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Marla Beck: Conglomerate acquisitions of indie brands created barriers protecting Bluemercury
“All of these independent brands were purchased by L'Oreal, by Estee Lauder, and Shiseido. So, overnight, we were then in business with the big companies, and that did two things for us. It provided a wall around us for new entrants, because the indie brands di…”
Shiseido Struggled to Expand Beyond Chinatown After Two Decades in U.S.
“Shiseido had been in the U.S. For over two decades and had not been able to really make it beyond Chinatown.”