Food
Singapore skincare and haircare company A DrBrand is about to expand overseas.
Distributors have already be signed for its DrGL and DrHair lines in China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, London and the US, progressively from the second quarter this year. A number of partners are in negotiations with the business to open concessions and brick-and-mortar stores and to sell online.
Dr Georgia Lee is the co-founder of the brand, which encompasses DrGL skincare products, DrHair hair products and the DrSpa chain. What started as a handful of skincare products in 2009 has evolved into a 40-product line. Since 2016, A DrBrand’s revenue has grown 500 per cent year on year.
In 2011, Dr Lee opened DrSpa, offering face, body and scalp treatments. There are four outlets – at Tangs at Tangs Plaza, Orchard Gateway, Palais Renaissance and TQL Suites, a residential development in Bugis.
Dr Lee’s friend Patsy Ong-Hahl joined A DrBrand in 2016 as co-founder and chief executive. An angel investor who has grown businesses in various industries, including fashion and tourism, decided to join the company partly because she had seen “the amount of blood, sweat and tears” Dr Lee had put into formulating the products.
