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Beauty

L’Oréal Completes $4.6 Billion Acquisition of Kering Beauty

The two groups have also established an ongoing, broader strategic partnership that will focus on opportunities at the intersection of luxury, wellness and longevity.


Sports

Nike’s Struggling Converse Unit Has Suitor in Authentic Brands

The brand management firm has expressed interest in buying Converse if it’s put up for sale, though Nike has said it doesn’t plan to part ways with the struggling sneaker label.


Retail

Allbirds to Be Bought by American Exchange for $39 Million

The brand management group, whose portfolio and licensing partnerships include labels like Aerosoles and Ed Hardy, has agreed to buy all assets and intellectual property of the once-buzzy footwear brand.


Beauty

Henkel to Acquire Olaplex For $1.4 Billion

The German firm has entered a definitive agreement to buy Olaplex, the hair-care brand that developed a cult following for its shampoos and other treatments.


Beauty

Investors Bet Estée Lauder Deal Will Put Pressure on Turnaround

The risks of Lauder executing a merger with Puig while still in the midst of its own turnaround outweigh the benefits, analysts told Bloomberg.


Beauty

Spain’s Puig Shares Jump on Lauder Merger Talks

Shares of the Spanish beauty group surged around 16 percent on Tuesday, on track for their best trading day on record, after announcing they were in talks over ​a ⁠potential merger with Estée Lauder.


Beauty

Why Estée Lauder Companies and Puig Need Each Other

The Spanish owner of Byredo, Rabanne and Charlotte Tilbury and the American conglomerate confirmed on Monday that they are in discussions to combine their businesses. A merger could reshape the beauty and fashion landscape.


Beauty

Advent International Acquires Salt & Stone

The premium body care maker will join the private equity firm’s portfolio, which also includes Olaplex and Parfums de Marly.


Beauty

Puig, Estée Lauder Companies Considering Merger

The Spanish owner of Byredo, Rabanne and Charlotte Tilbury and the American conglomerate confirmed on Monday that they are in discussions to combine their businesses.


Beauty

Danone Acquires Protein Drinks Maker Huel in €1 Billion Deal

Huel, which counts actor Idris Elba and TV presenter Jonathan Ross among its investors, has agreed to be acquired by the French consumer goods group in a deal worth about $1.2 billion.


Beauty

L’Oréal India in Talks to Acquire Beauty Company Innovist

L’Oréal is in advanced talks to acquire a majority stake in Bare Anatomy parent Innovist sources told The Economic Times India.


Beauty

For Beauty Brands, What’s a Department Store Worth?

In Full Coverage, Priya Rao looks at the world’s buzziest luxury department stores in Paris.