Federal Package News & Updates
From Start-up to Scale-up: Finding Your Forever Manufacturing Partner
BeautyMatter
April 7, 2024
One trend in the beauty value chain has been the consolidation of small manufacturers by private equity firms with visions of building portfolios. Unfortunately, indie beauty brands are often the collateral damage in such transactions because the first step is often mercenary optimization, leaving brands that cannot hit newly established minimum order quantities scrambling for new partners.
Bucking this trend, Federal Package, a preferred contract manufacturer for many leading personal care companies, has doubled down on its manufacturing capabilities with the launch of FP Labs, putting 40 years of experience into building a complete solution for beauty brands of all sizes.
What’s With All The Secrecy About The Relationship Between Beauty Manufacturers And Brands?
Beauty Independent
Rachel Brown
February 14, 2024
Traditionally in the beauty industry, brands have kept their contract manufacturers under wraps and vice versa, and the main tool to enforce secrecy has been a non-disclosure agreement.
There are reasons to believe that greater candidness is creeping into the relationship between contract manufacturers and brands, including the Modernization of Cosmetics Regulation Act of 2022 (MoCRA), which requires brands to register their manufacturing facilities, although it has an exemption for those that generated less than $1 million in the last three years, and consumer interest in openness.
EPISODE 24: Consumer-driven Skincare Trends with Jeffrey Martin
Podcast: Entrepreneur Minds Speak by Lauren Casgren-Tindall and Natalie Saporova
February 9, 2024
Hey beauty entrepreneurs! Get the inside scoop on consumer-driven skincare trends from industry expert Jeffrey Martin. Make sure your products are aligned with emerging trends and hear Jeffrey's advice for scaling your business to get into larger retailers like Sephora or Ulta. Jeffrey is the Director of Marketing at Federal Package, a manufacturer of skincare products based in Chanhassen, MN.
Supply & Demand Starts to Stabilize
Happi
Tom Branna
April 14, 2024
Demand for contract manufacturing services remains strong as startups and established players jostle for position in the household and personal products industry. Large or small, they understand that hiring a third-party to handle production is the fastest way to get products to market and without the capital investment.