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Interested In Getting Into Cos Bar? Here’s What You Need To Know
Disillusioned by the prevailing department store model with siloed beauty counters, entrepreneur Lily Garfield founded specialty luxury beauty retailer Cos Bar in 1976 to be the complete opposite. “The whole concept with Cos Bar was,...
Facial Bar Concept Clean Your Dirty Face Plots Product And Location Expansion
Shama Patel dreamed up the facial bar concept Clean Your Dirty Face as a solution to a real estate problem. The ex-attorney was searching for properties in downtown...
Ulta Beauty’s Sparked Program Takes Center Stage In The Retailer’s New Store Format
Ulta Beauty is increasing the spotlight on its Sparked assortment of budding brands in a new store format. Sparked brands are featured in walkable gondolas at the front of the store in what is referred to as...
Space NK’s North America President On What’s Working With Its Walmart Partnership So Far—And Where It Could Head Next
The beauty industry was set abuzz in March when Walmart revealed its partnership with British prestige specialty beauty retailer Space NK on an in-store and online concept called BeautySpaceNK. Although it wasn’t surprising that the megachain...
Credo Beauty Acquires Follain As Clean Beauty Retail Consolidates
Two early movers in clean beauty retail are consolidating. Credo Beauty has acquired Follain for an undisclosed sum, marking Credo’s first acquisition. A tiny sliver of the beauty retail sector, clean beauty retail has seen consolidation of...
The Brand Strategies And Metrics That Matter Most For Amazon Success
In the beauty industry, views of Amazon have undergone an evolution. Initially, it was perceived as a bargain outlet harmful to branding. Later, it was considered a replenishment-only channel...
Dermstore’s Kristy Masbang Bomba Offers Notes On The E-tailer’s Fragrance Launch
Synonymous with professional and prestige skincare, Dermstore has crossed into scent. Launched on Sept. 1, the e-tailer’s fragrance selection offers over 375 products from 13 prestige fragrance brands, including Memo Paris, Cire Trudon, Veronique Gabai, World of...
