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Rubin talked about his strategy for the chain and the retail market at a recent CEW event

Decléor’s opens its first flagship beauty institute in France

Beiersdorf has inaugurated a flagship for its Eucerin brand offering product, treatment and advice

Some two thirds of young women in the US care about learning about new beauty trends, according to data from retail consultancy WSL Strategic Retail.

Victory Barber & Brand styles itself as an old-time barbershop with a modern twist in British Columbia, Canada

Fragrance retailer Perfumania is to buy Florida-based fragrance company Parlux in a deal worth $170m.

AS Watson-owned Superdrug plans to open 100 eyebrow threading bars and 10 in-store beauty

US retailer Sears Holding is to close 100 to 120 Kmart and Sears full-line stores

Etat Pur’s first flagship offers service and solutions for specific skincare needs

UK-based design agency Design4Retail director Jon Vinall talks about what's next for retail

An analysis of the retailer's strategy for the region

Branding agency Dragon Rouge retail sales director Delphine Fauchère talks about what's next for retail

A new service concept offers treatments tailored to every occasion

Japanese mass retailer Aeon opened a new prestige store concept

There’s uncertainty whether the Indian government will pass legislation allowing foreign direct investment (FDI)

Nearly 28% of US consumers said they shopped online on Cyber Monday

LVMH-owned brand Make Up For Ever has opened its Paris flagship in the Marais district.

Estée Lauder owned brand Clinique has launched its iPad skin diagnostic tool

Germany-based travel retailer Gebr Heinemann has launched six new fragrances from Chanel’s Les Exclusifs

Asia specialist cosmetics consultancy Information & Inspiration general manager Florence Bernardin talks about the future of retail

Chinese brand Ba Yan Ka La puts naturals on show at its Shanghai flagship

The French subsidiary of German perfumery chain Douglas and French retail grouping Passion Beauté have formed an alliance

Estée Lauder-owned Clinique opened its new department-store retail concept SAYLI, (acronym for ‘service as you like it’) in Paris’ Galeries Laf…

Hong-Kong based retailer Sa Sa opened a new flagship store in Mainland China at Shanghai’s Henderson Land shopping mall in October.

LVMH-owned Make Up For Ever has revamped its Paris flagship store in Paris.

Colourcopia, a boutique offering Coty-owned nailcare brand OPI’s entire range of

French fragrance company Diptyque opened its first standalone store in Asia

French-based flash sale site Vente-privée launched in the US this November through

Marionnaud is out to provide an easier shopping experience, more accessible offer and better service with its new store concept

Branding agency Centdegrés president and creative director David Nitlich & managing partner Thibault Ponroy talk about what needs improvement in beau…

US-based department store Macy’s is to invest $400m over the next four years in remodeling its flagship store

A trip to Netherlands-based brand Rituals' first store in São Paulo

One year after signing a joint-venture agreement with Mexican retail operator Grupo Axo

Printemps’ new beauty floor at its Paris flagship, La Belle Parfumerie, is homage to the French tradition of fragrance

An analysis of the pharmacy channel in Europe, its potential and risks

US drugstore operator CVS has teamed up with P&G to create a new merchandising concept for male shoppers.

Spanish department-store group El Corte Inglés is said to be closer to a deal to buy German retailer Kaufhof.

Beauty sales in selective French perfumeries rose 1.2% in value for the first five months of the year,

Harvey Nichols is to open a new 83,000ft2 (7,710m2) store at the Pacific Place shopping center in Hong Kong next week.

Hermès is to open a new maison de parfums at French department store Printemps’ Paris flagship.

US beauty sales through alternative channels, such as e-commerce, home shopping and infomercials have

Beauty brand Revlon is to launch lip and nail bars in five Monoprix stores in Paris.

UK-based beauty retailer Space NK is airing its first show on TV shopping channel QVC US this month.

Sephora mixes technology, services and design and at its 16th New York
City store

Retailers are seeing a return to boom times in travel retail, but will they last?

