Sea & Ski, a sunscreen with a unique scent, was invented by Charles Rolley, who lived in Reno, Nevada. TIME called him a "kinetic promoter". Rolley sold it to Botany Industries in 1955. It was sold in the late 1960s to Smith-Kline Pharmaceuticals. The brand was owned by Carter-Wallace (Carter’s Liver Pills) until 1988, when it was purchased by Fabergé. Robert Bell, executive and founder, sold off the Banana Boat tanning oil company, to Edgewell Personal Care for $30 million in 1990 and bought Sea & Ski Corp. Faulding Consumer, of Mayne Nickless Ltd, an Australian pharmaceutical company, purchased Sea & Ski in 2000 to go along with their other brand, Banana Boat. In 2003, the brand was sold to Pathfinder Management Inc.
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References
- Thursday 13: Summer Dreams - MissMeliss.com
- Well, Tan My Hide! - I Tried Being Tasteful...
- History of Sea & Ski Suntan and Sunscreen - BrandlandUSA
- "Charles Rolley, 58, stepped down last week as president of Reno's Rolley Co., the nation's biggest maker of suntan lotion" Business: Personal File: August 18, 1961 - TIME magazine
- May 11, 1981 - Carter-Wallace : Sea & Ski tanning lotion. Begins May 18 for eight weeks in over 15 markets
- Banana_Boat_Founder_Robert_Bell - Florida International University College of Business. Feb 27, 2008
- South Beach Sun Sues Former Banana Boat Owner, Bob Bell, And His Newly Formed Sea & Ski Corp. For Trade-Dress Infringement - Free Online Library
- Tony Doris. "K&L, Partner Ordered to Pay Ex-Client $1.1 Million" Daily Business Review. February 3, 2004 - law.com
- Sunscreen - Uv/Reef - jbmetro.com.au
- Sun & Skin Care Products
External links
- SEA & SKI CORPORATION Trademarks :: Justia Trademarks
- Sea & Ski Dark-Tanning Cocoa Butter - National Museum of American History
- Sea & Ski AD - LIFE - Jul 5, 1963 - Page 35 - Google Books
- Sea & Ski ADs - ROAD - outdoor advertising 1920s-1990s - library.duke.edu
- 1950s SEA AND SKI TIMES SQUARE NEON SIGN 8 mm film still NYc
- south-beach-sun-sues-former-banana-boat-owner
- Patent US6007797 - Disappearing color sunscreen compositions - Robert Bell, Denman Gray
- Robert Bell Angel Investor Bell Holdings Inc. - fundingpost.com