Galeries Lafayette to close Lille store
French department store Galeries Lafayette is to close its store in Lille, in northern France. The store...July 13, 2015
A trip to Le Bon Marché’s new beauty space in Paris
The new beauty space at Paris’ Le Bon Marché puts the focus on natural and niche brands...July 7, 2015
Chalhoub to open new concept store in Abu Dhabi
Middle East retail and distribution company The Chalhoub Group is to open a new concept store called...July 3, 2015
A trip to The Beauty Box’s shop-in-shops at C&A in Brazil
Brazilian company Grupo Boticário is looking at expanding its The Beauty Box concept through fashion retailer C&A...June 24, 2015
Le Bon Marché opens new beauty area
French department store Le Bon Marché has opened a new beauty area at its Paris store. The...June 22, 2015
LVMH gets green light to renovate La Samaritaine
LVMH has been given the green light from France’s Conseil d’Etat to renovate the La Samaritaine department-store...June 19, 2015
Unilever launches flagship store on JD.com
Anglo-Dutch group Unilever is to launch a flagship store on Chinese website JD Worldwide, JD.com’s cross-border e-commerce...June 15, 2015
HBC to buy Galeria Kaufhof
Canada-based retail group Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) is to acquire German department store company Galeria Kaufhof from...June 15, 2015
DFS launches First Class Beauty campaign globally
Travel retailer DFS is to launch its annual First Class Beauty campaign globally. From July 1 until...June 12, 2015
La Rinascente takes stake in KaDaWe
Italian luxury department store group La Rinascente will acquire a 50.1% stake in German department store KaDaWe....June 10, 2015
A trip to Erborian’s first standalone store
The brand’s first standalone store puts the focus on services France-based, Korea-inspired beauty brand Erborian...June 9, 2015
Jumei acquires stake in Korean brand It’s Skin
Chinese online beauty retailer Jumei has acquired a minority stake in Korean brand It’s Skin. The Korean...June 3, 2015
CVC Capital Partners to acquire Douglas
Private-equity fund CVC Capital Partners is to acquire German perfumery chain Douglas from the holding jointly held...June 1, 2015
Douglas to list on the stock exchange
German perfumery retailer Douglas plans to list on the stock market this year. The listing will consist...May 29, 2015
A trip to Fortnum & Mason’s beauty hall in London
The UK retailer’s newly opened beauty floor puts a focus on fragrance and personalized service UK-based...May 27, 2015
LLG moves ahead with restructuring for Limoni and La Gardenia
Leading Luxury Group (LLG), which owns Italy’s two major perfumery chains Limoni and La Gardenia Beauty, says...May 20, 2015
Superdrug to open 100 new stores in UK in next three years
UK-based health and beauty chain Superdrug (AS Watson) plans to open 100 new stores in the next...May 15, 2015
Sephora opens store on Chinese online platform JD.com
LVMH-owned Sephora has opened a flagship store on Chinese online platform JD.com in a move that should...May 13, 2015
Sephora expands presence in JCPenney stores
US-based department store JCPenney is to launch Sephora in 25 additional stores from May 1. The move...May 1, 2015
Sephora opens pop-up store in Brazil
LVMH-owned perfumery chain Sephora has opened its first pop-up store in South America. The store, which opened...April 29, 2015
Sabé Masson opens its first standalone store in Paris
French fragrance company Sabé Masson has opened its first standalone store in Paris. The 36m2 (388ft2) store,...April 29, 2015
A trip to Herborist’s Paris store
Chinese brand Herborist opens its first European flagship store in Paris China-based Shanghai Jahwa-owned beauty brand...April 29, 2015
Interview with Shiseido vp global travel retail Philippe Lesne
Shiseido set up its travel-retail business in 2002. Since then the group has significantly grown the presence...April 28, 2015
Interview with L’Oréal Travel Retail Asia Pacific md Eva Yu
L’Oréal chose Asia as the first region to roll out Vichy, La Roche-Posay and Kérastase in travel...April 28, 2015
An analysis of the Chinese domestic duty free market
The Haitang Bay Shopping complex hailed a new era for Chinese domestic duty free. BW Confidential explores...April 28, 2015
Travel retail and Chinese travelers
With the number of Chinese travelers forecast to rocket over the next decade, BW Confidential looks at...April 28, 2015
An analysis of travel retail in Asia
The product mix in Asia Pacific is diversifying, while the travel habits of Chinese travelers are also...April 28, 2015
Spotlight on retail channels in China
An overview of how China’s main distribution channels are evolving Department stores still struggling It is...April 28, 2015
An analysis of branded standalone store development
How the trend for branded standalone stores is set to develop As e-commerce continues to force...April 28, 2015
An analysis of retailing strategies in skincare
An analysis of the issues facing prestige skincare retailers and what improvements are on the horizon ...April 27, 2015