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Sector Deals of the Week—Unilever Enters Prestige Color Cosmetics with Acquisition of Hourglass Cosmetics
Unilever announced the acquisition of luxury, high-performance color cosmetics brand, Hourglass Cosmetics. Founded in 2004 by Carisa Janes, the innovative brand combines active ingredients with color cosmetics to produce ultra-high-quality… Read more »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
M&A Soundcheck—Q1’17 Reflects Continued Strong Activity Across All Sectors, Lighting Sector Shines Brightly
The first quarter of 2017 included our annual pilgrimage to Las Vegas for the 50th annual CES. What a year for the show, with more than 180,000 visitors, over 4,000… Read more »
Intrepid Advises Leading National Business Management Firm for Premier Entertainers on Its Merger with Focus Financial Partners
Intrepid today announced that it served as the exclusive financial advisor to Gelfand, Rennert & Feldman, LLP (GR&F), one of the largest national business management firms for high-profile individuals in… Read more »
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 »