It has been revealed that The Hut Group, the online health and beauty group, has picked up one of its rivals Salu Beauty ahead of its anticipated flotation in 2017.

Salu Beauty, which trades under www.skinstore.com and www.skincarestore.com.au is a top US and Australian retailer. They will join The Hut Group’s many specialist trading platforms such as Coggles, Zayyi, IWantOneofThose.com and MyProtein.

The Hut Group currently has 29 websites in 166 countries in Australia, the US and Europe, with over 800 brands.