May 19, 2022 | Chris Hobson
If you’ve been following the press coverage of Rare Beauty Brands you’ve no doubt seen that we announced the acquisition of the Dr. Dana nail care brand last November. We’re super-excited that re-launch day is finally here and the brand is now live at drdananails.com! Why Did RBB Acquire Dr. Dana? The Dr. Dana brand...
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January 29, 2022 | Chris Hobson
Staying relevant in the always changing beauty industry took on added meaning in the context of the recent news that one-time darling startup brand Glossier has seen sales declines of ~20% for the past two years in a row, and just laid off a third of its workforce. 🙁 What happened to Glossier? Some of...
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January 25, 2022 | Chris Hobson
At Rare Beauty Brands, we are “unapologetically” omnichannel. What do I mean by that? The past few years have seen the dramatic rise of DTC brands, followed quickly by the rise of Amazon-only brands. Many of these brands were able to scale very rapidly by leveraging changes in the ways that brands connect with consumers...
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November 18, 2021 | Chris Hobson
So if we accept the premise of my previous post, namely that today’s brand marketers are like hedge fund managers constantly on the hunt for ‘alpha’, the obvious question is, how do they find it? Why is Alpha so Elusive? First, let’s explore why digital marketing alpha has gotten so difficult to obtain. Just like...
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November 9, 2021 | Chris Hobson
Who wouldn’t want to be a hedge fund manager? Enormous pay packages. Private jets. Ownership of sports teams. Art collections. Houses in the Hamptons and Bahamas. Check out the annual (yes, annual) pay packages at right (yes, those are in millions). Well, the fact is that despite all these perks, hedge fund managers are under...
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