Getting your money right as a business owner can seem like half the battle, but The Lip Bar CEO Melissa Butler is urging her fellow entrepreneurs to be mindful of leaning on short-term funding as ...

Black founders and executives weigh in on how M&A slowdowns and diversity, equity and inclusion rollbacks are challenging ...

Grammy-winner Coco Jones collaborated with the Black- and woman-owned brand for "Why Not More Lippies" lip bundle trios.

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Melissa Butler In 2012, Melissa Butler, an ex-licensed stockbroker on Wall Street, turned CEO of The Lip Bar Inc., had one mission, to create beauty products that challenge the linear beauty standard.

Founder Melissa Butler says The Lip Bar was impacted by the Target boycott. How Target’s DEI Stance Impacted Its Q1 Earnings. As AFROTECH previously reported, Target made the decision to scale ...

Melissa Butler is the CEO and founder of The Lip Bar, as well as the founder and creator of Thread Beauty. What began as a mission to diversify makeup, she established a beauty brand that has ...

The Lip Bar founder and CEO Melissa Butler recounted the 2015 story in a recent streaming event on Inc.com. “A lot of people have told me, ‘Oh, I don’t know how you kept going,’ ” she says.

Melissa Butler stated that her beauty brand’s sales at the big-name retailer have dropped 30% since the boycott started in response to Target rolling back its DEI initiatives.

Detroit native Melissa Butler is an alumna of Florida A&M University, and the CEO and founder of the cosmetic brands The Lip Bar and Thread Beauty. Through her companies, she helps women by ...

Melissa Butler, founder of The Lip Bar beauty company, has addressed concerns regarding Target’s DEI cutbacks as her products remain on store shelves.

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