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Online beauty retailer
Dermstore
is US web store which sells
cosmetics
and
skin care
products. In 2021, it was acquired by
THG plc
from
Target Corporation
for £260.9m and migrated onto the company's Ingenuity e-commerce platform.
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History
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Dermstore was founded by
dermatologist
Craig Kraffert in 1999.
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In 2008, Dermstore launched a subscription service called
BeautyFIX
. The monthly subscription service offered beauty boxes containing skin care, hair care and makeup products for a fee.
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In 2012, the company expanded from distributing professional skin care to consumer cosmetics brands,
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and on March 19, 2013, the company opened its flagship store in
Hermosa Beach, California
.
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On August 6, 2013,
Target Corporation
acquired the Dermstore Beauty Group.
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Dermstore became a wholly owned subsidiary of Target which operated as a separate entity under its online name, Dermstore.com.
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Dermstore's product offering consisted of over 350 brands
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In December 2020,
THG plc
announced it would buy Dermstore from Target Corporation for $350 million.
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The deal closed on February 2, 2021 and Dermstore was migrated onto THG's Ingenuity e-commerce platform.
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