L'Oréal USA announces the acquisition of Raylon Corporation key assets to expand its distribution coverage of American hair salons

Clichy, January 4, 2016 - L'Oréal USA today announced the signing of an agreement to acquire key assets from Raylon Corporation owned by the Hafetz family, a full-service wholesale distributor of salon professional products.

The acquisition will expand SalonCentric's distribution coverage of salon professional products in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, and portions of Maryland, West Virginia and New York, representing approximately 3,500 salons.

SalonCentric was created as a distributor of salon professional products in 2008. Operating in 48 states, SalonCentric brands include L'Oreal Professionnel, Matrix, Mizani, Moroccanoil, Olaplex, Pravana, Pureology, Redken 5th Avenue, Sam Villa, Sexy Hair, Surface Hair, L'ANZA and many others.

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Individual shareholders and market authorities
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Tel: +33 1 47 56 83 02
jean-regis.carof@loreal.com 

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Tel: +33 1 47 56 86 82
francoise.lauvin@loreal.com

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Tel.: +33 1 47 56 83 06
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