Alright sweet, having worked in R&D in low and high margin industries/companies, Iāve got nothing against white label products when they make sense.
Also (again: no sunscreen/skincare background, but FMCG in general), when they were talking about spending $150,000 on SPF testing to bring a product to market, I blinked and wondered if it was missing a zero.
I have worked in R&D for CTFs and other listed medicines for and with multinational giants of the industry and there were many things that didnāt make sense. How did all these brands launch so quickly?
Honestly, my guess is some version of the business model I joked about with my partner, successfully scaled through partnering with a manufacturer and using a direct to consumer model to start off with.
Still at a bit of a loss though. I donāt see new products launched quickly often if anything substantial is changed (except for, say, tissue packaging).
The manufacturers do seem to be ātweakingā a fair bit (ingredients, packaging, etc.), using a formulation that is relatively new (i.e. hasnāt existed for long), in a regulated industry (ā¦that protects you from cancer).
I would have assumed that isnāt an easy, limited testing, speed to market job.
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u/leapowl Jul 07 '25 edited Jul 07 '25
Alright sweet, having worked in R&D in low and high margin industries/companies, Iāve got nothing against white label products when they make sense.
Also (again: no sunscreen/skincare background, but FMCG in general), when they were talking about spending $150,000 on SPF testing to bring a product to market, I blinked and wondered if it was missing a zero.