https://brandtree.org/company/colgate-palmoliveAcquisitions, divestitures and ownership changes involving Colgate-Palmolive.https://brandtree.org/deal/colgate-acquires-filorga-2019https://brandtree.org/deal/colgate-acquires-filorga-2019Wed, 31 Jul 2019 00:00:00 GMTColgate-Palmolive acquired the French skincare brand Filorga for about €1.69 billion, its largest acquisition. It was an attempt to move into higher-margin premium skin care, a category dominated by L'Oréal and Estée Lauder.https://brandtree.org/deal/colgate-acquires-sanex-2011https://brandtree.org/deal/colgate-acquires-sanex-2011Wed, 01 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMTColgate-Palmolive bought Sanex from Unilever for about EUR 672 million. Unilever was selling because competition authorities required it to divest Sanex before it could complete its purchase of Sara Lee's personal care business, so one company's remedy became another's acquisition.https://brandtree.org/deal/colgate-acquires-toms-of-maine-2006https://brandtree.org/deal/colgate-acquires-toms-of-maine-2006Mon, 01 May 2006 00:00:00 GMTColgate-Palmolive bought 84 per cent of Tom's of Maine for about $100 million, leaving the founders with the rest. Tom's had been built on natural ingredients and a refusal to test on animals, and the sale to a mass-market giant was contentious among the customers it had attracted on exactly those grounds.https://brandtree.org/deal/colgate-acquires-gaba-2004https://brandtree.org/deal/colgate-acquires-gaba-2004Sat, 01 May 2004 00:00:00 GMTColgate-Palmolive acquired GABA Holding, a Swiss oral care company selling elmex and meridol through European pharmacies. The purchase gave Colgate a pharmacy channel and a specialist reputation in Europe that its mass-market toothpaste could not reach on its own. The price was not disclosed.