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
Benefit Cosmetics opens San Francisco flagship
US-based cosmetics brand Benefit Cosmetics opened a flagship store in its home town of San Francisco, US...August 27, 2013
Kiehl’s opens new Paris flagship
L’Oréal-owned Kiehl’s has opened a new flagship store on Paris’ upscale shopping street rue Saint-Honoré in the...August 27, 2013
Sainsbury’s launches private-label make-up line
British retailer Sainsbury’s is to launch a private-label make-up line called Boutique in its stores in September....August 27, 2013
Neiman Marcus launches online Beauty Product Specialist program
US retailer Neiman Marcus has launched an online Beauty Product Specialist program, in a bid to offer...August 27, 2013
Marionnaud recruits staff for revamped Paris flagship
France-based perfumery retailer Marionnaud will double its store staff in its renovated Paris flagship on the Champs...August 27, 2013
Marc Jacobs opens NYC beauty standalone
US designer Marc Jacobs opens a first store in New York City for his newly launched beauty...August 27, 2013
Macy’s unveils second-phase plans NYC flagship renovation
US department store Macy’s has unveiled plans for the second phase of its New York City flagship...July 10, 2013
Sephora opens sixth store in Brazil
LVMH-owned Sephora opened its sixth store Brazil in May at São Paulo’s Eldorado Shopping complex. The store...July 10, 2013
Caudalie opens its first boutique in France
French skincare brand Caudalie is opening its first boutique in France this month. The 35m2 (377ft2) store...July 10, 2013
Etat Libre d’Orange opens new boutique in London’s Shoreditch neighborhood
French indie brand Etat Libre d’Orange opens its first standalone store outside of its domestic market ...July 10, 2013
New technologies in retail
BW Confidential investigates new technologies being implemented at the point-of-sale Faced with the ever-growing dominance of...July 10, 2013