Here at TechRound, we are always looking for good startups
and promising companies in any field to feature on our site. This time,
we wanted to focus on the fashion and beauty industry. So, without
further ado, here are 10 fashion and beauty companies we are really
excited about and we believe deserve recognition. These are in no
particular order and we are excited to have each one of them featuring
in our article. For any questions, please email us at: david@tudorlodgeconsultants.com
1. Prettly
About the Business
Prettly.com is one of London’s
favourite beauty-on-demand businesses. Prettly is revolutionising the
fragmented and inefficient £7b+ beauty services market, as a highly
customer-centric platform for on-demand beauty services.
Our mission is to make the lives of busy women easier, by providing
them with a seamless solution for staying on top of their beauty
routine. Users simply go on prettly.com
to book trusted & vetted beauty professionals in seconds, for nail,
hair, makeup, waxing & many more services consumed in the comfort
of their own home/office.
All of the beauty professionals on Prettly.com are vetted and tested,
and are among London’s very best! We take great pride in the fact that
Prettly has enabled so many professionals to build financially viable
careers as independent workers. Our commitment to improving the lives of
women on both sides of our marketplace, by making them feel confident
and empowered, is of paramount importance to everyone on team Prettly.
Prettly’s Growth Plans for 2018
We are very excited about the future and are ready to take the
business through a new phase of growth. We plan to grow by expanding to
new service verticals, but also by taking Prettly outside of London into
new cities. Watch this space!
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2. Just Add Beauty
About the Business
Just Add Beauty is the
first of its kind retail concept founded by Grazia and LOOK former
Beauty Editor, Samantha Freedman. The concept allows fashion and
lifestyle brands to introduce like-minded beauty brands to their product
portfolio. Beauty retailing needed a shakeup, and we believe that
buying beauty together with fashion is a no-brainer!
Using Samantha’s beauty expertise she is able to consult with fashion
brands to ensure that complementary products are selected using her
little black book of contacts. Each beauty edit is refreshed seasonally
to give customers constant discovery opportunities on site. As well as
making the brand partnerships, Just Add Beauty also initiate
cross-marketing initiatives to help promote the new beauty sector. This
results in an increase in brand awareness and social followings, as well
of course revenue.
Just Add Beauty’s Growth Plans for 2018
Since launching at the start of 2018 Just Add Beauty have a beauty
brand portfolio of +90 brands. These include larger, more well-known
cult classics, as well as small, niche undiscovered startups. Just Add
Beauty have brought brands over from the US, Canada and Sweden
to exclusively be stocked at their retailers in the UK and have worked
on exciting exclusive brand collaborations. Many of the beauty brands
have agreed to work on an exclusive sale or return basis, ensuring the
transition into beauty for fashion and lifestyle retailers is
significantly less costly. They currently have five fashion retailers on
board, and aim is to grow their portfolio to ten by the end of the
year.
3. Nubian Skin
About the Business
Nubian Skin is a
lingerie, hosiery and intimates brand for women of colour. Frustrated
by the lack of skin-tone options to go with her ever-expanding wardrobe,
Ade Hassan decided it was time for ‘A Different Kind of Nude’.
Nubian Skin’s Growth Plans for 2018
We plan to continue to grow the business
and drive sales through a mix of an intelligent digital strategy and
harnessing our significant social media following as well as developing
key relationships with retailers. Right now we have focused a lot of
understanding what our customer wants and figuring out the best way to
deliver this to them.
4. She Shirts
Ceini (Left), Sally (Right)
About the Business
Founded in February 2018 by two University of Bristol students, Sally Patterson and Ceini Bowen, She Shirts is
an ethical and unapologetically feminist fashion range. She Shirts is
transformative in that it is committed to fighting inequalities in a
practical way, with all profits supporting three inspirational women’s
charities: Bloody Good Period, Smart Works and Women’s Aid.
The aim is to empower women through the creation, distribution, and
then the showcasing of the She Shirts range. Every tee tells a story,
focusing on the contemporary challenges faced by women. What’s more, the
products are sustainably made and ethically produced.
She Shirt’s Growth Plans for 2018
We want to keep spreading the word about
She Shirts and reaching new audiences. We’re committed to projecting the
voices of the women around us and have just released a really exciting
new collaborative collection with some amazing feminist artists.
The new collection tackles issues of body
hair, period poverty, mental health and the censorship of women’s
bodies. All proceeds continue to go our three chosen charities and we’d
love to keep increasing our donations to these charities as the year
progresses!
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5. REMY NY
About the Business
REMY NY is the 1st
ethical, fair trade, hair company that is changing the way hair is
sourced in developing countries by putting the women first. We’re the
only company in the world that sources their own hair out in the field
everyday and ethically.
REMY NY’s Growth Plan for 2018
We hope to expand to other countries and
help women living in poverty earn some additional income that hopefully
will help them make positive changes to their lives and that of their
families.
