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Inclusive Beauty Brands Share Their Vision For Thirteen Lune's Post-Acquisition Future

Thirteen Lune, the retailer launched in 2020 by Nyakio Grieco and Patrick Herning to showcase minority-owned beauty brands, has been acquired by SNR Capital, a financing and fulfillment firm associated with The PCA Companies, a global distributor, logistics, e-commerce and licensing company, through an insolvency process that's an alternative to …
Rachel Brown·January 16, 2025·1 min read
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Thirteen Lune, the retailer launched in 2020 by Nyakio Grieco and Patrick Herning to showcase minority-owned beauty brands, has been acquired by SNR Capital, a financing and fulfillment firm associated with The PCA Companies, a global distributor, logistics, e-commerce and licensing company, through an insolvency process that’s an alternative to bankruptcy called an assignment for the benefit of creditors. The acquisition, first reported by publication Women’s Wear Daily, comes after a challenging period for Thirteen Lune that saw its shop-in-shop relationship with J.C. Penney restructured and delays in vendor payments last year.

At a moment when Black-owned beauty brands’ retail progress has slipped, Thirteen Lune’s future under new ownership and continued dedication to diverse brands could be particularly significant for the fate of inclusive beauty. Looking ahead at what that future could hold, for this edition of our ongoing series posing questions relevant to indie beauty, we asked 12 founders of brands Thirteen Lune has carried the following: What vision do you hope SNR Capital has for Thirteen Lune? What steps do you think it should take to realize that vision in the short and long term?

The players

5 mentioned
Brand

AS Beauty

Founded2019
HQNew York, New York, United States
Revenue Range$150M+
Brand

Momentous

Brand

Thirteen Lune

Retailer

J.C. Penney

Retailer

Thirteen Lune

TypeSpecialty Retail
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