Why Attend
Beauty Connect, is the leading digital summit connecting indie brands, multinationals, retailers and industry suppliers from across the US and beyond.
The beauty world has shifted immensely but one thing hasn't changed, the need to secure partnerships. The big question is... how has the beauty landscape changed and how can you stand out and emerge as a leading brand in a new age of beauty?
Building on the global success of the Beauty & Money Series, Beauty Connect will enable you to forge long-lasting and ever-present relationships with the customer. Brands that invest in customer engagement and experience can expect a 5.7 times increase in revenue.
Take away the latest insights, opportunities, and connections you need to strengthen your company, and come out of 2020 thriving. Learn what the 'new normal' is, connect with industry-experts in over 20 private 1-2-1 meetings, and showcase your brand in our exclusive Beauty & Money Spotlight Award.
You’re never too big to fail, you’re never too small to thrive – Beauty Connect USA is the virtual event for forging partnerships, acquiring the latest marketing intelligence and building a brand strategy that will ensure your relevancy and success.
A digital event will be a first for many...
Embracing the challenges of live events in these current times, brings new opportunity to connect online.
Taking place across 3 mornings that work for both PDT and EDT timezones, Beauty Connect promises to deliver the same high quality content sessions but with many more interactive elements including; panel discussions, polls, live Q&A and video conferencing networking opportunities - all from the comfort of your own home.
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2020 SPEAKERS
Carla Ruiz
Jaqueleen Larson
Somer Tejwani
Scott Sassa
Scott M. Sassa is currently Chairman of MILK Makeup, a new millennial brand that is inspired by MILK Studios. It was launched in January 2016. MILK Makeup is available at Sephora, Urban Outfitters, Birchbox and MILK Makeup.com.
From 2008 to 2013, Scott served as President of Hearst Entertainment & Syndication. Scott was on the ESPN Board, was Co-Chair of AETN which included Lifetime, A&E and History. Mark Burnett Productions was acquired during Scott’s tenure. Scott also has oversight of the venture-investing group, which has made investment in Netscape, Broadcast.com, Pandora and other Internet companies.
Rina Yashayeva
Kory Marchisotto
Heather Connelly
Muffy Clince
Marni Dexter
Marni Dexter is an Applications Manager and coordinates Beauty Formulation activities within Croda’s R&T department. Marni joined Croda 13 years ago as a Graduate Trainee, where she rotated through various positions in Personal Care, including Applications, PVCS, and Sales. Her current role involves managing all aspects of Personal Care Applications and the team, as well as the activities of the Croda Inc. Salon. Marni holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering from Rutgers University and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) with a focus in Marketing from the Rutgers Business School.
Donna Petretti
Gabriella Beckwith
Annie Jackson
Beauty veteran, Annie Jackson, has been a key player in the successes of the industry’s biggest beauty companies. Annie began her career at Estee Lauder, where after 6 years, she was recruited to be one of the early members of the team that launched Sephora USA and Japan. Later, she took a role as the Director of Global Product Marketing for Benefit Cosmetics and in 2011, returned to her Sephora roots in merchandising for color cosmetics at Sephora within JCPenney. Her love of beauty and quest for cleaner options led her, alongside Shashi Batra, to create Credo Beauty. As Co-Founders, they shared a vision to change the way people think about what they put in and on their bodies and skin, fostering a new generation of beauty brands - natural, organic, effective, clean and sustainable – to and pioneering the clean beauty movement.
Casey Georgeson
Maxime Garcia-Janin
Felix Strand
Elana Drell-Sfyzer
Alicia Sontag
Conor Begley
Richard Kestenbaum
Richard is a co-founder and Partner of Triangle Capital and has been an investment banker for over 35 years. Richard has a great deal of experience advising clients in merchandising businesses, particularly in the Retail & Consumer sector. Richard is an often-quoted expert on the retail and merchandising industries. He is a Contributor to Forbes.com where he writes a regular blog about trends in retail and consumer product businesses. He also appears regularly in print and other media as well as industry panels and speaking programs.
