Coty Inc acquires Unilever's prestige fragrance business
23 May '05
3 min read
along with its presence in the prestige and ultra-prestige market, coty is a leading company for mass fragrances such as adidas and masstige brands such as celine dion. the company has had an enviable success rate in introducing new fragrances over the past several years.
beetz concluded, `with the addition of uci`s prestige brands, we will have some true `blockbusters` in the coty family. our goal will be to leverage our formula for success in further building the appeal of these brands on a world platform.`
coty expects to complete the purchase of uci within the coming months, pending regulatory approvals and normal consultative procedures.
coty inc is one of the world`s largest and most successful beauty companies with sales of $2 billion in 2004. with operations in more than 25 countries, coty inc. boasts a global brand portfolio of unrivaled breadth and scope, spanning the three core categories of fragrance, color cosmetics and skincare in the prestige, mass and masstige distribution sectors.
coty beauty, coty inc`s mass and masstige division, markets brands such as adidas, the healing garden, rimmel, calgon, celine dion, stetson, jovan, aspen, isabella rossellini, astor, esprit, mary-kateandashley, miss sixty, shania twain and david and victoria beckham. lancaster group, the prestige division of coty inc., has a portfolio of brands including davidoff, jennifer lopez, lancaster, jil sander, joop!, nikos, chopard, vivienne wesisaisabella rossellini, astor, esprit, mary-kateandashley, miss sixty, shania twain and david and victoria beckham. lancaster group, the prestige division of coty inc., has a portfolio of brands including davidoff, jennifer lopez, lancaster, jil sander, joop!, nikos, chopard, vivienne westwood, marc jacobs, kenneth cole, baby phat, sarah jessica parker, nautica and jette joop.