Perfumery chain Marionnaud’s managing director for France Miek Vercouteren

US-based beauty retailer Ulta reported a 22.6% increase in sales for the second quarter

LVMH-owned retailer Sephora has opened a new-generation store in New York City’s Meatpacking district,

French concept Benow offers beauty services for men and women on the go

Paris-based forecasting agency Trend Sourcing founder Pascale Brousse on how retailing will evolve

US-based department store Macy’s took the top spot in a Digital IQ Index of 64

US-based retailer Perfumania is in talks to acquire fragrance

Sephora North America has partnered with US-based airport spa retailer XpresSpa to open walk-in nail bars

Swiss travel-retail operator Dufry has reinforced its presence in emerging markets through

Purpose Built founder Kelly Kovack on how beauty retailing will evolve

Benefit puts the focus on services with its New York flagship

Guerlain’s new pop-up store presents an avant-garde take on the brand’s traditional values

Bird talks about how beauty retailing is evolving

Australian skincare brand Aesop opened its third Paris store this month in the Marais district

Sephora Americas has named Lina Kutsovskaya as vice president executive creative director.

US pharmacy chain CVS has created the Beauty Board, a panel of “beauty and style experts” who will provide interactive content and tips

US department-store retailer Saks Fifth Avenue is to open its first store in Kazakhstan in August 2012

Perfumery chain Marionnaud says its website has become its number-two door in France

New York-based drugstore Duane Reade has opened a new flagship store based on what the company calls an “up-market focus

Yousif talks about how beauty distribution is evolving

Sephora has increased its ownership in Russian beauty retailer Ile de Beauté by 20%

UK-based department store House of Fraser is to launch haircare brand Frédéric Fekkai in 10

There’s a good deal of activity around the online flash-sale market. In May

UK private-equity company BC Partners is to purchase Giorgione Investimenti, the Italian firm that controls

Brazil-based Jequiti, the cometics unit of media company Grupo Silvio Santos has partnered with The Estée Lauder Companies

US retailer Walmart has taken a minority stake in Chinese e-commerce operator

LVMH-owned perfumery retailer Sephora opened a flagship store in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in May.

Shiseido puts the experience back into beauty at its new store

At the Tax Free Asia Pacific show held in Singapore last month, Rohit Talwar, futurist and retail expert talked about retail strategies executives sho…

In a move to strengthen its social media and e-commerce strategy, US mass retailer Walmart has acquired technology company Kosmix.

UK department-store retailer Debenhams has launched an iPhone app called Beauty Club.

US-based department-store group Macy’s is to open three new Bloomingdale’s Outlet stores in Florida

Dior’s Maison de Parfums at Selfridges puts the accent on service and education

US-based department store chain Sears Roebuck is expanding in beauty with the opening of cosmetics departments in more than 100 stores.

The Brazilian company has opened new standalone stores for its Nativa SPA brand

Views on how beauty distribution will evolve

Kline & Co senior associate Donna Barson gives her views on how beauty retailing will evolve

The Korean retailer offers an edited mix of beauty brands and in-store spa service

In a bid to reinforce its e-commerce business, USbased drugstore chain Walgreens is to acquire online health and beauty retailer Drugstore.com for $40…

AS Watson-owned perfumery chain Marionnaud has launched a new loyalty program targeting its best customers.

The regional split that took place after the 2008 downturn is still evident, even though growth is resuming across the continent

LVMH-owned Sephora has appointed former P&G executive

UK-based chain Superdrug (AS Watson) has added a new beauty service to its in-store treatments in the form of a living fish spa pedicure.

UK group Alliance Boots’ contract manufacturing arm BCM has teamed up with Carrefour to create private-label beauty

Chanel has pulled out of around 20 Marionnaud stores in France,

Clinique launched an iPad Skin Diagnostic Tool at select US department store counters this month.

