Off The Shelf with Susannah Dellinger

Beauty is a $650 billion global industry — and it's still largely misunderstood. Off the Shelf with Susannah Dellinger goes beyond the product and into the power: the economics, the culture, the relationships, and the decisions that shape who wins and who doesn't. For beauty founders, executives, and anyone who knows this industry is worth taking seriously.

Off The Shelf with Susannah Dellinger is a business podcast hosted by Susannah Dellinger, with 19 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Susannah Dellinger hosts Off The Shelf with Susannah Dellinger, a business show with 19 episodes published.

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  Episode #18

  018. The Worst Business Advice I Ever Got (And Why I'm So Glad I Ignored It)

  May 25, 202619 minS1

  <p>Send me a text 💌</p><p>Everyone's handing out business advice. Most of it is wrong. In this episode, Susannah Dellinger breaks down the four pieces of business advice she was given, ignored, and is so glad she did — from five-year business plans to the myth of removing yourself from your own company — and shares what actually built a multi-million dollar agency from zero.</p><p><b>In this episode:</b></p>Why she scaled from zero to $5 million in 48 months without ever writing a business planWhy "stay true to your vision no matter what" is some of the most da...

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  Episode #17

  017. Give Women Their Names Back: The Beauty Industry's Name Trap Nobody Is Talking About

  May 18, 202614 minS1

  <p>Send me a text 💌</p><p>When you sell your beauty brand, you might also be selling your name — forever. In this episode, Susannah Dellinger breaks down the Jo Malone lawsuit, the contracts that stripped female founders of the right to use their own names, and why the beauty industry's name trap is yet another system quietly designed to keep women from building twice.</p><p><b>In this episode:</b></p>What happened when Estée Lauder sued Jo Malone in 2026 — and why printing your own name as a founder on a bottle was enough to trigger itWhy naming y...

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  Episode #16

  016. Christine Morrison: The Calvin Klein VP Who Dismantled Everything to Figure Out Who She Really Was

  May 11, 202626 minS1

  <p>Send me a text 💌</p><p>She was a VP at Calvin Klein during one of fashion's most mythologized eras, left it all behind for marriage, twin babies, and a new city — and had to completely dismantle her identity to rebuild it. In this episode, Susannah Dellinger sits down with Christine Morrison, author of Clothes Minded, to talk about ageism in fashion and beauty, why the word "anti" needs to be retired permanently, and what it actually means to dress from the inside out.</p><p>In this episode:</p>What it was really like inside Calvin Klein — the black p...

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  Episode #15

  015. Beauty Retail Strategy: What Actually Moves Product Off the Shelf at Sephora and Ulta

  May 4, 202619 minS1

  <p>Send me a text 💌</p><p>Getting into Sephora or Ulta isn't the finish line — it's the starting gun. In this episode, Susannah Dellinger breaks down what actually moves product off the shelf, why most beauty brands get retail wrong from day one, and what it really takes to build the kind of in-store presence and community strategy that makes a brand impossible to ignore.</p><p>In this episode:</p>Why most beauty brands aren't profitable for up to three years in retail — and what that means for your launch strategyHow line-switching actually works on the floor, and why you...

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  Episode #14

  014. The Wharton Grad Who Rage Quit Wall Street to Build the Beauty Brand the Festival Generation Actually Needs

  Apr 27, 202630 minS1

  <p>Send me a text 💌</p><p>Jenny Qian spent three years on Wall Street, rage quit, landed at two of indie beauty's most talked-about startups, and then built a viral TikTok brand out of a personal problem — she just never learned how to do makeup. In this episode, Susannah Dellinger sits down with Jenny, founder of Astrobabe, to talk about skill-level inclusivity, joy as resistance, and why the beauty industry's next frontier isn't skin tone — it's accessibility.</p><p><b>In this episode:</b></p>Why Jenny rage quit Wall Street — and what three years in finance actually gave her as a...

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