority in over 20 sectors – including Beauty, Consumer Attitudes, Technology, Retail and beyond – and have a deep understanding of the most influential emerging trends affecting consumers around the globe. It’s the reason we’re trusted by more than 600 of the world’s leading brands, agencies and businesses: to help them reveal what’s possible, not just predict what’s probable.
Stylus. See past the now.
Base Beauty Creative Agency
Website: https://www.basebeauty.com/
We are the omni channel branding agency hyper-focused on the beauty and wellness industries. We create everything that the consumer sees and touches.
Latinas in Beauty
Website: https://www.instagram.com/latinasinbeautyofficial
A network for Latinas in the Beauty industry.
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