Retail Report

Sfumato Fragrances commingles smell and taste at its new Detroit perfumery-cum-pub. The intimate 650-square-foot space in the garden level of a Gothic Victorian mansion sells scents by day and serves cocktails at night that pair with the brand’s...

Cassy Burnside has found courting stores challenging, but now her tallow-centered skincare brand Fatco is breaking into retail in a big way by entering Target. Four Fatco products — Fat Stick, Cleansing Oil for Normal/Combo Skin, Calming Body Butta...

Essential Apothecary Alchemist founder Kate Poole is coming out of her shell at the brand’s quaint new shop in Seattle. “I’m hoping the storefront gives me a little bit more legitimacy I suppose. It puts the brand more...

What goes better with a J. Crew blazer than a swipe of bright lipstick and perfectly polished nails? The proprietor of preppy is completing women’s outfits by moving into makeup, skincare and nail lacquers, a rite of retail...

The Beauty Chef is cooking up some major distribution gains. The Australian ingestible beauty brand is rolling out across the Sephora chain in January after hitting inner beauty endcaps at 26 of the specialty retailer’s doors on Sept....

“Freshness is such a megatrend in food, shouldn’t it come to beauty?” wonders Jasmi Bonnén, not the least bit rhetorically. Two years ago, she launched Nuori, a brand built around bringing skincare products to shelves and conscious shoppers...