Before co-founding Triangle, Richard was a Managing Director at a boutique investment banking firm called Financo, Inc. While at Financo, Richard was responsible for a majority of the firm’s apparel industry transactions. Prior to joining Financo, Richard was a Partner and First Vice President at Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc. At Drexel, Richard was responsible for a group of 14 professionals doing middle-market mergers and acquisitions around the world.
Richard is the co-author of three books on finance and computer programming. He is formerly an Adjunct Assistant Professor of International Business at the graduate program of the Stern School of Business at York University.
Richard received a BS in Accounting from New York University and an MBA with a concentration in Finance from Harvard University. Richard is married and lives in New York.
Click here to read Richard’s blog and follow him on Forbes.com.
Jonny Grubin
Stephanie Capuano
I am a qualified PR professional with over 15 years of experience in managing, developing and growing clients in pharma, fashion and beauty sectors across offices in New York, San Francisco and London. Most recently, I am the founder and CEO of Clean Beauty start up, 31st State for Gen Z guys, and a partner in &Three, a boutique travel company specialising in the ultimate African safari.
Being a mother of two teenage boys I created 31st State after being frustrated by the lack of available choices for my sons in the Personal Care market from all of the so called “big brands” and established companies. 31st State was borne out of a desire to recreate the feeling I experienced during my formative years growing up in California- clean, effortless and minimally fashionable. Drawing on my career in pharmaceutical PR and Brand Communications I identified and led a team of experts to deliver a brand with operational excellence while bringing some pretty brave new thinking into what is an uncharted category- teenage male grooming. Similarly, &Three – our boutique travel business, has been founded out of a lifelong love of adventure– and my belief it will be travel and discovery experiences rather than material objects that will drive the next frontier of value for consumers entering the workforce now.
Both of my business initiatives, &Three and 31st State, enable me to live my love of travel and passion for beautiful design by creating commercially successful yet authentic, branded products and experiences.
Samuel Cheney
Samuel Cheney is Founder of New Order Cosmetics, a full scope brand agency bringing together an agile team of industry specialists across; Product; Sales; Operations; Marketing and Communications to propose a dynamic consultancy solution for early-stage, high-growth beauty brands. Having worked with BEAST. ‘The Men’s Beauty Store’ since 2018, Samuel is responsible for the on and offline retail concept, operations and buying as well as strategic partnerships, most recently with The Frasers Group, Esquire Magazine and Skin Match Technology.
Lizzy Eisenberg
As Director of Market Development at Afterpay, the publicly traded technology-driven payments company, Lizzy Eisenberg leads strategic partner acquisition for the Australian-based company’s U.S. business, with special emphasis on Beauty. Prior to joining Afterpay, Eisenberg held several roles with POPSUGAR Inc.: She led business development at ShopStyle, focusing on emerging products and markets, and spearheaded business development and partnerships for POPSUGAR's e-commerce initiatives.
Eisenberg holds a B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley, where she was named Most Valuable Player for the Division 1 women’s soccer program. She lives with her husband and dog in Portland, Oregon.
Ju Rhyu
Liz Scott
Liz is the President at EC Scott Group where she oversees Company Strategy, Finance, Trade Marketing, Sales & Education, Communications, and the development of the Beauty and Wellness categories.
Liz attended Wharton with a concentration in retail & marketing. From her time at Saks Fifth Avenue, she brings respect for traditional retail, and from Gilt Group, a passionate entrepreneurial mentality, which fuels her motivation to bring brands and retailers success within the changing beauty landscape.
EC Scott Group, founded in 2004, is the premier Sales, Service, and Training company for prestige beauty companies in the specialty retail channel in North America. EC Scott Group’s services include everything from behind the scenes (i.e. warehousing, pick & pack, retailer headquarter management, collections), to the support in-store that makes independent retail partners successful (i.e. in-store education & training, event planning & execution, sell-through support).
