Beauty

News & Analysis

Drunk Elephant's Tiffany Masterson Open to a Buyer But Says No Deal Imminent

11 June 2019 • By Bloomberg

11 June 2019 • By Bloomberg

The beauty start-up has already hired bankers to represent it in a potential sale, but isn’t close to finalising any deals, according to the beauty start-up's founder.

News & Analysis

Drunk Elephant's Tiffany Masterson Open to a Buyer But Says No Deal Imminent

The beauty start-up has already hired bankers to represent it in a potential sale, but isn’t close to finalising any deals, according to the beauty start-up's founder.

News & Analysis

Sephora to Shut US Stores for Diversity Training After Racial Incident

3 June 2019 • By Reuters

3 June 2019 • By Reuters

R&B singer SZA said she was racially profiled at a Sephora store in Calabasas, California.

News & Analysis

Sephora to Shut US Stores for Diversity Training After Racial Incident

R&B singer SZA said she was racially profiled at a Sephora store in Calabasas, California.

The Business of Beauty

Harry’s Made Shaving Cool. Can Its Founders Do the Same for Hawaiian Tropic and Banana Boat?

31 May 2019 • By Rachel Strugatz

The Business of Beauty

Harry’s Made Shaving Cool. Can Its Founders Do the Same for Hawaiian Tropic and Banana Boat?

Following its $1.37 billion acquisition by Edgewell, Harry’s co-founders are taking their brand into the haircare space and taking on their biggest challenge to date: reviving the beauty giant’s troubled US business.

The Business of Beauty

Beauty Brands Learn to Love Menopause – Just Don’t Call It Anti-Aging

28 May 2019 • By Jessica Schiffer

The Business of Beauty

Beauty Brands Learn to Love Menopause – Just Don’t Call It Anti-Aging

Beauty brands are releasing products aimed at women in their 50s experiencing symptoms of menopause, a demographic that hadn't received much attention from the industry in the past.

News & Analysis

Natura to Buy Avon for About $2 Billion in Stock

22 May 2019 • By Bloomberg

22 May 2019 • By Bloomberg

The transaction, valued at $3.7 billion, will position the Brazilian cosmetics company as a growing force in the booming global cosmetics and skincare industry.

News & Analysis

Natura to Buy Avon for About $2 Billion in Stock

The transaction, valued at $3.7 billion, will position the Brazilian cosmetics company as a growing force in the booming global cosmetics and skincare industry.

News & Analysis

Founders of Swedish Cosmetics Brand Oriflame Offer to Buy out Company

22 May 2019 • By Reuters

22 May 2019 • By Reuters

The offer from Oriflame's main owner, the af Jochnick family, values the company at 12.9 billion crowns ($1.3 billion).

News & Analysis

Founders of Swedish Cosmetics Brand Oriflame Offer to Buy out Company

The offer from Oriflame's main owner, the af Jochnick family, values the company at 12.9 billion crowns ($1.3 billion).

BoF Professional Exclusive

Inside China’s $25 Billion Plastic Surgery Market

16 May 2019 • By Zoe Suen and Aijing Wang

BoF Professional Exclusive

Inside China’s $25 Billion Plastic Surgery Market

Social marketplace app SoYoung’s recent IPO has drawn attention to one of the world’s fastest growing markets for cosmetic surgery.

News & Analysis

Nivea Owner Buys Coppertone Sun Care for $550 Million

13 May 2019 • By Bloomberg

13 May 2019 • By Bloomberg

Beiersdorf has agreed to buy Bayer's Coppertone brand of sun-care products, bolstering its line of skin creams that already includes the Nivea brand.

News & Analysis

Nivea Owner Buys Coppertone Sun Care for $550 Million

Beiersdorf has agreed to buy Bayer's Coppertone brand of sun-care products, bolstering its line of skin creams that already includes the Nivea brand.

News & Analysis

Unilever Considers $1 Billion Bid for Drunk Elephant

12 May 2019 • By Bloomberg

12 May 2019 • By Bloomberg

Drunk Elephant reportedly hired investment banks in January to explore a sale.

News & Analysis

Unilever Considers $1 Billion Bid for Drunk Elephant

Drunk Elephant reportedly hired investment banks in January to explore a sale.

News & Analysis

Wilkinson Owner Edgewell to Buy Shaving Start-Up Harry's for $1.37B

9 May 2019 • By Reuters

9 May 2019 • By Reuters

The deal would be the second billion-dollar acquisition of a shaving start-up, dwarfing Unilever's buy of the US-based Dollar Shave Club in 2016.

News & Analysis

Wilkinson Owner Edgewell to Buy Shaving Start-Up Harry's for $1.37B

The deal would be the second billion-dollar acquisition of a shaving start-up, dwarfing Unilever's buy of the US-based Dollar Shave Club in 2016.