Benefit’s New York flagship
Benefit puts the focus on services with its New York flagship LVMH-owned beauty brand Benefit is...August 31, 2011
Purpose Built founder Kelly Kovack on retailing
US-based consultancy Purpose Built founder Kelly Kovack on: How beauty retailing will evolve There has been...August 31, 2011
Macy’s digital genius
US-based department store Macy’s took the top spot in a Digital IQ Index of 64 specialty retail...August 31, 2011
Perfumania to buy Parlux?
US-based retailer Perfumania is in talks to acquire fragrance company Parlux, according to press reports. Parlux holds...August 31, 2011
Sephora launches more services
Sephora North America has partnered with US-based airport spa retailer XpresSpa to open walk-in nail bars in...August 31, 2011
Dufry makes acquisitions
Swiss travel-retail operator Dufry has reinforced its presence in emerging markets through a string of acquisitions. In...August 31, 2011
A trip to Guerlain’s new pop-up store, Paris
Guerlain’s new pop-up store presents an avant-garde take on the brand’s traditional values With its new...July 13, 2011
IdeaWorks’ Jon Bird on retailing
Australia-based specialist retail marketing agency IdeaWorks ceo Jon Bird on: How beauty retailing will...July 13, 2011
Sephora names US creative director
Sephora Americas has named Lina Kutsovskaya as vice president executive creative director. She will be responsible for...July 13, 2011
CVS creates beauty panel
US pharmacy chain CVS has created the Beauty Board, a panel of “beauty and style experts” who...July 13, 2011
Saks to enter Kazakhstan
US department-store retailer Saks Fifth Avenue is to open its first store in Kazakhstan in August 2012....July 13, 2011
Marionnaud revamps website
Perfumery chain Marionnaud says its website has become its number-two door in France following a revamp of...July 13, 2011
Duane Reade opens new concept flagship
New York-based drugstore Duane Reade has opened a new flagship store based on what the company calls...July 13, 2011
Aesop opens new Paris store
Australian skincare brand Aesop opened its third Paris store this month in the Marais district. The...July 13, 2011
Brand strategist Nadia Yousif on retail
US-based brand strategist and marketing consultant Nadia Yousif on: How beauty retailing will evolve The...June 15, 2011
House of Fraser launches Fekkai
UK-based department store House of Fraser is to launch haircare brand Frédéric Fekkai in 10 of its...June 15, 2011
Sephora ups stake in Ile de Beauté
Sephora has increased its ownership in Russian beauty retailer Ile de Beauté by 20%, bringing its share...June 15, 2011
Jequiti signs up with ELC in Brazil
Brazil-based Jequiti, the cometics unit of media company Grupo Silvio Santos has partnered with The Estée Lauder...June 1, 2011
Walmart invests in Chinese e-commerce
US retailer Walmart has taken a minority stake in Chinese e-commerce operator Yihaodian, which offers competitively priced...June 1, 2011
Sephora opens store in Malaysia
LVMH-owned perfumery retailer Sephora opened a flagship store in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in May. The two-level standalone...June 1, 2011
Acquisitions in Italian retail
UK private-equity company BC Partners is to purchase Giorgione Investimenti, the Italian firm that controls 69.3% of...June 1, 2011
The frenzy of flash sale sites
There’s a good deal of activity around the online flash-sale market. In May, Venteprivée. com, the France-based...June 1, 2011
Shiseido’s new Tokyo center
Shiseido puts the experience back into beauty at its new Tokyo complex Shiseido aims to offer...June 1, 2011
Strategies for improving the shopping experience
At the Tax Free Asia Pacific show held in Singapore last month, Rohit Talwar, futurist, retail expert...June 1, 2011
Bloomingdale’s opens three new outlet stores
US-based department-store group Macy’s is to open three new Bloomingdale’s Outlet stores in Florida, Massachusetts and Illinois...May 3, 2011
Debenhams launches app
UK department-store retailer Debenhams has launched an iPhone app called Beauty Club. It features advice, incentives and...May 3, 2011
Walmart buys tech company Kosmix
In a move to strengthen its social media and e-commerce strategy, US mass retailer Walmart has acquired...May 3, 2011
Dior’s new maison at Selfridges
Dior’s Maison de Parfums at Selfridges puts the accent on service and education LVMH-owned Parfums Christian...May 3, 2011
O Boticario’s new Nativa SPA stores
The Brazilian brand has opened new standalone stores for its Nativa SPA brand Brazilian franchising brand...April 19, 2011
Euromonitor’s Jon Wright on retailing
UK-based market research company Euromonitor Intl head of retailing research Jon Wright on: How beauty...April 19, 2011