French multi-brand beauty retail giant Sephora opened its new local flagship store at Ion Orchard to much fanfare last Friday. The store sprawls across 10,000sqf on basement 2, and features a refreshed store concept from its previous premises on level 1,…
Thailand’s retail market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of more than 6 per cent from now until 2020. This was revealed in the latest market study by global technology research and advisory company Technavio. Its research report,…
Sephora has launched an e-commerce platform for the Hong Kong market. Part of the ongoing international expansion of its online retail arm, the online store will offer brands unavailable on the ground in Hong Kong, such as Butter London, Skin Inc and…
Cosmetics company Sephora has launched a one-stop online shop in Malaysia following its acquisition of independent beauty eTailer Luxola. Luxola founder and CEO Alexis Horowitz-Burdick says the move allows Sephora Malaysia to offer an even larger assortment…
Singapore-based shopping mall investment company CapitaLand Retail China Trust (CRCT) grew its income last year by 10.3 per cent to S$89.2 million ($63 million) from S$80.9 million. With China’s economy growing 6.9 per cent last year, the company’s retail…
Estee Lauder has completed the acquisition of Have & Be Korea, the parent of skin care brands Dr Jart+ and Do The Right Thing. The New York-listed global beauty powerhouse has not revealed terms of the deal, which gives it an important brand in the…
Estee Lauder has bought an interest in South Korea’s Have & Be, which owns the skin care brands Dr Jart+ and Do The Right Thing. The deal is further evidence of the growing market strength and popularity of South Korea’s cosmetics industry. Terms of the…
Louis Vuitton has bought Singapore online cosmetics retailer Luxola and LVMH’s subsidiary Sephora has made a further investment in the business. Few details of the transactions have been revealed, including the size of the investments, howeverCrunchbase…
LVMH-owned cosmetics retailer Sephora has opened a flagship retailer on Chinese language eCommerce website JD.com. Sephora, which already as a profitable retail community in tier one Mainland China cities, says the transfer wil assist it break into the…
Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy says Asia, the Middle East and North America delivered excellent performance for its Sephora, DFS business arm in 2014. The world’s largest luxury goods retailer and manufacturer said the business, in its books referred to as its…