Beauty sampling startup Birchbox has turned a profit for the first time after a year marred by mass layoffs and buoyed by an inside round. Cofounder and CEO Katia Beauchamp described 2016 as a "scary" ...

Birchbox pioneered the monthly beauty subscription box and was once valued at nearly $500 million. But after some financial setbacks, Birchbox was acquired 10 years after launch for just $45 million.

Jason Del Rey has been a business journalist for 15 years and has covered Amazon, Walmart, and the e-commerce industry for the last decade. He was a senior correspondent at Vox. It’s cold out there ...

Subscription services aren’t an easy business. For Birchbox, which sells sample-sized versions of beauty products, the market has only grown more crowded. Start-up competitors like Ipsy and ...

“It's a little bit harder to explain the market opportunities to men, who don’t consume beauty [products],” Birchbox cofounder Hayley Barna recalls of the early days of her startup, when she had to ...

Birchbox Inc., a startup that sells subscriptions for personalized beauty samples, said it’s cutting 15 percent of staff and suspending operations in Canada. The cutbacks, which affect 45 people out ...

Because marketing beard oil to men is not like marketing anti-wrinkle cream to women. Birchbox has big plans for American men. For three years now, the brand has offered men a taste of grooming ...

Shopping for skincare products at the drugstore isn’t what you might call an enjoyable experience. But for busy women, it’s sometimes the best alternative out there. There are many times when I’ve ...

EMERYVILLE, Calif. & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, Stasher, the platinum silicone alternative to single-use plastic bags, and Birchbox, a subscription service and online shop that makes it easy ...