Katey Hassan
Katey is the VP of Brand Marketing at TULA Skincare - the clean & effective skincare powered
by probiotics and superfoods to help you feel confident in your skin. At TULA, Katey leads the
creative, PR, social media, brand + retail marketing teams. She has driven rapid growth
through the brand’s influencer program and elevated the brand's creative voice. Katey has
worked in the beauty industry for over 15 years, passionately translating her background as a
consumer behavior research into marketing+ innovation.
Ashton Wall
Felix Strand
Michel Brousset
Catherine Collins
Koh Kim
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BEAUTY & MONEY SPOTLIGHT OPEN FOR APPLICATIONS
12 Independent Beauty Brands, hand-picked by
the prestigious Selection Committee, showcase themselves and their products on the main stage, in a quick-fire round of presentations.
APPLICATIONS CLOSED
FINALISTS ANNOUNCED: W.C AUGUST 3RD
WHY APPLY?
- Present your brand in-front of the prestigious Selection Committee as well as a full room of 150+ beauty investors, M&A executives and beauty influencers on day one of the event.
- The Winner will deliver an extended 10-minute presentation of their brand to open day two.
- Spotlight finalists will feature in marketing activity in the run up to the event and in the post-show report.
WHO SHOULD APPLY?
Independent beauty brands from across the Beauty & Personal Care industry who are...
- Seeking brand exposure, investment, acquisition or industry partnerships.
- Driving innovation in the industry and see potential for the growth and scale of their business.
2020 SELECTION COMMITTEE
Carla Ruiz
Benedict Auld
Benedict H. Auld is the founder and CEO of Lapidarius, a strategy consultancy in New York City. Ben has helped brands in health, wellness and beauty grow and change over the entirety of his career.
Alicia Sontag
Richard Kestenbaum
Richard is a co-founder and Partner of Triangle Capital and has been an investment banker for over 35 years. Richard has a great deal of experience advising clients in merchandising businesses, particularly in the Retail & Consumer sector. Richard is an often-quoted expert on the retail and merchandising industries. He is a Contributor to Forbes.com where he writes a regular blog about trends in retail and consumer product businesses. He also appears regularly in print and other media as well as industry panels and speaking programs.
Before co-founding Triangle, Richard was a Managing Director at a boutique investment banking firm called Financo, Inc. While at Financo, Richard was responsible for a majority of the firm’s apparel industry transactions. Prior to joining Financo, Richard was a Partner and First Vice President at Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc. At Drexel, Richard was responsible for a group of 14 professionals doing middle-market mergers and acquisitions around the world.
Richard is the co-author of three books on finance and computer programming. He is formerly an Adjunct Assistant Professor of International Business at the graduate program of the Stern School of Business at York University.
Richard received a BS in Accounting from New York University and an MBA with a concentration in Finance from Harvard University. Richard is married and lives in New York.
Click here to read Richard’s blog and follow him on Forbes.com.
Liz Scott
Liz is the President at EC Scott Group where she oversees Company Strategy, Finance, Trade Marketing, Sales & Education, Communications, and the development of the Beauty and Wellness categories.
Liz attended Wharton with a concentration in retail & marketing. From her time at Saks Fifth Avenue, she brings respect for traditional retail, and from Gilt Group, a passionate entrepreneurial mentality, which fuels her motivation to bring brands and retailers success within the changing beauty landscape.
EC Scott Group, founded in 2004, is the premier Sales, Service, and Training company for prestige beauty companies in the specialty retail channel in North America. EC Scott Group’s services include everything from behind the scenes (i.e. warehousing, pick & pack, retailer headquarter management, collections), to the support in-store that makes independent retail partners successful (i.e. in-store education & training, event planning & execution, sell-through support).
Bentley Eidsmo
Catherine Collins
Conor Begley
Rich Gersten
Rich has spent the last 30 years investing and building great consumer brands at top private equity firms including Tengram Capital Partners, L Catterton, and North Castle Partners. Rich spent the last 9 years dedicated specifically to investing in the beauty industry, where he developed an extensive network of relationships that sourced many emerging growth brands with very limited access to institutional capital. Realizing the significant opportunity to address this underserved area of the market in beauty, Rich founded True Beauty Ventures.
