M&A Deal Summary

L Oreal Acquires Essie Cosmetics

On April 21, 2010, L Oreal acquired consumer products company Essie Cosmetics

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is L Oreal’s 7th transaction in the Consumer Products sector.
  • This is L Oreal’s 6th transaction in the United States.
  • This is L Oreal’s 3rd transaction in New York.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2010-04-21
Target Essie Cosmetics
Sector Consumer Products
Buyer(s) L Oreal
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Essie Cosmetics

Astoria, New York, United States
Essie Cosmetics Ltd. is a nail polish company.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

L Oreal

Clichy, France
Category Company
Founded 1909
Sector Consumer Products
Employees94,605
Revenue 41.2B EUR (2023)
DESCRIPTION

L'Oréal is a global cosmetics company. With a portfolio of dozens of international, diverse and complementary brands, L’Oréal is present across all distribution networks: mass market, department stores, pharmacies and drugstores, travel retail, and branded retail. L'Oreal was founded in 1909 and is based in Clichy, France.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 9 of 35
Sector (Consumer Products) 7 of 27
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 8 of 24
State (New York) 3 of 4
Country (United States) 6 of 18
Year (2010) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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Irvine, California, United States

PureOlogy Research LLC is a hair care manufacturer and marketer selling through specialty channels.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-12-15 Pacific Bioscience Laboratories

Redmond, Washington, United States

Pacific Bioscience Laboratories, Inc. is a innovator in sonic skin care and the creator of the Clarisonic Skin Cleansing System and Clarisonic OpalTM Sonic Infusion Systems.

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