Unilever-Syneron Venture Aims For Top Of Home Beauty Device Market
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
The joint venture combines Syneron Beauty – which includes me home-use hair-removal systems, Pearl teeth-whitening devices and Tanda light-therapy devices for treating acne and signs of aging – with Unilever’s Illuminage Inc., founded in 2011.
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