Harrods celebrates perfumers
London department store Harrods embarked on a major month-long event to promote the fragrance category in August...October 15, 2013
Mugler takes The Source to the streets
Clarins Group-owned fragrance brand Thierry Mugler teamed up with Sephora Americas in April to promote the launch...October 15, 2013
Sephora may change franchise partners in India
LVMH-owned perfumery retailer Sephora, which opened its first store in India less than a year ago, is...October 15, 2013
Nuance partners with Basel Aero for retail operations
Swiss travel-retail operator Nuance has signed a joint venture agreement with Russia-based airport operator Basel Aero to...October 14, 2013
What’s driving the travel retail market
Asia continues to be the engine for growth as skincare shines, accompanied by classics and premium brands...October 11, 2013
A visit to Hema Beauty, France
Dutch retailer Hema is developing a beauty-only store network beyond its domestic market. A first standalone store...October 9, 2013
Barneys revamps beauty halls
US department-store Barneys New York unveiled revamped beauty departments in its flagship stores in New York and...October 7, 2013
Retailer Jovoy inaugurates first boutiques outside France
French niche fragrance retailer Jovoy has opened its first two boutiques outside of France. A first 80m2...October 4, 2013
Molton Brown inaugurates New York City flagship
Kao Corporation-owned bath and bodycare brand Molton Brown has opened its first flagship in the US in...October 4, 2013
Victoria’s Secret opens new travel-retail stores
US-based lingerie and beauty retailer Victoria’s Secret has opened three new airport Beauty & Accessories stores in...September 29, 2013
Sephora adds new brands to French stores
LVMH-owned retailer Sephora is introducing several brands to its French stores in time for the end-of-year holidays....September 29, 2013
A visit to Nuance’s Deluxe Fragrances
Nuance is out to shake up airport beauty retail with its high-end niche perfumery concept Switzerland-based...September 25, 2013
Dr Hauschka opens Milan flagship
Germany-based organic brand Dr. Hauschka has opened its first flagship store in Milan, Italy. Located in the...September 23, 2013
By Kilian to inaugurate New York City store
French fragrance brand By Kilian is to open its first store in the US in New York...September 19, 2013
Karstadt Premium Group changes hands
Berggruen Holdings, owner of German department-store retailer Karstadt, has sold a 75.1% share of its Karstadt Premium...September 17, 2013
Saks appoints new president
US-based department store Saks Inc has appointed Marigay McKee as president, following the departure of the retailer’s...September 16, 2013
Aesop inaugurates fifth Paris store
Australia-based beauty company Aesop opened its fifth standalone store in France today, in Paris’ Montmartre neighborhood. This...September 12, 2013
Analyzing the inflight sales sector
While skincare offers the inflight beauty sector stability, new brands and niche products pave the way for...September 10, 2013
DFS rebrands Galleria stores
LVMH-owned travel retailer DFS Group is rebranding its downtown duty-free stores DFS Galleria to T Galleria by...September 9, 2013
Nuance rolls out premium fragrance concept
Switzerland-based travel-retail operator Nuance launched a new shop-in-shop fragrance concept called Deluxe Fragrances at Turkey’s Antalya airport...September 6, 2013
Nocibé no longer up for sale
Investment fund Charterhouse, a majority shareholder of Nocibé, has said that the French retailer is no...September 6, 2013
Hema opens beauty store
Netherlands-based low-cost retailer Hema is opening its first store dedicated exclusively to beauty outside of Holland, in...September 6, 2013
Canada’s HBC to buy US Saks
Canadian department store Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC), owner of Hudson’s Bay and Lord & Taylor department stores,...August 28, 2013
Loblaws acquires Shoppers Drug Mart
Canadian grocery retailer Loblaws, a subsidiary of George Weston Limited, has acquired Canadian drugstore chain Shoppers Drug...August 28, 2013
Brasil Beauté takes over Agua de Cheiro
North American investment fund Brasil Beauté has taken over Brazilian beauty chain Agua de Cheiro from Globalbras....August 28, 2013
Printemps acquisition finalized
Divine Investments SA, a fund owned by a group of Qatar-based private investors, finalized the acquisition of...August 28, 2013
Maison Francis Kurkdjian to open Malaysian standalone
French fragrance brand Maison Francis Kurkdjian is opening its second standalone store in September at the Grand Hyatt...August 28, 2013
Target to acquire DermStore Beauty Group
US retailer Target will acquire DermStore Beauty Group, owner of skincare e-commerce site DermStore. DermStore will become...August 28, 2013
Sephora acquires digital technology platform
LVMH-owned Sephora Americas has acquired interactive digital technology platform Scentsa from multimedia company Crescent House Publishing. Sephora...August 28, 2013
La Rinascente continues its expansion
Italian department-store retailer La Rinascente is opening a second flagship store in Rome in spring 2015; located...August 27, 2013