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Rimmel London

From Graces Guide

of London, cosmetics maker

1834 Business established

1961 Acquired by Sanitas Trust

1963 Rimmel Ltd acquired Rimmel of France (Eugene Rimmel S.A.), originally its parent company[1]

1967 Rimmel Manufacturing Co Ltd was incorporated

1968 Rimmel was spun off from Sanitas through the means of a rights issue[2]

1969 Acquired Goya Jane Seymour[3]

1987 Rimmel Manufacturing was renamed Rimmel International Ltd. Acquired by Schering-Plough Holdings Ltd

1989 Unilever acquired Rimmel International and Chicogo GmbH[4]

1989 Rimmel International Ltd was renamed S-P RiL Ltd

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Sources of Information

  1. The Times Mar. 20, 1963
  2. The Times Aug. 1, 1968
  3. The Times Mar. 25, 1969
  4. The Times June 24, 1989