Rich received a BS in Economics from Union College (N.Y.) and an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Podcast with 2017 Spotlight Finalist - David Thurston, Co-Founder, Pulp Riot
Pulp Riot were one of 12 finalists in the 2017 Beauty & Money NY Brand Spotlight and went on to be sold to Beauty giant L'Oreal in a deal represented by Triangle Capital. In this podcast David speaks to Richard Kestenbaum, co-founder of Triangle Capital on his experiences growing his brand and going on to sell to L'Oreal.
Associate Event Partner
Senior Event Partner
EC Scott Group
Website: https://www.ecscottgroup.com/
EC Scott Group is the premier Sales, Service, and Training company for prestige beauty brands in the specialty independent retail channel in North America.
We have developed exclusive channel partnerships with over 100 brands, and have grown our network of accounts to over 2,000 points of distribution, including beauty boutiques, apothecaries, pharmacies, fashion retailers, specialty multi-door chains, regional department stores, beauty chains, college book stores, casinos and military bases.
We tirelessly advocate for our retail partners and simultaneously hold our brand partnerships with the utmost respect. Our brand partners are always in complete control of where their products are distributed, and how their brand looks at the store level in local markets.
We cultivate personal and professional partnerships internally within our own “EC Scott Group Family,” and externally with retailers and brands. We not only sell best-in-class beauty products, but we help accounts generate strong sell through at the local level. We educate the retailer’s team, provide them with tools to make them successful, and invest time in our partnerships to make each retailer’s story, a success story.
Solabia
Website: www.solabia.com
Solabia Group is present in the cosmetics, pharmacy, nutrition, biotechnology and microbiological diagnosis sectors, the Solabia Group, with its six production units, has complementary expertise that enables it to offer an extensive range of active principles and ingredients used throughout the world by the cosmetics, pharmaceutical and food industries.
Our research and development centres group together more than thirty international calibre researchers whose original expertise – driver of innovation – enables us to completely master the techniques of biocatalysis, enzymatic synthesis, fermentation and plant extraction. This complementary expertise enables us to create innovative products as well as partnerships with both our customers and internationally renowned research organisations.
Arcade Beauty + Abeo
With over a century of discoveries, Arcade Beauty is the world leader in innovative product sampling solutions. We credit our success to our industry experience, patented technologies, manufacturing capabilities and global relationships. As your strategic partner in end-to-end sampling solutions, we seamlessly connect sampling innovation with audience activation. With our intelligent digital solutions, Abeo and Vengo, brands have the ability to meet consumers wherever they are with frictionless, contact-free sampling and discovery experiences. We offer best-in-class turnkey, customizable solutions for brands seeking to acquire new customers as well as activate and grow their existing consumer base.
Great Empire Distribution
Great Empire Distribution is entrusted with future proofing the world’s leading luxury skincare and makeup brands in China.
With a multi-year proven track record partnering with brands, GED’s animating principle is building long-term sustainable brand growth. They unlock brand value and create connective tissue with the brand. Through localized brand storytelling and careful seeding, GED engage their gen Z and millennial beauty community through localized brand storytelling and careful seeding, amplifying brand relevance and resonance.
Event Partners
Pixlee
Website: https://www.pixlee.com/
Companies need to be authentic, relatable, and able to showcase their shared values to win customers in today’s economy. At Pixlee, we’ve found that the best way to do this is to use customer stories more effectively. With our AI-driven solution, we help companies such as Morphe Brushes, Tarte Cosmetics, and Revel Nail easily find the most compelling content, use it with the right audiences, and deploy it to their most impactful channels - at a scale that transforms companies into community-driven brands.
Symrise
Website: https://www.linkedin.com/company/symrise-cosmetic-ingredients
Symrise is a global supplier of cosmetic ingredients, fragrances and flavors, headquartered in Holzminden, Germany..
