Changing Beauty Retail Environment Leaves Indie Brands 'Homeless'

摘要

With many retailers reluctant to take on niche brands in the current economic environment, a flock of small, innovative labels are left wondering where to go next. Jani Friedman has witnessed a change in retailer strategy firsthand as former managing director for beauty and personal care at Demeter Group, a San Francisco-based investment bank that advises consumer retail companies, and before that as vice president at Sephora USA, Inc. with responsibility for skin and hair care.