Bogart revenue up 19.2% in 2022
French cosmetics and fragrance company Bogart’s revenue rose 19.2% to €293m in 2022 compared to 2021. Fourth-quarter...February 3, 2023
CVS launches beauty and personal care brand
US-based drugstore operator CVS has launched its own beauty and personal-care brand positioned as inclusive and affordably...February 3, 2023
Macy’s expands haircare offer
US-based department-store group Macy’s is expanding its haircare offer. The retailer has launched haircare brand Pattern Beauty...February 2, 2023
Printemps launches personalized experience platform
France-based department-store group Printemps has launched a new service that allows customers to create tailor-made shopping experiences....January 27, 2023
Retail insights from Retail & Tech No 120
Retail news and trends to watch out for Travel boom. Travel during China’s Spring Festival holiday is set...January 24, 2023
Bogart may close 17 April stores in France
French cosmetics and fragrance company Bogart may close 17 of its April stores in France, according to...January 20, 2023
Superdrug like-for-like sales up 16% in December
UK-based retailer Superdrug’s (A.S. Watson Group) like-for-like sales rose 16% in the five weeks ending December 31,...January 19, 2023
Retail insights from Retail & Tech No 119
Retail news and trends to watch out for London calling. LVMH-owned beauty retailer Sephora is to open its...January 17, 2023
Space NK opens largest store
UK-based beauty retailer Space NK has opened its largest store to date in the Westfield London shopping...January 17, 2023
Sephora to open UK store in March
LVMH-owned beauty retailer Sephora is to open its first store in the UK in March in the...January 17, 2023
Lush reports its highest monthly December sales in 2022
Lush’s sales in the UK & Ireland (UK&I) increased 13.1% year-over-year to £40.5m ($49.4m) in December and...January 17, 2023
Harrods launches beauty recycling program
UK-based department store Harrods has launched a beauty recycling program for its standalone beauty boutiques, H beauty....January 16, 2023
DFS launches Lunar New Year campaign
LVMH-owned travel retailer DFS has launched a Lunar New Year campaign both in stores and online. The...January 16, 2023
Hong Kong’s Tsim Sha Tsui department store to close
Hong Kong-based retail operator Lifestyle International is to close one of its Sogo department stores in Hong...January 12, 2023
Retail insights from Retail & Tech No 118
Retail news and trends to watch out for Opening up. China re-opened its borders on January 8, allowing...January 10, 2023
The Fragrance Shop’s holiday sales up 11.2%
UK-based retailer The Fragrance Shop’s underlying sales rose 11.2% in the six weeks ending December 31, 2022...January 10, 2023
LUXASIA opens La Prairie pop-ups in Southeast Asia
La Prairie’s Skin Caviar Lab Pop-up, Siam Paragon, Bangkok, Thailand LUXASIA Group CEO Dr Wolfgang Baier at...January 5, 2023
Retail insights from Retail & Tech No 117
RETAIL INSIGHTS The return of the Chinese. The beauty industry has welcomed news that China will...January 3, 2023
LUXASIA opens fragrance stores in Singapore
Asian distribution company LUXASIA opened new stores for fragrance brands Creed, Diptyque and Maison Francis Kurkdjian in...December 28, 2022
Retail insights from Retail & Tech No 116
Retail news and trends to watch out for Haikou homecoming. L’Oréal has opened new stores for 19 brands...December 21, 2022
Douglas sales increase 7.6% in Q4, up 17% in full year
Germany-based beauty retailer Douglas’ sales increased 7.6% year-over-year to €809.7m in the fourth quarter of fiscal...December 20, 2022
Drunk Elephant pushes ahead with international expansion
The Paris pop-up, House of Drunk Drunk Elephant Founder Tiffany Masterson Shiseido-owned brand Drunk Elephant continues to...December 19, 2022
Boots and Clearpay launch beauty pop-up
UK-based health and beauty retailer Boots (Walgreens Boots Alliance) has partnered with buy now, pay later...December 16, 2022
Gen Z and shop-in-shops drive US beauty growth
Gen Z and shop-in-shops are two factors driving the US beauty industry’s brick-and-mortar performance, according to a...December 15, 2022
Coty launches fragrance campaign in Southeast Asia
US-based beauty company Coty has launched online-to-offline pop-ups for its prestige fragrance brands in Southeast Asia for...December 14, 2022
L’Oréal partners with Sainsbury’s to introduce AI tools
L’Oréal-owned brands Garnier and L’Oréal Paris have partnered with UK-based grocery retailer Sainsbury’s to launch in-store skincare...December 13, 2022
Marionnaud launches AR experience
French beauty retailer Marionnaud has launched a new digital service aimed at providing customers with more personalized...December 13, 2022
Sephora’s Deborah Yeh takes on Global Chief Purpose Officer full time
LVMH-owned beauty retailer Sephora’s Deborah Yeh will transition fully into the Global Chief Purpose Officer role,...December 13, 2022
Retail insights from Retail & Tech No 115
Retail news and trends to watch out for Store closures. Chinese beauty company Yatsen is to close more...December 13, 2022
Hong Kong to ease Covid restrictions
Hong Kong is to lift a string of Covid restrictions, following Mainland China’s move last week to...December 13, 2022