Unilever's Dove was a mono brand of "gentle" soap until a decade ago, when Dove moved into gels, creams and hair products.

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Its distribution network includes 86 mono-brand stores (45 Pomellato, 41 Dodo) as well as approximately 600 independent points of sale around the world.

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"This is the first part of our strategy to open mono-brand stores in key opinion-forming cities throughout Europe and the States, " David Crickmore, the company's CEO, told CNN in an interview from his office in Oman.

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