E.l.f. Beauty Should Slash Costs Or Go To Auction, Activist Shareholder Says
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
Marathon Partners, which owns approximately 8.5% of e.l.f., is pushing the company to make significant strategic changes in light of declining share value since its initial public offering in 2016.
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