Health & Beauty
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Jan- 2025 -13 January
Perfume Shop launches new app to boost store experience
The Perfume Shop has implemented the first phase of its new Store+ app initiative designed to enhance the customer’s shopping experience and aims to “make it easier for them when it comes to making an informed perfume purchase”. Store+ has been launched in response to The Perfume Shop’s customer and…
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13 January
Boots sales rise 8.1% in Q1
Boots has delivered a “strong” first quarter with total comparable retail sales up 8.1% YoY for the three months ended 30 November 2024. The UK’s leading health and beauty retailer saw growth across all categories and channels, on top of a “significant increase” in the prior year. Boots’ digital sales…
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3 January
Revolution Beauty settles legal claim with former shareholder
Revolution Beauty has entered into a confidential settlement with its former major shareholder Chrysalis Investments over legal claims levied against the cosmetics group. The group has agreed to pay Chrysalis a “non-material sum”, which is less than 1% of the former shareholder’s stock market value. The amount, however, was not…
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Dec- 2024 -17 December
Charlotte Tilbury to upsize flagship Covent Garden store
Makeup, fragrance and skincare brand Charlotte Tilbury is set to open an upsized flagship store in Covent Garden next year, following the success of the destination. Charlotte Tilbury’s renewed commitment to Covent Garden, where it opened its first-ever store in 2015, will relocate from its existing neighbourhood boutique to a…
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4 December
SpaceNK opens new store in centre:mk
SpaceNK, the UK’s leading British beauty retailer, has announced the opening of a new store in centre:mk. Situated on Silbury Arcade, SpaceNK’s 1,721 sq ft store showcases a leading selection of makeup and skincare products, with over 100 beauty brands on offer. The new store also includes a dedicated consultation…
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Nov- 2024 -20 November
The Body Shop appoints new CMO and CFO
The Body Shop has announced the appointments of Penny Brook and Sally Dowling as its new chief marketing officer and chief financial and operations officer, respectively. Brook began her marketing career at Mulberry England where she worked as an international marketing manager for a year. She then moved on to…
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19 November
Revolution Beauty profits rise to £3.9m despite 20% drop in sales
Revolution Beauty has reported an 18% rise in adjusted EBITDA to £3.9m for the six months ended 31 August 2024, despite a 20% drop in sales from £90.4m to £72.4m. The decline in group revenues were driven by the planned simplification of the product portfolio and the discontinuation of unproductive…
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18 November
Sephora to open 20 more UK stores by 2027
Sephora has plans to open a further 20 stores in the next two to three years across the UK, The Times has reported, as CEO Guillaume Motte aims to double the beauty retailer’s presence in Britain. As well as committing to more brick-and-mortar stores, Motte wants to expand Sephora’s online…
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15 November
Sephora opens new store in Birmingham
Sephora UK has opened a new beauty retail destination in the West Midlands’ shopping heartland, Birmingham’s Bullring and Grand Central. The latest beauty store from the retailer is the sixth store to open in the UK as well as the first in the region. The new store in Birmingham is…
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7 November
Aesop to open at Victoria Leeds in January 2025
Australian-born luxury skin care brand Aesop is set to unveil its first store at Redical’s Victoria Leeds in January 2025. Measuring 753 sq ft, the store will showcase Aesop’s full range of fragrance, skin, hair and body care formulations. As a Certified B Corporation, Aesop is dedicated to sustainability and…
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