October 31st, 2008 at 10:13pm |
CANNES — Cosmetics executives and duty free operators faced the threat of an impending worldwide recession here this week with a combination of uncertainty and gritty resolve.
The five-day Tax Free World Association World Exhibition opened Monday with a warning from Erik Juul-Mortensen, president of TFWA.
“We have risen to the challenge in the past, but this [...]
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October 31st, 2008 at 10:12pm |
Pier СЕКРЕТУТКА Imports Inc. is making a splash in the beauty business.
The Fort Worth-based retailer, which is no stranger to the private label scented candle and soap businesses, is poised to expand its bath and body care offering with the introduction of at least five new specialty bath lines.
The combined assortment, [...]
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October 31st, 2008 at 12:14pm |
CANNES — After years of attending the duty free conference here, YSL Beaut returned once again with a new corporate persona — as a recently acquired component of industry leader L’Oral.
Renaud de Lesquen, president of YSL Beaut, said he wants to preserve YSL’s powerful brands plus the company’s French couture heritage, entrepreneurship and innovation while [...]
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October 31st, 2008 at 12:13pm |
NEW YORK — There is an upside for mass marketers in the down economy: Sales of beauty products that accomplish grooming needs at home.
“If I were a retailer getting ready for this Christmas, I’d put together displays of products for an at-home spa day or home hair colors,” said Thom Blischok, president of [...]
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October 31st, 2008 at 12:11pm |
NEW DELHI — Buyers, journalists and fashion-mad consumers crisscrossed India’s heavily congested capital, sometimes several times in a day, to attend two rival and clashing spring-summer fashion weeks.
India Fashion Week, organized by the Fashion Design Council of India, which has been held here since 2001, took place between Oct. 15 and 19. A day [...]
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