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The Quiet Maryland Firm That Keeps Buying the Stores You Grew Up With
It bought Lids for less than half what it last sold for, rescued Claire's from liquidation, and calls itself a mini-Berkshire. Ames Watson would rather own a brand for thirty years than sell it in five.
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The Beauty Lab That Builds Brands, Then Lets Them Go
Ben Bennett's West Hollywood accelerator spots gaps on the shelf, hands them to founders with real equity, and points each new brand toward an exit - Naturium sold to e.l.f. Beauty for $355 million.
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