Companies
Ownership, financing, transactions, leadership, and performance signals that change how a beauty company can operate.
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Caudalie Group Buys Majority Stake in Talm, Its First Acquisition Ever
The French skincare group, backed by founders Mathilde and Bertrand Thomas, converts a 2022 minority investment into full control of maternity brand Talm.
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Wella Files for IPO as KKR Keeps a Stake in the Outcome
Wella's IPO filing shows $2.9B in fiscal 2026 sales, up 9.2%, and a swing to $62M net income, with KKR both the seller and an underwriter of the deal.
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Baldness Drugs Are Wall Street's Next Goldmine
Wall Street is pricing hair-loss drugmakers like the next GLP-1, with Veradermics up nearly 500% since its February IPO and Lilly backing Absci's antibody bet.
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Natura's Q2 profit craters as a software migration undercuts its Brazil turnaround
Natura &Co's net profit sank to 35 million reais in the second quarter, a roughly 92% drop, as an SAP system migration triggered stockouts and Brazil revenue fell nearly 15% even while the company's Spanish-speaking Latin American markets grew.
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Selkie secures four Dragons in £40,000 investment deal
Amersham chemist Cicely Coops asked for £40,000 for 12.5% of refillable haircare brand Selkie. All four Dragons invested, taking 20% between them.
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Society Management's College Sports Push Meets a Deal-Rejecting Clearinghouse
The Society Management's new alliance with Canopy Talent to broker college athlete brand deals will route every contract through a Deloitte-run NIL clearinghouse that has rejected roughly 90 million dollars in deals over the past year, a review Society's existing pro athlete clients never face.
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AMUSE Is the Only Growth Shinsegae International's Cosmetics Unit Has Left
AMUSE's new Bangkok stores are opening just as parent Shinsegae International posts a quarterly operating loss and its cosmetics division shrinks once AMUSE is stripped out, leaving one acquired brand to carry both the unit's growth and a 2028 revenue target it is not yet on pace to hit.
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Dries Van Noten Got a Hand Cream Line. Its Founder Got a Foundation Grant.
In April 2026, Puig extended the Dries Van Noten trademark into hand and body care at Byredo-level prices while separately signing a three-year funding deal with founder Dries Van Noten's independent nonprofit foundation, two moves that reveal how the group is managing the brand's value since his 2024 exit from the runway.
