{"id":23590,"date":"2025-10-15T06:41:32","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T04:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xd3kj9bvqee.preview.infomaniak.website\/?p=23590"},"modified":"2025-10-15T06:41:32","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T04:41:32","slug":"unilever-sells-kate-somerville-brand-to-rare-beauty-brands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.industries-cosmetiques.fr\/en\/unilever-sells-kate-somerville-brand-to-rare-beauty-brands\/","title":{"rendered":"Unilever sells Kate Somerville brand to Rare Beauty Brands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unilever.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Unilever<\/a> has reached an agreement to sell its skincare brand <a href=\"https:\/\/www.katesomerville.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kate Somerville<\/a> \u00e0 <a href=\"https:\/\/rarebeautybrands.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rare Beauty Brands<\/a>. The deal includes the brand's product portfolio and its Melrose Place clinic, based in Los Angeles.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Mary Carmen Gasco-Buisson, CEO of Unilever Prestige, this decision follows efforts to reposition the brand over the past 18 months. <em>\"\u00a0<em>We are convinced that its future growth will be better supported by a new owner, more in tune with its evolving needs.<\/em>\u00a0\"<\/em>she said, expressing confidence in Rare Beauty Brands' ability to support this transition.<\/p><div class=\"indus-dans-articles indus-entity-placement\" style=\"text-align: center;display: flex;justify-content: center;\" id=\"indus-1139447075\"><div class=\"indus-adlabel\">Advertising<\/div><div id=\"indus-550750638\"><a data-bid=\"1\" data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.industries-cosmetiques.fr\/en\/ad\/24744\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"notrack\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"site-industries-cosmetiques Promotional graphic for Siemens&quot; &quot;The Beauty Thread&quot; videocast series, with French text about faster formulation and better control thanks to enterprise recipe management. Launch in April 2026, with a blue &quot;Discover Episode 1&quot; button. Abstract background.\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.industries-cosmetiques.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/12296_SIEMENS_Videocast_series_BAN2_1200x1200.jpg\" alt=\"site-industries-cosmetiques Promotional graphic for Siemens&quot; &quot;The Beauty Thread&quot; videocast series, with French text about faster formulation and better control thanks to enterprise recipe management. Launch in April 2026, with a blue &quot;Discover Episode 1&quot; button. Abstract background.\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/www.industries-cosmetiques.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/12296_SIEMENS_Videocast_series_BAN2_1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.industries-cosmetiques.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/12296_SIEMENS_Videocast_series_BAN2_1200x1200-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.industries-cosmetiques.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/12296_SIEMENS_Videocast_series_BAN2_1200x1200-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.industries-cosmetiques.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/12296_SIEMENS_Videocast_series_BAN2_1200x1200-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.industries-cosmetiques.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/12296_SIEMENS_Videocast_series_BAN2_1200x1200-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.industries-cosmetiques.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/12296_SIEMENS_Videocast_series_BAN2_1200x1200-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/www.industries-cosmetiques.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/12296_SIEMENS_Videocast_series_BAN2_1200x1200-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.industries-cosmetiques.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/12296_SIEMENS_Videocast_series_BAN2_1200x1200-696x696.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.industries-cosmetiques.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/12296_SIEMENS_Videocast_series_BAN2_1200x1200-1068x1068.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" class=\"no-lazyload\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\"   \/><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Chris Hobson, President and CEO of Rare Beauty Brands, described the acquisition as a strategic milestone. He praised Kate Somerville's commitment to <em>\"\u00a0<em>results-oriented skin care<\/em>\u00a0\"<\/em>adding that the brand was fully in line with his company's mission, and would benefit from increased visibility and resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. The transaction, advised by PwC Corporate Finance LLC, is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2025, subject to regulatory approval.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unilever a conclu un accord pour vendre sa marque de soins de la peau Kate Somerville \u00e0 Rare Beauty Brands. L\u2019op\u00e9ration comprend le portefeuille de produits de la marque ainsi que sa clinique de Melrose Place, bas\u00e9e \u00e0 Los Angeles. Selon Mary Carmen Gasco-Buisson, CEO d\u2019Unilever Prestige, cette d\u00e9cision fait suite aux efforts d\u00e9ploy\u00e9s pour [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23592,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"external_url":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[61],"class_list":{"0":"post-23590","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-formulation","8":"tag-info-marche"},"acf":{"nc":"Press-Office.London@Unilever.com","nc2":"","nc3":"","nc4":"","nc5":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.industries-cosmetiques.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.industries-cosmetiques.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.industries-cosmetiques.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.industries-cosmetiques.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.industries-cosmetiques.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.industries-cosmetiques.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23590\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.industries-cosmetiques.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.industries-cosmetiques.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.industries-cosmetiques.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.industries-cosmetiques.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}