At Beauty Connect, our Symrise Cosmetic Ingredients team looks forward to welcoming you! Symrise Cosmetic Ingredients portfolio is comprised of sustainable, clean, conscious and responsible beauty care solutions that includes advanced actives, modern product preservation solutions, protection against sun and environmental aggressors, innovative hair care ingredients, botanical extracts and high-performance functionals
Recent launches include: SymControl® Scalp, Hydrolite® 5 green, SymEffect™ Sun, SymHair® Thermo.
Sustainability has always been an integral part of our corporate strategy and is reflected throughout our entire value chain, including: the cultivation and decompostion of our key raw materials, the collaboration with our local partners and suppliers around the globe, product development and optimization of our manufacturing processes, and the scale of our products to customers and consumers worldwide. Symrise will be climate-positive by 2030.
To learn more, we invite you to please visit SymSelect.com and beautyactivations.symrise.com
Hallstar Beauty
Website: https://www.hallstarbeauty.com/
Hallstar Beauty is a leading provider of specialty chemistry solutions for skin care, sun care, color cosmetics, hair care, lip care and toiletries. Our extensive expertise in photostabilization science, oil-extracted, 100% vegetal eco-actives innovation, and functional naturals sets us apart.
Hallstar’s global capabilities in product development, sales and manufacturing boast operations in the United States, Italy, France, China and Brazil, and benefit from the talented teams joining Hallstar from B&T, Oléos and Fortinbrás. Our product lines include the innovative technology from the well-known collections of those acquired brands.
Hallstar Beauty provides technical, regulatory and operational support to customers and, in addition to hundreds of ready-made formulations, our experienced research and development team can work closely with you to develop innovative, custom solutions for your specific need.
Reach out to [email protected] with your questions and requests.
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.
GIOSTAR
Website: https://www.giostarchicago.com/
GIOSTAR (Global Institute of Stem Cell Therapy and Research) is poised to revolutionize skin care as we know it. Harnessing the power of more than two decades of pioneering science, the San Diego-based institute is the only firm to have developed the most advanced, groundbreaking technology in anti-aging: adult human stem cell derived molecules (AHSDM). GIOSTAR then created a finished facial serum using AHSDM, which was evaluated in numerous studies with up to 2,000 consumers. The product showed a 31% or higher score across 8 dimensions when tested against five leading skin care serums.
The company seeks to provide this cutting-edge stem cell innovation to a top skin care firm with a white-label product line, filling a gap in this rapidly growing market.
GIOSTAR devises anti-aging protocols to rejuvenate the entire body, with scientists hailing from The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, University of California San Diego, and other leading research institutions around the world. The company’s researchers have authored more than 200 scientific publications, with findings that have formed the foundation of regenerative medicine.
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.
Global Cosmetics News
Website: https://globalcosmeticsnews.com/
Global Cosmetics News is a digital publisher of the latest global business information for professionals working in the cosmetics industry.
We cover daily news relating to all aspects of the cosmetics industry, from raw materials and packaging design to manufacturing processes and product launches. We examine environmental issues and technological developments, monitor marketing campaigns and retail distribution, and report on mergers and acquisition, trading reports and regulatory updates. We source stories from across the world to provide the most comprehensive digital summary of the global supply chain.
Subscribe here to receive a summary of the day's top stories.
Cosmetic Business
Website: https://www.hpcimedia.com/Cosmetics-Business/
Cosmetics Business is the leading online platform for the professional beauty, personal care and toiletries industry with daily breaking news for products, manufacturing, ingredients, packaging, formulation, jobs, events and company information.
Where Brains Meet Beauty
Website: http://www.wherebrainsmeetbeauty.com/
WHERE BRAINS MEET BEAUTY™ Host Jodi Katz, Founder & Creative Director of Base Beauty Creative Agency, welcomes guests into a relaxed, authentic and honest conversation about their career journey, from the struggles to the highs, and the roller coaster ride in-between. Jodi is not a reporter and she’s not ogling stats. She’s part James Lipton, part Andy Cohen, seeking to reveal wisdom and insightful stories that will inspire future leaders in beauty
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