Brown & Dutch PR Named Double Finalist in Ragan’s 2026 PR Daily Awards for Breakthrough Beauty and Health & Wellness Campaigns

Agency Recognized for Transforming Giovanni Cosmetics into an Entertainment Industry Beauty Story and Taking 1MD Nutrition from E-Commerce Exclusivity into the Mainstream

MALIBU, Calif., October 22, 2026 — Brown & Dutch PR, Inc., a consumer packaged goods public relations agency celebrating its 30th anniversary, has been named a finalist in two categories of Ragan’s prestigious 2026 PR Daily Awards, recognizing its innovative campaigns for Giovanni Cosmetics and 1MD Nutrition. The recognition places Brown & Dutch PR among this year’s finalists, whose work will compete for the win live on stage in New York City this December.

The Agency Was recognized for Two Campaigns

• Health & Wellness: Brown & Dutch PR for 1MD Nutrition — Morphing an Etail Only Brand into the Mainstream
• Beauty, Fashion & Retail: Brown & Dutch PR for Giovanni Cosmetics — From Naturals to the Entertainment Industry:

A Beauty Legend’s First Publicity Play in 46 Years

Ragan’s PR Daily Awards is the industry’s premier awards program, recognizing the year’s best work in public relations, marketing and communications, along with the people and teams behind it.

“Brown & Dutch PR earned its place among the finalists in a highly competitive field,” said Brendan Gannon, director of marketing for Ragan and PR Daily. “The work in this category set a high bar, and we can’t wait to celebrate it in New York in December.”

For Giovanni Cosmetics – After 46 years as the #1 natural haircare brand in retail, Giovanni Cosmetics turned to Brown & Dutch PR to introduce its entertainment industry legacy to a new generation of red-carpet influenced beauty consumers. BDPR leveraged and amplified the brand’s best-kept secret: Giovanni was the “OG of Hollywood Hair Care,” with its 175-product portfolio trusted by professional hairstylists backstage at the GRAMMYs, Oscars, Tonys and Emmys. Capitalizing on this extraordinary entertainment pedigree, BDPR created an EGOT-inspired publicity campaign, leveraging Hollywood hairstylists, celebrity connections, awards-season storytelling and nearly five decades of product innovation to reposition Giovanni as a salon-performance brand worthy of a Tinseltown blessing. The campaign earned national exposure in Vogue, Glamour, CNN Underscored, Forbes and BuzzFeed, generating an extraordinary 9,556% ROI in one year.

For 1MD Nutrition, Brown & Dutch PR transformed 1MD Nutrition from a digital-only supplement brand into a nationally recognized health and wellness authority by leveraging its greatest asset: a brain trust of physician formulators with credentials from prestigious institutions including Harvard, Mayo Clinic and Tufts. BDPR created the brand’s Physicians Nutritional Council, turning medical experts into media personalities while connecting science-backed supplements to timely health trends, celebrity athletes, major entertainment awards shows and developing cause-marketing partnerships with organizations including the Arthritis Foundation. Through creative Hollywood sampling campaigns, national health and wellness awards, affiliate marketing and strategic media outreach propelled the brand into mainstream consciousness. Over three years, the campaign generated 1,830 media placements, 7.7 billion impressions and $124.4 million in earned-media advertising equivalency, with coverage in Forbes, Real Simple, Health, BuzzFeed, Well+Good, AARP and Parade, among others.

“After 30 years of helping consumer brands become household names and being acquired for triple-digit deals, being recognized twice in the same year is quite an honor,” said Alyson Dutch, founder and CEO of Brown & Dutch PR. “So much of this is due to our incredible team namely Kathleen Gonzales, Trinity Ondek, Simi Jain, Rennie Lynch, Marina Baier, Samantha Nemeroff, Sharon Kim, and Gabriella Mady. We love the different industry challenges, but both are CPG, our sweet spot. These days, everything we do is connected to driving revenue for our clients, but it’s using PR to build reputation that makes this possible. I always say: you can have the most interesting product in the world and buy ads until you’re blue in the face, but if your customer doesn’t understand and trust you, it matters not.”

About Brown & Dutch PR – Founded in 1996, Brown & Dutch PR, Inc. is a Malibu, California-based consumer public relations agency specializing in launching, building and revitalizing consumer brands. WBENC-certified, a Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Business and member of the National Association of Women Business Owner’s State of California Board of Directors, the agency has created national publicity campaigns for companies in beauty, health and wellness, food and beverage, home, lifestyle, technology and retail. Known for its creative storytelling, deep media relationships and results-driven strategies, Brown & Dutch PR helps brands earn reputation, national media coverage, build consumer credibility and drive retail demand. BDPR is also home to Consumer Product Events, a do-it-yourself matchmaker for products and press.

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