Stella Rising Blog

Is Your Beauty or Food and Beverage Brand an Acquisition Target?

Indie brands are innovative, nimble, and often present an authentic message or mission which consumers are eager to support. Increasingly, these...

Infographic: American Consumer Sentiment and Spending 2018

American consumers are feeling cautiously optimistic about the economy, but more important, they are feeling upbeat about their own financial...

Beauty’s New Crop: Cannabis Infused Products

Cannabis seems to have come out from under a cloud of suspicion and is quickly becoming one of the buzziest ingredients in skincare. As an increasing...

Infographic: Consumers Confused by Natural Food and Beverage Labels

Consumers are increasingly aware of the health, safety, and social impacts of food consumption and paying closer attention to packaging claims....

Beyond Skin Deep: Bee Shapiro Opens Up About the Future of Beauty

For almost a decade, Bee Shapiro has had a front-row seat to the beauty industry. As the Skin Deep columnist for The New York Times, she covers the...

Infographic: What Women Want in Haircare Products

A good hair day makes you feel like you can take on the world. Trends indicate that women are growing increasingly more comfortable with their...

Infographic: Valentine's Day Social Media Trends & Hashtags

Retailers will be feeling the love this month as consumers are expected to spend $19.6 billion, an average of $143.56 per shopper, on Valentine’s...

The Other Person in The Room: How Consumers Use Voice Assistants

Amazon Echo and Google Home were the hot holiday gifts this season and consumers didn’t allow them to sit in their boxes for long: the Amazon Alexa...

The Fragmented Journey of Food and Beverage Consumers

In the 1970’s, about two thirds of U.S. food and beverage spend was allotted to grocery store purchasing. Fast-forward to today, and we find that...