CHICAGO — It's a beauty product fan's dream: a monthly box sent to the door filled with samples of lip glosses, face creams, hair treatments and nail polishes. The trend started a few years ago with ...

“This is my personal favorite,” says RealSimple.com’s senior editor, Kristin Appenbrink, who is a regular subscriber. “Birchbox is less about ‘brand discovery’ and more about ‘product discovery’ from ...

Consumers are eager to discover new brands, and have never been more open to trying free samples from the safety of their own homes. These were among the recent findings from a consumer shopping ...

Birchbox shows a typical monthly beauty sample shipment. Consumers can subscribe to companies like Birch Box to receive monthly shipments of beauty product samples. Courtesy of Birchbox It’s a beauty ...