Panel: How can you protect margins in today's beauty market & rebuild sourcing, manufacturing, and fulfilment resilience in a high cost, pressure driven world?

29 Oct 2026
Manufacturing , Ingredients & Formulation , Finance & Profitability , Supply Chain & Logistics
• Margins are getting squeezed from every angle - rising costs, volatile manufacturing, freight spikes, carrier issues, and retailer pressure are crushing profitability while founders still need to move fast

• How to build a modern margin-protection system with smarter sourcing, diversified manufacturing, optimized shipping and carrier strategy, and data-driven partners that cut cost and risk without slowing product development

• Top tips to create a financially resilient operating model - stronger margins, steadier operations, and the freedom for founders to innovate and grow even in a high-pressure cost environment
Speakers
Dawn Hilarczyk
Dawn Hilarczyk, Chief Operating Officer - Borghese
Sochima Mbadugha
Sochima Mbadugha, President - Topicals
Irene Scharmack
Irene Scharmack, CEO - Quick Box Fulfillment
Nadine Tapia
Nadine Tapia, President - Latinas in Beauty
Connie Hunter
Connie Hunter, Vice President Supply Chain - Mary Ruth's