Beauty Independent | With the Stock Market and VC Down This Year, What’s the Deal Environment Like for Emerging Beauty and Wellness Brands?
May 2022
Originally published by Beauty Independent on May 17, 2022.
Ashleigh Barker, Director in Lincoln’s Consumer Group, offers insights into the beauty industry’s current market dynamics and shares funding strategies that businesses and investors are exploring as well as offers advice for emerging wellness and beauty brands.
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Ashleigh Barker, Director in Lincoln International’s Consumer Group, discusses with Beauty Independent the industry’s current market dynamics and offers advice for emerging beauty and wellness brands as well as explores funding options for businesses and investors in the sector.
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