Beauty industry: Who owns what?

January 13, 2013 By 6 Comments

L’Oreal buys Urban Decay. StriVectin and Yes To have been on the market since February 2012. Tarte Cosmetics went up for sale in July of the same year. And Perricone MD is rumoured to be on the block since May. The beauty industry’s scorecard of mergers and acquisitions seems more laden with intrigue than even the NBA basket ball teams or the Football League. It might surprise you to know that the entire world of makeup, skincare, haircare and perfumes is dominated by a few key players – all multi-billion dollar corporations with ownership over multiple major brands. Here’s how it breaks down.

The L’Oreal Group

Estée Lauder Companies

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  1. Jade says:
    January 13, 2013 at 02:37

    Thank you for a very informative post :)

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  2. Nathalia says:
    January 13, 2013 at 22:30

    Well, I am not really surprised now. I did not know all of these, but I stumbled over LVMH sometime last year, and on researching I found out more and more conglomerrates of beauty and luxury products. You just listed their cosmestic companies, but they also own a lot of other products. I am still baffled by the amount of power and money they gathered though. Talk about building cartells.

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    • anubha says:
      January 14, 2013 at 19:58

      Yeah, they have fingers in almost every pie. I don’t know whether that’s good or bad. On one hand, small brands get a lot of resources by being part of a cash-rich organisation. But on the other hand, there is the inevitable commercialisation and loss of artisanal elements. Now even Hermes is partly owned by LVMH… waiting to see what happens there!

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  3. Zarina says:
    January 14, 2013 at 16:17

    LVMH also owns Fab India – just FYI or they have a stake in it…

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    • anubha says:
      January 14, 2013 at 19:52

      You are right Zarina, LVMH has a stake in Fabindia. But since they was exclusively about international beauty brands, that did not fit in. But thanks for putting it down, anyway :)

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