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KOSÉ Acquires Tarte

On April 4, 2014, KOSÉ acquired consumer products company Tarte from Encore Consumer Capital

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is KOSÉ’s 1st transaction in the Consumer Products sector.
  • This is KOSÉ’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is KOSÉ’s 1st transaction in New York.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2014-04-04
Target Tarte
Sector Consumer Products
Buyer(s) KOSÉ
Sellers(s) Encore Consumer Capital
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Advisor(s) Brownstein (Legal)

Target

Tarte

New York, New York, United States
Tarte, Inc. is a manufacturer of cosmetic products.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

KOSÉ

Tokyo, Japan
Category Company
Founded 1946
Sector Consumer Products
Employees7,558
Revenue 322.8B JPY (2024)
DESCRIPTION

KOSÉ is a cosmetics company manufacturer and sells cosmetics and toiletries in Japan and internationally. KOSÉ was founded in 1946 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Consumer Products M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: New York M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2014 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Encore Consumer Capital

San Francisco, California, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2005
PE ASSETS 600M USD
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Encore Consumer Capital is a specialist private equity firm focused on the food and consumer products industries. Specific areas of interest include food and beverage, health and beauty care, pet, automotive aftermarket, infant and children's products, and leisure products. Encore prefers companies in revenues of $10 - $100 million. It looks to invest $5 - $40 million. Encore generally invests in control situations but will consider select minority investments. Encore will not invest in restaurant-only or retail-only companies. Encore operates in partnership with Encore Associates, a strategic advisory firm. Encore Consumer Capital was formed in 2005 and is based in San Francisco.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 23
Sector: Consumer Products M&A 1 of 8
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 4 of 19
State: New York M&A 1 of 2
Country: United States M&A 5 of 22
Year: 2014 M&A 2 of 4
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