Alberto-Culver Acquires Simple Skin Care UNITED KINGDOM: Alberto Culver Company has acquired Simple Health & Beauty Limited, a UK-based skin care company, from Duke Street, a mid-market private equity fund, for $390 million. Simple, a mass brand, is expected to generate net sales of approximately $105 million in 2009. It is the second largest skin care brand on a value share basis in the UK, which is Alberto Culver’s largest foreign market, the company said. “I am very pleased with ...