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...Its beauty business — with highly rated skincare brands and well-trodden online platforms — might alone be worth £1.4bn, says broker Liberum, on an undemanding multiple of one times forward sales....
...“It has become a bigger company and this could create the perception that it needs more insurance,” said Kevin Lacroix, an attorney and executive vice-president at RT ProExec, a unit of RT Specialty, an...
...There’s also Just Be Skincare “by Alder Labs”, and Jeff Zhao, the only LinkedIn-listed employee of an Alder Labs in Toronto. Both have been contacted for comment....
...It recently agreed to a $255m (£218m) deal to acquire Bentley Laboratories LLC, a manufacturer of skincare and haircare products....
...There was also money raised for 4.5.6 Skin, which develops skincare products for people of colour, and a crowdfunding campaign opened up to allow ordinary people to invest in a potential coronavirus vaccine...
...soap maker and owner of some hotels and some beauty salons and a photography studio and a second-hand classified listings site and an online translation service and is also a retailer of protein shakes, skincare...
...There are some success stories, like Blackstone’s $18.7bn takeover of the US warehouses portfolio of Singapore-based GLP and EQT’s $10.1bn purchase of Nestle’s skincare unit, but overall PE firms are looking...
...Alex Humphreys, a partner at Apollo, said: “We look forward to working with Aspen to build on the existing high quality specialty insurance and reinsurance business and we aim to leverage Apollo’s resources...
...Charles Shaver will become the chief executive of Akzo Nobel Specialty Chemicals once Carlyle and GIC complete the deal to buy the unit, Carlyle said in a press release....
...Specialty retailers Sephora and Ulta have capitalised on this, adding in-store makeovers to an experience Amazon can’t replicate just yet....
...AkzoNobel has also put its specialty chemicals unit up for sale, and Sanofi is selling a drug unit. Both auctions have attracted interest from private equity....
...(later renamed AVINTIV Specialty Materials Inc).Julie A. Hill, owner of The Hill Company....
...Akzo Nobel’s specialty chemicals unit is also for sale, with a price expected at about €9bn....
...Under its alternative proposal, the specialty products company would have four separate business divisions — electronic specialities; nutrition and biosciences; specialty materials; and silicones — each...
...The weak pound continued to boost specialty chemicals group Croda at the start of the year, helping sales to grow faster than expected in the first quarter....
...It is intended to be split within 18 months into three companies: one in plastics and related materials, one in agricultural chemicals and seeds, and one in other specialty chemicals....
...The move arrives amid turmoil in the specialty sports retailers space as consumers increasingly shop online and buy directly from brands like Nike and Under Armour....
...The skincare and make-up company behind brands including MAC, Clinique and its eponymous brand, posted disappointing earnings outlook on Friday....
...Chicago-based Argon Credit LLC co-founder and CEO Raviv Wolfe said in a bankruptcy court declaration that “liquidity issues” caused the company, which offers 12- to 60-month loans in amounts ranging from...
...He likens his vision for Vevo to that of a specialty record store, in contrast to YouTube that is a “one size fits all supermarket”....
...The companies will include a leading global pure-play Agriculture company; a leading global pure-play Material Science company; and a leading technology and innovation-driven Specialty Products company....
...In June, OM agreed to sell itself to Apollo and its partner Platform Specialty Products for $34 per share (about $1bn in total)....
...Since the Fed last raised rates in 2006, the banking landscape in the US has changed radically, with specialty finance outfits such as Ally Financial, American Express and Discover Financial Services converting...
...High-end or “specialty coffee”, which includes the coffee made from pods as well as artisanal drip brew, now accounts for more than half of all coffee consumed in the US....
...In December last year, Valeant spent $100m on an option to acquire Philidor, a “specialty pharmacy”, which in turn controlled a vast network of tiny regional drug dispensaries....
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