Professional Services
Beauty and Cosmetics Industry Insights
With more than 12 years of experience in beauty and cosmetics, Joshua offers customized consulting for beauty industry professionals or investors. Joshua has provided multiple investment firms, established beauty companies, and cosmetics startups with valuable insight into the operations and competitive landscape of the cosmetic industry. Previously a Director for L’Oréal, Joshua has worked and competed with all of the major players in the business including The Estee Lauder Companies, Revlon, Coty, P&G, LVMH, Henkel, and of course, the L’Oréal group. Joshua’s experience in the cosmetics business includes Finance, Distribution Contracts, Product Development, Packaging, Supply Chain, and Distribution Strategy. He is further an expert in the planning and execution of Promotions and Pricing Strategy for professional and luxury cosmetics. Joshua offers consultations via Zoom or phone, and can customize the calls to focus on a specific problem, aspect, or series of questions. No prep fees are required.
Distribution Contracts and Planning
Joshua has extensive knowledge and experience working across multiple distribution channels across global markets for a variety of goods including, cosmetics, personal care, alcoholic beverages, and professional salon products. Joshua can write and analyze important operational aspects of distribution contracts for both buyer and seller, and offers insight into planning and supply chain strategy.
Ghostwriting and Articles
Joshua has provided a diverse client base with written content for an array of projects ranging from academic essays and trade articles, to marketing copy for wine and sales materials natural soaps. His work can be easily found on Medium, LinkedIn, or on his personal website. Joshua accepts inquiries for a wide variety of projects, and will accept writing projects based upon a number of factors.
Luxury Business Consulting
With more than 20 years experience across a variety of roles within the luxury business, Joshua offers unique strategic insights into the luxury categories of beauty, wine, and hospitality, and further offers support with distribution strategies across the entire luxury sector. Joshua has further taught classes on Luxury Management and Marketing in Paris, and brings with him insights from the global research community focused on the luxury industry.
Business Plans and Funding Proposals
Joshua has extensive experience researching and writing full business plans for startups and proposals for research projects. He further has experience creating, preparing and pitching new venture concepts to globally recognized corporations. Joshua offers clients a full array of services for writing plans, proposals, and strategic audits, along with corresponding PowerPoint presentations and speaking notes for presentors.