A visual trip to the natural store and integrative pharmacy

UK-based market research company Verdict (Datamonitor) analyst Natalia Grabov gives her views on the development of beauty retailing

A trip to Shiseido-owned make-up brand Nars' first standalone store

Brand Keys evp & director of brand development Amy Shea gives her views on the development of beauty retailing

US-based department store Nordstrom is to acquire online flash sale site HauteLook

L’Oréal-owned brand The Body Shop has entered Sephora stores in the US

French perfumery chain Marionnaud said it saw an increase in sales in France in 2010 and is to open more than 20 stores

UK mass retailer Tesco is trialling a new in-store beauty salon service

Switzerland-based travel retailer Dufry has signed a concession

Beauty retailer Skins Cosmetics opens its first overseas store

Unity Marketing's Pamela Danziger gives her views on the development of beauty retailing

A new French store aims to bring retail and services under one roof, all while serving specific needs of different ethnic groups

Parfums Jovoy’s boutique takes a new approach to selling classic niche fragrance

Market Force Information's Cheryl Flink gives her views on the development of beauty retailing

Paris-based retail design company Malherbe Design founder Hubert de Malherbe gives his views on the devleopment of beauty retailing

French marketing services agency Vaudoo new business manager Antoine Jacquet gives his views on the development of beauty retailing

UK-based retail design agency JHP strategic director Steve Collis on how beauty retailing will evolve

The CEW in the US gathered four key players in New York City to talk about the market: NPD vp and global beauty industry analyst Karen Grant, Bluemerc…

US-based consultant Kate Newlin on how beauty retailing will evolve

Beauty, fashion & retail consultancy Martens & Heads founding managing partner Kate Benson on how beauty retailing will evolve

UK-based forecasting agency GDR Creative Intelligence senior consultant Amy Hedger on how beauty retailing will evolve

Asia Pacific cosmetics specialist Simone Pedersen on how beauty retailing will evolve

There are now multiple channels of distribution for beauty, so retail has become very complex. In the US outside the department store, Sephora is very…

France-based consultancy The Scriptorium Company founder Michel Gutsatz on how beauty retailing will evolve

UK-based retail design company Checkland Kindleysides founder Jeff Kindleysides and associate
director strategy & insight Kate Shepherd on:

What is important is to have good, clean design, a proper assortment
and efficient stores.

US-based retail research and consulting company Envirosell founder and ceo Paco Underhill on how beauty retailing will evolve

Paris-based retail agency Stories ceo Xavier Laforge on how beauty retailing will evolve

UK-based retail design specialist The Attic Room managing director Tony Best on:
How beauty retailing will evolve

UK-based Sheridan & Co retail consultancy managing director Michael Sheridan on:

Planet Retail health & beauty research director Matthew Stych on

Kathy Steirly, US-based mass beauty retail veteran and founder of Kathy Steirly & Associates gives her views on the development of beauty retail

UK-based merchandising company Kesslers International chairman Charles Kessler on how beauty retailing will evolve

Marionnaud France embarks on a new strategy to put its in-store salons at the heart of its perfumeries

Filthy Gorgeous is a new retail and salon concept that aims to combine quick beauty services with a quirky product offer

Luxasia launches its first standalone store for the escentials retail format

Jurlique looks to boost its presence in China with new flagship stores

Aesop opens its second Paris standalone store

Harrods is to launch a men’s concept focused on services and relaxation

UK department store House of Fraser is to launch a new shop-in-shop concept, called the Apothecary in its 61 stores from October

Middle Eastern fragrance tradition mixes with Georgian style at Amouage’s new flagship store in London

Taiwanese beauty company Jardin d’Aura’s novel approach to retail design Jardin d’Aura, Taiwan-based manufacturer of essential oils, toiletries …

E-tailer My Sweet Bio’s first store in Paris

Men’s grooming brand The Art of Shaving, which was acquired by Procter & Gamble in 2009, is revamping its stores with an increased focus on service…

Yves Rocher revamps its flagship on Paris’ Champs Elysées
Yves Rocher re-opened its Champs Elysées store last December to reveal its
flagship At…

Heinemann looks to raise the bar on service and entertainment at its new retail concept

The fragrance specialist brings his vision of retailing stateside French fragrance specialist Frédéric Malle has opened his first standalone store i…

Paris store Nopeg looks at a new way of selling organic, fair-trade beauty New Paris boutique Nopeg is out to put glamour and product efficacy at the …

The US brand tests a new beauty and wellbeing format in Japan

The Paris boutique hopes to provide an alternative shopping
experience to French consumers

Sephora calls its new store on Times Square an ‘incubator for new ideas’. The store, the chain’s second in Times Square, is