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The Business of Product Development, featuring Erno Laszlo Chief Product Officer Patricia Schuffenhauer (replay)
There is more to cosmetic product development than in-the-lab innovation. Teams that create and reformulate are responsible for not only the efficacy, experience, and ...
Brand Endurance Strategy, featuring Olaplex CEO Amanda Baldwin (replay)
Bringing novel ingredient science to the consumer market is an opportunity, a challenge, and a risk. Turning that innovation into a brand that changes beauty consumer ...
Biotech Beauty Knowledge Capture, featuring Geltor Co-Founder and CEO Alex Lorestani (replay)
Sourcing and designing cosmetic ingredients with biotechnology presents a tremendous opportunity to realize next-level efficacy, traceability, originality, etc. We are...
Investing in the Future of Beauty & Tech, featuring Fab Ventures Founder Odile Roujol (replay)
Investor dollars play an important role in the innovation economy. Yet finding and nurturing founders who can imagine and iterate on the tech platforms, business model...
Studying Cosmetic Chemistry, featuring Spelman College Cosmetic Science Program Director Dr. Leyte Winfield (replay)
Education is the foundation of innovation. As cosmetic science becomes more sophisticated and industry regulations more rigorous, the schools where students learn abou...
Skincare Rooted in Agroforestry, featuring Moringaia Co-Founder Elah Barshi
There are more mission-driven brands and suppliers in beauty now than ever before. And those that standout and succeed in our industry are not only determined to effec...
Beauty Tech For What’s Next, featuring Dermaself CEO and Co-Founder Elena Setero
The cosmetics and personal care industry is only just beginning to realize what is possible with beauty tech tools. Consumer, supply-side, and enterprise applications ...
Contract Manufacturers Making Ingredients, featuring Verel CEO Eugenio Niccolini
Proprietary ingredients are more in-demand than ever as beauty makers look to distinguish their products with matchless benefits and memorable science stories. Accordi...
Regulatory Readiness and Brand Growth, featuring GCRS Co-Founder and Technical Director Deepa Sinah
Cosmetic industry regulations vary from region to region and are updated quite often. To keep pace with it all, many brands and manufacturers partner with third-party ...
Challenger-Brand Innovation in Grooming, featuring Fler CEO and Co-Founder Allegra Violante
Courageous beauty startups are finding opportunity in mature markets, developing premium brands that compete with commodity goods. This week on CosmoFactory, we hear f...
AI and B2B Brand Experience, featuring PDT Cosmetici Export Manager Chiara Arborea
Beauty tech takes many forms. One of which is the digital teammate, an AI tool or platform that helps both customers and companies find time for the work that matters ...
Manufacturing with Market Intent, featuring The Soap Factory General Manger Ian Moore
Every personal care product format requires specialized manufacturing expertise—even those that might feel commonplace, like bar soap. And it’s these types of producti...
Ingredient Science for Beauty Consumers, featuring Lubrizol Global Strategic Marketing Manager Paola Pérez
Today’s consumer is seeking an increasingly complex understanding of skin biology and active ingredient mechanisms of action. This new reality is changing how brands, ...
Fulfillment Experience, featuring International Logistics Group Business Develop Manager Emily Di Fante
Often today, the tangible brand experience happens post-purchase and, at least initially, relies largely on operational excellence. As a result, the 3PL teams that sup...
Social Responsibility and Cosmetics Manufacturing, featuring Le Antiche Mura Junior Project Manager Francesco Faraoni
Companies in the B2B sector have tremendous potential to reach beyond transactional activities and economic metrics—to contribute meaningfully to the wellbeing and suc...
Digital Consumer Data on Longevity, featuring SPATE Beauty Insights Manager Mathilde Riba
Online consumer behavior signals can provide the cosmetics industry with actionable information about trend diffusion and buying intent. Right now, brands, agencies, a...
Fragrance and Consumer Identity, featuring Punk Champagne Chief Creative Marketing Officer Miranda Gordon
In the US market, consumer preferences correlate to a craving for self-expression and social belonging. This may be especially true in the fragrance category. On this...
Beauty’s Dupe Era, featuring STATISTA Beauty & Personal Care Industry Expert Dominique Petruzzi
Lower-priced alternative cosmetic and fragrance products appeal to consumers like never before. The beauty dupe movement is thriving, thanks to social media, new consu...
The Business of Product Development, featuring Erno Laszlo Chief Product Officer Patricia Schuffenhauer
There is more to cosmetic product development than in-the-lab innovation. Teams that create and reformulate are responsible for not only the efficacy, experience, and ...