Estee Lauder Companies Inc.


Smashbox Beauty Cosmetics Snapped Up by Estee Lauder

Privately held makeup brand's digital and social media presence draws in cosmetic giant's interest.

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Bobbi Brown on Work-Life Balance at a Start-up

Just because you're busy doesn't mean you can afford to ignore your physical and emotional well-being.  Read more

The Business Owner's Bookshelf

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New Blood Adds A Blush To Cosmetics Business

The chic world of the cosmetics industry always celebrates youth, but lately it has shown a few of its own jowls and wrinkles. Sales in 1983, adjusted fo...  Read more

The Social Entrepreneurship Spectrum: Nonprofits

For these organizations, the mission matters more than the money.  Read more

How I Did It: Bobbi Brown, Founder and CEO, Bobbi Brown Cosmetics

In New York in the excessive 1980s, Bobbi Brown made it big by pushing moderation. She became makeup artist to the stars by introducing a palette of natural ...  Read more

A Bright Future: After the Train Wreck

A four-time entrepreneur explores the realities of retailing, both on and off the Web -- and finds out that they're the same.  Read more

A Bright Future: After the Train Wreck

A four-time entrepreneur explores the realities of retailing, both on and off the Web -- and finds out that they're the same.  Read more

Building America’s Most Innovative Brands

Harvard's guru on outstanding American entrepreneurship analyzes the country's best brands, ponders the challenges of Groupon-era consumer empowerment, and e...  Read more

Stepping into Your Employees' Shoes

A new reality TV series aims to get CEOs and executives thinking -- and working -- like their employees. The new series to air March 8 at 10 p.m. on TLC, ...  Read more

Achieve Peak Performance in Your Life

The Corporate Athlete by Jack Groppel, Ph.D., with Bob Andelman John Wiley & Sons, 1999, 293 pages, $24. You wa...  Read more

Get the Guinness Stamp of Approval

Each day, Inc.'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today: Lo...  Read more

Selling Software With An Estee Lauder Image

Think of your software program as a can of tomatoes. Or a new skin moisturizer. C. Rowland Hanson does, and he is trying to market software with the same ...  Read more

Entrepreneurs We Love…Because They're Creating a Cleaner, Greener Life

To the men and women who light up the dark, keep us healthy, and create innovative solutions to everything from poverty to street-cleanup.  View slideshow

Hayley Barna and Katia Beauchamp, Founders of Birchbox

What if everyone had a friend who was a beauty editor—someone to sort through the gazillion products and tell you not just what’s best,...  Read more

Putting On A Good Face

In trying to reach a new market, even a successful company may need a graphic overhaul.  Read more

Old Hollywood Beauty With Natural Formulas

A makeup artist since age nine, Jessica Truesdale was inspired by beauty-industry legends like Estée Lauder and Elizabeth Arden, and founded True You Cosmet...  Read more

Attack of the $35 Gucci Handbag

Knockoffs may seem like a cheap-and-easy way to outfit your wardrobe with the top luxury brands. But all those counterfeit Louis Vuitton purses and Dolce & G...  Read more

The Secret Life Of Young Presidents

Through the doors of a very exclusive organization pass a group of individuals with a special understanding of each other's business problems.  Read more

Editor's Letter

The editors and writers at Inc. are accustomed to peering into businesses rarely covered by the rest of the business press, but Read more

Aveda's Founder Goes Organic

Aveda founder Horst Rechelbacher is getting back to his roots with a new line of beauty products from his company Intelligent Nutrients.  Read more

Whose Brand Is It, Anyway?

Terri Williamson did a textbook job of launching Glow. Jennifer Lopez and her team did a textbook job of launching Glow by J.Lo. And then their worlds collided.  Read more