M&A Deal Summary

Sephora USA Acquires Feelunique

On July 23, 2021, Sephora USA acquired e-commerce company Feelunique from Palamon Capital Partners

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Sephora USA’s 1st transaction in the E-Commerce sector.
  • This is Sephora USA’s 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2021-07-23
Target Feelunique
Sector E-Commerce
Buyer(s) Sephora USA
Sellers(s) Palamon Capital Partners
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Feelunique

London, United Kingdom
website
Feelunique is an online retailer of prestige beauty products in the UK, offering its 1.3 million active customers an unparalleled range of 35,000 products from more than 800 established luxury, niche, independent, and challenger brands. Featured brands include Chanel, Clinique, Estée Lauder, Aveda, Tom Ford, NARS, Armani, Dermalogica, Charlotte Tilbury, Anastasia, Huda Beauty, and Clarins. Feelunique was established in 2005 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Sephora USA

San Francisco, California, United States

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Category Company
Sector Retail
DESCRIPTION

Sephora USA, Inc. owns and operates a chain of beauty stores in the United states, Canada, and internationally.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 2
Sector (E-Commerce) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 2 of 2
Country (United Kingdom) 1 of 1
Year (2021) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-08-07 Crescent House Publishing

Carlsbad, California, United States

Scentsa is an award-winning multimedia technology company serving the global retail industry. Crescent House Publishing creates marketing and information software solutions for retailers and vendors to reinforce brand awareness, enhance sales training, and create in-store excitement.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Palamon Capital Partners

London, United Kingdom

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

website

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1999
PE ASSETS 1.4B EUR
Size Large
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Palamon Capital Partners LP is a private equity firm that targets investments in high-growth service-oriented businesses throughout Europe. Palamon specifically looks for companies operating in business services, financial services, media and communications, leisure and entertainment, information technology, and healthcare. The Firm's target investment size is €30 to €100 million. Funds are generally used to support development needs, however, Palamon will also consider investing in early-stage businesses, recapitalizations, deleveraging transactions, turnarounds, and buyouts. Palamon Capital Partners LP was formed in 1999 and is based in London.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 28 of 29
Sector (E-Commerce) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 13 of 13
Country (United Kingdom) 10 of 11
Year (2021) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-06-12 Il Bisonte Industriale S.r.l.

Pontassieve, Italy

Il Bisonte Industriale S.r.l. is a manufacturer of hand-crafted luxury leather handbags, travel bags, briefcases, wallets, belts and stationary accessories made from locally sourced fine Italian vachetta leather. Il Bisonte Industriale S.r.l. was founded in 1970 and is based in Pontassieve, Italy.

Sell €100M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-05-05 DD

Witham, United Kingdom

DD is a full-service supplier of dental supplies, equipment. DD supply over 12,000 UK practices with an extensive range of dental products and supplies and our services cover everything you need to run a successful practice including training, compliance, equipment servicing and maintenance. DD is based in Witham, United Kingdom.

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