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Helen of Troy Limited
Helen of Troy Limited is an American publicly traded designer, developer and worldwide marketer of consumer brand-name housewares, health and home, and beauty products under owned and licensed brands. It is the parent corporation of OXO International Ltd., Kaz, Inc., Steel Technology, LLC, and Idelle Labs, Ltd, among others. The company is headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda, with U.S. operations headquartered in El Paso, Texas. The company is named after the mythic figure Helen of Troy.
Helen of Troy Limited began as a wig store in Downtown El Paso in 1968 and expanded into the hair appliance business in 1975 by supplying hair salons with hair dryers and curling irons. In 1980, the son of the company's founder Louis Rubin, Jerry Rubin, entered into a licensing agreement with Vidal Sassoon. Since then, the company's growth has come through years of acquiring rights to use well-known global brands in the health and home, housewares, beauty and nutritional supplements categories, or by acquiring brands and companies outright.
The company underwent a notable tax inversion when it reorganized into a Bermuda company in 1993. This inversion prompted new federal legislation tightening the rules on inversion, which are colloquially known as the "Helen of Troy Rules."
In June 2004, the company paid $273.2 million for OXO International, a New York designer and maker of household tools. In January 2011, the company announced it has completed the acquisition of Kaz, Inc. for $271.5 million. Kaz provides consumer products serving health care and home environment needs including body thermometers, humidifiers, fans, and other products primarily under the licensed brands Vicks, Braun and Honeywell, as well as products under owned brands like Stinger, Softheat, and Kaz. In January 2012, Kaz acquired the PUR water purification products business from The Procter & Gamble Company.
In 2014, the company implemented its succession plan, with Jerry Rubin stepping down as CEO, and the appointment of Julien R. Mininberg as chief executive officer, effective March 1, 2014. Mr. Mininberg had served as chief executive officer and president of Helen of Troy's Healthcare/Home Environment segment.
In March 2016, the company acquired Steel Technology, LLC, which does business under the brand name Hydro Flask, for approximately $210 million in cash, subject to certain customary closing adjustments.
In December 2021, the company bought Osprey Packs, Inc for $414 Million.
Since that time, the company has grown organically and through acquisition and operates in three reportable business segments. The company divested its former Nutritional Supplements business in December 2017. By order of sales contribution, these are Health & Home, Housewares, and Beauty. Helen of Troy's sales were $1.49 billion in Fiscal Year 2018 (on a continuing operations basis, as reported).
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Helen of Troy Limited
Helen of Troy Limited is an American publicly traded designer, developer and worldwide marketer of consumer brand-name housewares, health and home, and beauty products under owned and licensed brands. It is the parent corporation of OXO International Ltd., Kaz, Inc., Steel Technology, LLC, and Idelle Labs, Ltd, among others. The company is headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda, with U.S. operations headquartered in El Paso, Texas. The company is named after the mythic figure Helen of Troy.
Helen of Troy Limited began as a wig store in Downtown El Paso in 1968 and expanded into the hair appliance business in 1975 by supplying hair salons with hair dryers and curling irons. In 1980, the son of the company's founder Louis Rubin, Jerry Rubin, entered into a licensing agreement with Vidal Sassoon. Since then, the company's growth has come through years of acquiring rights to use well-known global brands in the health and home, housewares, beauty and nutritional supplements categories, or by acquiring brands and companies outright.
The company underwent a notable tax inversion when it reorganized into a Bermuda company in 1993. This inversion prompted new federal legislation tightening the rules on inversion, which are colloquially known as the "Helen of Troy Rules."
In June 2004, the company paid $273.2 million for OXO International, a New York designer and maker of household tools. In January 2011, the company announced it has completed the acquisition of Kaz, Inc. for $271.5 million. Kaz provides consumer products serving health care and home environment needs including body thermometers, humidifiers, fans, and other products primarily under the licensed brands Vicks, Braun and Honeywell, as well as products under owned brands like Stinger, Softheat, and Kaz. In January 2012, Kaz acquired the PUR water purification products business from The Procter & Gamble Company.
In 2014, the company implemented its succession plan, with Jerry Rubin stepping down as CEO, and the appointment of Julien R. Mininberg as chief executive officer, effective March 1, 2014. Mr. Mininberg had served as chief executive officer and president of Helen of Troy's Healthcare/Home Environment segment.
In March 2016, the company acquired Steel Technology, LLC, which does business under the brand name Hydro Flask, for approximately $210 million in cash, subject to certain customary closing adjustments.
In December 2021, the company bought Osprey Packs, Inc for $414 Million.
Since that time, the company has grown organically and through acquisition and operates in three reportable business segments. The company divested its former Nutritional Supplements business in December 2017. By order of sales contribution, these are Health & Home, Housewares, and Beauty. Helen of Troy's sales were $1.49 billion in Fiscal Year 2018 (on a continuing operations basis, as reported).
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