Deal Flow
Touchland, The Brand Behind Status Symbol Hand Sanitizers, Sells To Church & Dwight For $700M
Touchland, the brand that made hand sanitizer cool, has reeled in a cool $700 million in a sale to Church & Dwight, demonstrating that, even in a trepidatious climate for beauty deals, prime assets can...
“Act Now”: Kearney Report Reveals 20 Top Beauty Acquisition Targets In A Favorable Market For Buyers
Makeup By Mario, Madison Reed and Perfumer H are among 20 brands Kearney identifies as top beauty acquisition targets in a market it characterizes as conducive to...
Wonderskin Raises $50M In Series A Funding To Help It Last Far Longer Than Lip Stain
Wonderskin, the brand known for its TikTok-viral peel-off Wonder Blading Lip Stain Masque that’s sold over 4 million units, has scored $50 million in series A funding to help it be known for much more....
Blank Beauty Secures $6.5M In Series A Funding To Revolutionize Custom Nail Polish—And More
Blank Beauty has bagged $6.5 million in series A funding to bring practically any nail polish shade a consumer could dream of to life with a purchase in-store or online—and move beyond nail...
Retail Connection: Oh My Cream Acquires Naturisimo To Extend UK Reach
French beauty retailer Oh My Cream has acquired British clean beauty e-tailer Naturisimo. The deal marks the third by Oh My Cream, operator of 26 stores in France, three stores...
“Not Just A Model That’s Pretty”: How Marianne Fonseca Scored Funding For Gente And Plans To Build The Body Care Brand
In the seven months she pitched Brazilian-inspired body care brand Gente to venture capital investors, model-turned-founder Marianne Fonseca faced skepticism, rejection and the constant refrain that its numbers “weren’t big enough.” Finally, she encountered one—Webster...
