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L'Oreal: Ma Activity
L'Oreal acquired majority stake in Indian beauty and personal care startup Innovist, which operates brands including Bare Anatomy, Chemist at Play, SunScoop, and Vinci Botanicals. Founding team continues as minor stakeholders.
Source: discovered:nst.com.my
The leadership read
Consolidation of this kind shifts demand toward integration and transformation leadership bench strength in the sector.
Market context: Backdrop: a 98.6 (Neutral) Talent Market Index (down 1.4 on the month) with Asia activity rising (+2.4pts).
L'Oreal: 2 signals in the last 90 days; 0.2% of MitchelLake's Asia signal flow; 2 tracked across 57 days.
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