Top Journalists in Personal Services

Tom Branna HAPPI (Household and Personal Products Industry)

Veteran B2B editor covering the household and personal products industry; leads HAPPI’s beauty/business coverage and industry forums. Specialties: Household and personal care, ingredients, regulatory, indie beauty brands

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Rachel Brown Beauty Independent

Editor in Chief at Beauty Independent known for deep reporting on indie beauty, financing trends and brand growth stories. Specialties: Indie beauty, funding/M&A, retail strategy, brand founder profiles

Erin Cabrey Retail Brew (Morning Brew)

Senior reporter at Retail Brew who frequently covers beauty and personal care within broader retail and CPG beats. Specialties: Retail/CPG trends, beauty and personal care at mass and specialty, creator/ TikTok commerce

Allison Collins WWD / Beauty Inc (Fairchild Media Group)

Longtime beauty-business editor with WWD/Beauty Inc, now executive/management roles while continuing beauty coverage. Specialties: Beauty business leadership, funding rounds, brand strategy, executive moves

Jenny B. Fine WWD / Beauty Inc

Editor-in-Chief of Beauty Inc and Executive Editor, Beauty at WWD; leads WWD’s beauty journalism and events programming. Specialties: Beauty industry leadership interviews, brand and retailer strategy

Liz Flora The Business of Fashion – The Business of Beauty

Beauty Correspondent at The Business of Fashion based in Los Angeles; reports across beauty trends, regulation flashpoints and retail tie-ups. Specialties: Beauty business, retail partnerships, sun care/SPF, West Coast brands

Kathryn Hopkins WWD / Beauty Inc

Senior Beauty Editor at WWD covering earnings, transactions and macro trends shaping the beauty sector. Specialties: Beauty earnings, deals/M&A, market data, global beauty conglomerates

Suzanne Kapner The Wall Street Journal

Wall Street Journal reporter on retail and fashion who frequently breaks news on beauty’s role in apparel-led retailers and turnarounds. Specialties: Retail and fashion, beauty shop-in-shops and category expansions, department stores

James Manso WWD / Beauty Inc

Beauty & Fashion Market Editor at WWD/Beauty Inc recognized for market/category reporting and fragrance and skincare trend coverage. Specialties: Beauty market/editorial, product/trend coverage with a business lens, fragrance

Claire McCormack Beauty Independent

Senior editor and on-air host at Beauty Independent; frequent moderator and analyst on crossovers between beauty, wellness and retail. Specialties: Indie beauty, wellness/ingestibles, sexual wellness, consumer trends

Daniela Morosini The Business of Fashion – The Business of Beauty

Beauty Correspondent at The Business of Fashion focusing on strategic shifts across prestige beauty, retailers and brands. Specialties: Global beauty strategy, luxury/retail crossovers, UK/EU market trends

Jack Neff Ad Age

Editor-at-Large at Ad Age covering household and personal-care marketers and the research that drives them. Specialties: Personal products/CPG, consumer insights, P&G/Unilever/Kenvue coverage, marketing ROI

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Adrianne Pasquarelli Ad Age

Senior reporter and special projects editor at Ad Age; frequent coverage of beauty retail strategies and consumer marketing. Specialties: Retail and finance, beauty retail marketing, brand/retail partnerships

Priya Rao The Business of Fashion – The Business of Beauty

Executive Editor of The Business of Beauty at BoF; former Glossy executive editor and podcast host with deep expertise in beauty/wellness. Specialties: Beauty industry leadership, inclusivity and market dynamics, investigative/podcast storytelling

Sara Spruch‑Feiner Glossy

Senior reporter at Glossy spearheading Glossy Pop; covers the intersection of beauty, culture and commerce and co-hosts Glossy Beauty Podcast. Specialties: Beauty x culture, creators/influencers, social commerce, celebrity beauty

Rachel Strugatz Freelance / The Business of Fashion (The Business of Beauty)

Beauty correspondent and columnist known for agenda‑setting pieces on the business of beauty and the creator economy; frequent BoF contributor. Specialties: Beauty business analysis, influencers and DTC, executive profiles

Peter (Pete) Born WWD / Beauty Inc

Editor at Large, Beauty at WWD with decades of coverage across cosmetics and fragrance brands, launches and executive shifts. Specialties: Beauty brand news, category trends, legacy fragrance and cosmetics coverage

Ryma Chikhoune WWD

Senior reporter at WWD focused on beauty and the LA scene, frequently moderating WWD beauty forums and brand conversations. Specialties: West Coast beauty/celebrity brands, founders, retail experiences, LA market

Jennifer Weil WWD (Paris)

European Beauty Editor at WWD; long‑time Paris‑based reporter covering multinationals, fragrance and regulatory shifts across EU markets. Specialties: European beauty market, M&A and corporate strategy, fragrance houses

Julia Wray Cosmetics Business (former); freelance

Award‑winning beauty journalist and former Cosmetics Business editor; now a freelance writer/editor across global beauty trade topics. Specialties: B2B beauty trends, ingredients/science, regulatory context, brand and retail analysis