Bogart Group to acquire retail chain in Luxembourg
French cosmetics and fragrance company Bogart Group is to acquire 18 stores from the Milady Parfumerie beauty...September 10, 2019
Alibaba to acquire e-commerce platform Kaola for $2bn
Chinese tech group Alibaba has agreed to acquire Kaola, an import e-commerce platform owned by entertainment and...September 6, 2019
Fashion subscription service Le Tote to acquire Lord & Taylor for $100m
Fashion subscription service Le Tote has agreed to acquire Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC)-owned retailer Lord & Taylor...August 29, 2019
Coty to sell its majority stake in Younique
US-based Coty has ended its partnership with peer-to-peer beauty e-commerce site Younique. Coty acquired 60% of the...August 28, 2019
Henkel invests in digital start-ups
German company Henkel has invested in two digital beauty start-ups: Purish and youtiful. Purish, founded in Berlin...August 22, 2019
Givaudan acquires UK-based Fragrance Oils
Swiss flavor and fragrance company Givaudan has acquired Fragrance Oils, a UK-based manufacturer and marketer of specialty...August 21, 2019
Morphe gets major new investor, plots expansion
Private-equity firm General Atlantic has acquired a majority stake in US-based beauty company Morphe Holdings, forging a...August 20, 2019
Revlon could be up for sale
US-based Revlon is said to be looking to sell all or parts of the company, according to...August 16, 2019
Grupo Boticário acquires e-commerce company Beleza na web
Brazil-based Grupo Boticário has acquired local beauty e-commerce company Beleza na web. Beleza na web was founded...August 13, 2019
Douglas takes stake in online retailer Niche Beauty
German beauty retailer Douglas is to acquire a 51% stake in Niche Beauty, an online retailer focused...July 31, 2019
Heinemann acquires Kapo Duty Free
German travel retailer Gebr Heinemann has acquired Kapo Duty Free, a duty-free operator of border shops in...July 30, 2019
Henkel takes stake in eSalon
German group Henkel has acquired a 51% stake in Los-Angeles-based eSalon.com, a company that offers personalized hair...July 29, 2019
Lagardère Travel Retail to buy Belgium’s IDF for €250m
France-based Lagardère Travel Retail is to acquire Belgium-based International Duty Free (IDF) for €250m, in a deal...July 26, 2019
Givaudan to acquire Drom
Swiss flavor and fragrance company Givaudan is to acquire German fragrance house Drom. Givaudan says that the...July 24, 2019
KDC/ONE to acquire Swallowfield
Canada-based Knowlton Development Corporation (KDC/ONE) has entered a conditional agreement to acquire Swallowfield, a UK-based personal-care and...July 15, 2019
Colgate to acquire Laboratoires Filorga for €1.5bn
US-based Colgate-Palmolive is to acquire French skincare company Laboratoires Filorga for €1.496bn ($1.69bn), in a bid to...July 12, 2019
KDC/ONE acquires Alkos Group
Canada-based Knowlton Development Corporation (KDC/ONE) has acquired French cosmetics contract manufacturer Alkos Group. Paris-based Alkos Group was...July 2, 2019
L’Oréal in talks with Clarins to acquire Mugler and Azzaro
French beauty group L’Oréal has entered exclusive negotiations with France-based Clarins Group to acquire the Mugler and...July 2, 2019
Oriflame founding family to take company private, delist shares
The founding family of Swedish direct-sales beauty company Oriflame is to buy out the group and delist...July 1, 2019
L’Oréal takes stake in plastics recycling biotech company Carbios
French beauty group L’Oréal has taken a minority stake in Carbios, a company that develops bio-industrial solutions...June 27, 2019
Phlur secures $7m in funding, acquires Texas Beauty Labs
US-based digital-first fragrance company Phlur has secured more than $7m in funding and acquired clean beauty products...June 25, 2019
British retailer Next acquires Fabled by Marie Claire
UK-based retailer Next has acquired Marie Claire Beauty Limited from online supermarket group Ocado. Marie Claire Beauty...June 25, 2019
Hudson’s Bay Company executive chairman leads bid to take company private
A group of shareholders from North American retail group Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) that includes governor and...June 11, 2019
Unilever acquires skincare brand Tatcha
Anglo-Dutch consumer-goods group Unilever has acquired Tatcha, a San-Francisco, US-based prestige skincare brand rooted in Japanese beauty...June 11, 2019
CBI acquires children’s scent company Millennium Fragrances
France-based fragrance manufacturer and distributor Groupe CBI has acquired French children’s scent company Millennium Fragrances. Millennium Fragrances...June 11, 2019
Italy’s Nichebox acquires Clive Christian
Italy-based holding company Nichebox has acquired British luxury fragrance group Clive Christian in a deal it hopes...June 10, 2019
Natura agrees on deal to buy Avon
After many months of rumors, Brazilian company Natura has reached an agreement to acquire direct-seller Avon in...May 23, 2019
Oriflame founders offer to buy shares and take company private
Members of the founding family of Swedish direct-sales company Oriflame have launched a bid to purchase the...May 23, 2019
Natura still in discussions to buy Avon, despite reports of agreed deal
Brazilian beauty company Natura released a statement today saying that it is still in talks to acquire...May 22, 2019
Canopy Growth acquires This Works
Canadian cannabis and hemp company Canopy Growth has acquired UK-based natural skincare and sleep solutions specialist This...May 22, 2019