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The market for customized goods is here, thanks to your data

by Kai Ryssdal and Liz Sanchez
Apr 25, 2019
Companies have created a new form of convenience with personalized products.
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The original beauty subscription box service finds an IRL home

by Adriene Hill and Phoebe Unterman
Dec 24, 2018
We talk with the CEO of Birchbox, which is opening kiosks at select Walgreens and Duane Reade locations.
Birchbox's new display inside the Duane Reade at 40 Wall St in New York. The subscription box company opened them at several Walgreen's and Duane Reade locations in December 2018, with more to come in 2019.
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Beautycounter CEO wants more regulation for safer products

by Kai Ryssdal , Bridget Bodnar and Paulina Velasco
Mar 1, 2018
"I set out to get safer products into the hands of everyone," Gregg Renfrew says.
“You may buy something that says all natural or botanical or pure, but it may be none of the above, and so consumers are misled by companies today,” says Beautycounter CEO Gregg Renfrew.
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