Future plc has announced the acquisition of the joint venture with Marie Claire International to produce Marie Claire US, the premium women’s lifestyle brand.

The acquisition will strengthen the organisation’s position in the women’s lifestyle vertical in North America in line with its strategic approach for expansion and further diversification in the territory. 

Marie Claire US joins Future’s stable of Women’s Lifestyle brands including Marie Claire UK, Woman&Home, GoodToKnow and new launch MyImperfectLife.com. It will increase the organisation’s global monthly reach in this vertical to 30m. 

Future has simultaneously entered into a licence to produce Marie Claire US for the next five years. The site and its accompanying print offering were previously run as a joint venture between Hearst Magazines and Marie Claire international.