March 2024

Updated: Dec. 23 Beauty M&A deals have showed nearly no signs of slowing, despite the continued coronavirus pandemic. Just a number of weeks into 2021, there have already been multiple billion-dollar beauty M&A deals, including the Estée Lauder Cos. Inc.’s deal to amass the remaining of Deciem, parent company of The Extraordinary, and Shiseido inking a deal to sell its personal care business to CVC Capital. There have also been smaller deals, as enterprise capitalists proceed to back beauty firms.  Here is an inventory of the sweetness M&A transactions up to now in 2021: January Paper Cosmetics, a direct-to-consumer natural and sustainable deodorant brand, closed a funding round. Terms weren't disclosed. SuperOrdinary received a minority investment from Alliance Consumer Growth. SuperOrdinary helps U.S. beauty brands expand into...