Posts by Steve Davis:

• Sector Deals of the Week—Another Private Equity Beauty Care Platform Is in the Works

  The acquisition of clean beauty brand Indie Lee marks the first investment by the newly established beauty and personal care platform Ancora Holdings, founded through the partnership of beauty industry veterans… Read more »

  06/20/2017

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  Sector Deals of the Week—L’Oréal to Divest The Body Shop to Natura Cosméticos

  L’Oréal has entered into exclusive negotiations for the sale of The Body Shop to Natura Cosméticos S.A. after the Brazilian company made an offer that values The Body Shop at… Read more »

  06/14/2017

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• Sector Deals of the Week—PDC Brands Finds New Private Partner in CVC Capital Partners to Continue Acquisitions in Beauty Care

  CVC Capital Partners (CVC) announced the acquisition of PDC Brands (PDC), a rapidly growing beauty and personal care products platform with a portfolio of category-leading mass market brands, from Yellow… Read more »

  06/07/2017

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• Sector Deals of the Week—Another Big Private Equity Group Enters Beauty Care Arena with Ares Acquisition of DevaCurl

  Ares announced the acquisition of DevaCurl, a leading professional and prestige hair care brand dedicated to curly hair, from Tengram Capital Partners and select company shareholders. The acquisition marks Ares’… Read more »

  05/23/2017

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  Sector Deals of the Week: Unilever Ventures Ramps Up Beauty Care Investment Pace with Blow Ltd. and Nutrafol

  Industry Blog Unilever Ventures, the venture capital and private equity arm of Unilever, demonstrated an increasing appetite for the Beauty Care sector, announcing two investments last week: Blow Ltd. and… Read more »

  05/16/2017

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• Sector Deals of the Week: Private Equity Looks to Invest in Younger and Earlier Stage Beauty Companies

  Industry Blog Sequoia Capital Acquires Minority Stake in Charlotte Tilbury Sequoia Capital Partners made a minority growth capital investment in U.K.-based Charlotte Tilbury Beauty, a high-growth, hybrid beauty brand offering… Read more »

  04/24/2017

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• Beauty Care M&A Continues Its Run Into 2017

  The Beauty Care M&A market kicked off 2017 on a positive note and continued the streak of nine quarters with increases over the prior year period. Deal volume in Q1’17… Read more »

  04/10/2017

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  Sector Deals of the Week: Active Beauty Care M&A Week in Europe

  Industry Blog Puig Parent Company Exea Purchases Majority Stake in Greek Skin Care Brand Apivita Europe grabbed the beauty care M&A headlines last week with Spain’s Corporación Exea Empresarial (Exea) taking… Read more »

  03/27/2017

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  SECTOR DEALS OF THE WEEK: Professional Salon Sector Scores Another Strategic M&A Deal While Investors Get in Early on Beauty Care

  INDUSTRY BLOG Acquisition Furthers Henkel’s No. 3 Position in the U.S. Professional Hair Care Market Henkel announced an agreement to acquire Nattura Laboratorios and its two primary professional hair care… Read more »

  03/13/2017

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