Sephora Named Retailer Of The Year

At the 2018 World Retail Congress, Sephora was named Retailer of the Year.  The award reflects Sephora’s exceptional growth over the last decade, which has been driven by rapid expansion globally. This type of sustained performance is a testament to the superior differentiated experience Sephora offers its clients and the innovation it has brought to the prestige beauty industry.

“Sephora has seen wonderful global growth over the last ten years and now operates in 34 countries with more than 2,500 stores, “ says Chris de Lapuente, Sephora Worldwide CEO. “We are very proud to be named ‘Retailer of the Year’, which confirms that the Sephora concept enjoys appreciation on a global scale. As a brand we win best when we win together and this award recognizes and touches all the tens of thousands in the Sephora family who have made us successful all over the world.”

This is the premier category in the World Retail Awards. It recognizes a retailer that the Grand Jury believes to be a truly world-class operator, with outstanding results across a number of important areas. With retail becoming ever more complex and demanding, the Retailer of the Year award demonstrates that Sephora is not only delivering exceptional financial performance and sales growth, but also reflects the changes that are taking place across the industry and around the world.

To be an outstanding retailer today, the business reflects how it has adapted to the realities of the digital world by transforming its approach to retail and the way that it is preparing for the future. If it has international operations, the judges saw that it is also executing this to the highest standards. Above all, this is a retailer setting new standards for the whole industry to admire.