This isn't just a celebrity brand endorsement. Since joining Update, Kardashian has worked closely with the team to completely rethink Update's branding, taking it from what Solomons describes as a "masculine tech bro" look to a can that feels perfectly natural in Kardashian's hand. This shift taps into the refined personal brand that Kardashian has built over the past several years.
Sauer has experience turning a nascent RTD brand into a household name. Garage Beer, which he acquired in 2021 and relaunched in 2023, has shown triple-digit year-over-year growth, with sales increasing more than 500% in the 12 months ended in early April 2025, he says. It's now valued at around $200 million and is continuing to grow, despite an overall slump in the beer industry, according to a September report from The Wall Street Journal.
One example of this hybrid approach could be found in the company's big marketing and product development pushes of the past year, Milani CMO Jeremy Lowenstein told AdExchanger. Last year, he said, the company launched blurring powders that give a filtered look, similar to in-app filters. The idea was inspired by and lived organically on social channels, but was meant to drive mass-market, in-store shelf sales. With new product launches this year, Milani has expanded on its blurring and blur-out products.
When it comes to the most delicious ice cream brands in the U.S., you might instantly think of Vermont-based Ben & Jerry's, but there's another surprising ice cream brand that has over 200 stores across the country: Häagen-Dazs. Though the highest concentration of actual shops are in Florida, New York, and New Jersey, if you're in the U.S., you can probably find a Häagen-Dazs in a nearby city.