Cosmetics

Form Beauty Corporate Office

After being let go from his job at a Wall Street firm, Tristan Walker decided to take the big leap and change his life completely. He decided to change how people of color, especially African Americans, buy personal care products. He founded Form Beauty in late 2013.

In a Bloomberg interview, Tristan said “We make health and beauty simple for people of color. I joke about going to the ethnic shelf in aisle 40 of CVS, reaching to the bottom for a package with a photo of a 70-year-old bald black guy in a towel drinking a cognac while petting a tiger. That’s an experience that should not exist and something that few people in Silicon Valley understand.”

Walker says that while retail must change the way it does business, it’s not dead yet. Retail is in his plan of “what’s next.”

Company headquarters are located in Palo Alto, California.

Form Beauty

History

Walker says that while retail must change the way it does business, it’s not dead yet. Retail is in his plan of “what’s next.”

Company headquarters are located in Palo Alto, California.

Harmon Discount/ Face Values Corporate Office

Harmon Discount was founded in 1971. Although many people will always remember this discount store as Harmon Discount, its name was changed to Harmon Face Value in the mid-2000s, after it became a subsidiary of Bed Bath and Beyond.

Bed Bath and Beyond acquired the company in 2002. Many Bed Bath and Beyond locations include a “store within a store”, with a section set aside for Harmon Face Value products.

Since being acquired by BBB, the company has expanded to become one of the leading health, beauty and cosmetics retailers with 56 separate locations in the states of Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. The company provides a wide range of products and services related to health and beauty, including creams, lotions, and shampoo.

Harmon Face Values offers leading brands, including John Frieda, Nexxus, Fekkai, Organix, Pantene, Tresemme, and Marc Anthony. Additionally, the company provides its own Face Values brands on several beauty and health items. New stores, such as a New York store that opened in 2016, offered some typical BBB items, such as bedding, and even a few grocery items, such as milk, to help compete with small drug stores or convenience stores.

In January 2023, due to the poor performance of most Bed Bath and Beyond stores, all Harmon Face Values will close in the next few weeks.

Harmon Face Values headquarters are located in the BBB corporate office in Union, New Jersey.

Harmon Face Values

Bed Bath and Beyond acquired the company in 2002. Many Bed Bath and Beyond locations include a “store within a store”, with a section set aside for Harmon Face Value products.

History

In January 2023, due to the poor performance of most Bed Bath and Beyond stores, all Harmon Face Values will close in the next few weeks.

Harmon Face Values headquarters are located in the BBB corporate office in Union, New Jersey.

BirchBox Corporate Office

BirchBox was founded in 2010 by two graduates of the Harvard Business School, Hayley Barna and Katia Beauchamp in New York City. The company operates an online monthly subscription service which features cosmetics and grooming products.

In July 2014, the company opened its first brick and mortar location in New York’s trendy SoHo district. By September of 2015, BirchBox had more than 1 million subscribers and 800 brand partners.

The products include skincare items, perfumes,organic-based products, and various other types of cosmetics. There are 4 to 5 sample sized products in each box, with the idea being that clients will love the product so much they will purchase the full sized version.

Hayley Barna left the company in 2015. Declining sales forced the company to lay off approximately 15% of the staff. Walgreens purchased a minority share in the company in October of 2018.

In January 2018, hedge fund Viking Global Investors purchased a majority share of the company, assuring employees that there were no plans for layoffs or job cuts.

Headquarters for BirchBox is located in New York, New York.

BirchBox

In July 2014, the company opened its first brick and mortar location in New York’s trendy SoHo district. By September of 2015, BirchBox had more than 1 million subscribers and 800 brand partners.

History

Hayley Barna left the company in 2015. Declining sales forced the company to lay off approximately 15% of the staff. Walgreens purchased a minority share in the company in October of 2018.

In January 2018, hedge fund Viking Global Investors purchased a majority share of the company, assuring employees that there were no plans for layoffs or job cuts.

Headquarters for BirchBox is located in New York, New York.

Coty Corporate Office

Coty, Inc. was founded in Paris, France, in 1904 by Francois Coty. The company creates and sells a wide variety of beauty products, cosmetics, and fragrances, which are sold around the world.

While the company has been sold several times over the decades, it recently merged with P&G Speciality Beauty in 2016.

The company is known for its cooperation with designers and celebrities for the creation of fragrances. Some of its biggest brands are CoverGirl, Max Factor, Rimmel, Sally Hansen, Adidas, Calvin Klein, Hugo Boss, Gucci, Burberry, and hair care products under the Wella Professionals label. Fragrances include Chloe, Davidoff, Marc Jacobs, Playboy, as well as OPI Beauty products.

The company went public on the NYSE under the ticker symbol COTY in 2013.

In November 2015, the company acquired Hypermarcas’ Beauty & Personal Care Business, providing Coty a strong position in Brazilian beauty & personal care market, the third-largest beauty market in the world.

In 2016, the company reported annual revenue of $9 billion.

Coty maintains corporate offices in New York, New York and employs more than 22,000 persons worldwide.

Coty

Coty, Inc. was founded in Paris, France, in 1904 by Francois Coty. The company creates and sells a wide variety of beauty products, cosmetics, and fragrances, which are sold around the world.

While the company has been sold several times over the decades, it recently merged with P&G Speciality Beauty in 2016.

History

The company went public on the NYSE under the ticker symbol COTY in 2013.

In 2016, the company reported annual revenue of $9 billion.

Coty maintains corporate offices in New York, New York and employs more than 22,000 persons worldwide.

Sally Hansen Corporate Office

Sally Hansen was an entrepreneurial woman ahead of her generation. Hansen moved to Hollywood in 1922 to pursue an acting career. She was quite popular in movies such as Beverly Smiles and Peggy Ann. She opened her own dance studio, but what she really wanted was to sell beauty products so that everyday women would feel beautiful.

Hansen began by writing advice and beauty tip columns for the Los Angeles Times newspaper. In 1940, Hansen took over her parents cosmetic firm and renamed it House of Hollywood. She owned the company independent of her husband, something which was rare at the time. Hansen returned to New York to open her cosmetic brand, starting with Hard as Nails, a nail polish designed to make growing longer nails easier.

Hansen sold her company in 1962 to Coty, Inc. for $11 million. Hansen passed away in 1963.

Sally Hansen’s nail polish remains one of the top brands of polish sold anywhere in the world. The company logo remains the same, Sally Hansen’s signature, nothing more.

In August 2020, Sally Hansen and parent company Coty teamed up with delivery service GoPuff to deliver beauty items to home or businesses within 30 minutes.

Sally Hansen

History

Hansen sold her company in 1962 to Coty, Inc. for $11 million. Hansen passed away in 1963.

Sally Hansen’s nail polish remains one of the top brands of polish sold anywhere in the world. The company logo remains the same, Sally Hansen’s signature, nothing more.

In August 2020, Sally Hansen and parent company Coty teamed up with delivery service GoPuff to deliver beauty items to home or businesses within 30 minutes.