6. ThatchFace
About the Business
ThatchFace was in created in 2017 by Ben Cleaver after experimenting with different oils and scents to create a new range of beard oils in the UK
using quality ingredients and focusing on a single-minded mantra of
subtle scents and lightweight oils. ThatchFace aim to provide better
beard care suitable for all thatched faces.
In 2009 Ben was diagnosed with testicular
cancer and underwent surgery to remove the original tumour, followed by
chemotherapy to cure remaining cancer that had spread to his groin. He
has a simple aim with ThatchFace: to give back to men’s cancer charities
by donating 10% of profits from each beard oil to help other men in
their own personal battles with this disease.
Ben’s passion for all things beard,
paired with his desire to help support men that one day could also
suffer from cancer as he did is the driving force behind ThatchFace and
the products which we create.
ThatchFace’s Growth Plan for 2018
We are working on more charity
partnerships and range extension into beard balms and more scents to
really expand the offering to our customers. We’ve gained an incredibly
loyal customer base and will continue to work hard to keep them happy
with new products whilst also driving awareness around male cancers and
the warnings signs to look out for. We will be looking to create new
events focused on bringing men together to talk about their experiences
and remove the taboo around male cancers.
7. Sewport
About the Business
Sewport is a FashionTech Marketplace connecting Brands and Manufacturers. We solve the problem of users by removing the complexity and guiding through the process. The
system we built allows for anyone without experience or connections in
the industry build products so users can effortlessly.
With Sewport, anyone can turn their ideas into a product and become the next big thing in fashion. Sewport speeds up and simplifies the way brands and manufacturers interact.
Our current focus is on the fashion
industry as one of the largest creative sectors but we aim to scale to
other products such as accessories, furniture & decor, arts &
crafts, cosmetics and machinery as we go along in the coming quarters.
Sewports’ Growth Plans for 2018
So far we have a steady growth of
satisfied users from both the Brands and Manufacturers, with a total of
3500 users signed up to date and actively engaged. We will look to have
at least 10x of that in the next 6 months.
8. Earth to Earth Organics
About the Business
Earth to Earth Organics
is making a choice to be different in a competitive industry, not only
that but make a difference. Earth to Earth is an ecologically and
environmentally conscious and chemical-free organic skincare brand.
It was founded by husband and wife, Danny and Tenesia Pascal after
Tenesia moved to England from Guyana and noticed the change in climate
and change in diet had some serious effects on her skin. No product
seemed to do the trick, and this is where the gap in the market was
established by the couple.
Earth to Earth Organics pledges to be free of animal testing, which is a
wider problem in the cosmetics industry. They are also advocates for
fair trade and make sure that all their packaging is recyclable.
Earth to Earth’s Growth Plans for 2018
Earth to Earth Organics aims to become a household name in the United
Kingdom and are working on making that a reality in 2018. This looks
promising as there have been increasing levels of demand for their
ecologically friendly products, including their famous ‘magic butter’,
which is reflected in the growth in orders.
9. Sargossa
About the Business
Sargossa was founded by Nanna Liv
who had a mission to eradicate the ‘no pain, no gain’ movement when it
comes to shoes. There is no reason why shoes cannot be fashionable,
classy and chic and comfortable to wear.
The heels they make and sell have comfort as the priority without
compromising on the look of the shoe. The Stilettos are designed with
all technical aspects considered in terms of optimal heel height,
declaim in a shoe and perfect width at the front of the shoe. Inside the
shoe is a super spongy insole to provide the ultimate comfort to the
wearer.
Sargossa’s Growth Plans for 2018
Sargossa aims to offer women across the world the opportunity to wear
delicate designer stilettos without having to compromise on the
comfort. They believe that all women’s feet deserve the right to
well-crafted footwear made for comfort and the shape of the foot itself.
The overall aim is to grow the Sargossa brand globally via our online
presence and in co-operation with our stockists, and hopefully with own
branded stores in the near future.
10. Marlow London
About the Business
Marlow London
is a British luxury accessories brand bringing a personalised touch to
an overly saturated market. Founded in 2016 by Central Saint Martins
graduate Chloé Marlow.
Based in London, Marlow London designs
beautifully and consciously crafted unique laser-cut leather goods and
digitally-printed scarves for the expressive, creative and individual
customer.
Marlow London’s Growth Plans for 2018
Over the first two years of business Marlow London ‘popped-up’ in Fenwick of Bond Street and secured its first stockist YoungBritishDesginers.com.
For the first time this summer the brand will be showcasing it’s latest
SS19 collection to buyers and press in Paris, hoping to build
international relationships and secure further stockists and build brand
awareness.
Marlow London now plans to take on PR to
further the brand’s visibility having already been featured in the Daily
Mail and The Sunday Times Style Magazine.
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