All Health & beauty articles
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AnalysisInnovation of the Week: Amazon enhances Just Walk Out tech for clothes shopping
Innovation of the Week is a subscriber-only series highlighting retail initiatives that have caught the eye of our analysts.
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NewsExclusive: Rituals to open 25 stores next year as it expands UK footprint
Rituals will be opening 25 stores next year and 10 new stores before the end of 2023 as it targets rapid expansion in the UK and Ireland, Retail Week can reveal.
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AnalysisStrategy spotlight: Five ways Lush is building its brand identity to accelerate future growth
With an overriding ethos focused on “leaving the world Lusher than we found it”, the Retail Week analyst team explores five ways Lush is strengthening its brand identity to drive future growth
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NewsAvon signs exclusive retail partnership with Superdrug
Global beauty brand Avon has announced its first retail partnership in the UK as it rolls out products in more than 100 Superdrug stores nationwide.
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NewsNew private equity players bid for The Body Shop
British-based investors Alteri and Epiris have emerged as the new names that may be in the running to buy The Body Shop, Sky News reported.
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NewsTHG commits to sustainability targets after government U-turn
THG, which owns brands like Lookfantastic, Cult Beauty and MyProtein, has announced its net-zero targets have been validated by the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi).
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NewsExclusive: Natura values Body Shop at £500m as it approaches new potential bidders
The owner of health and beauty specialist The Body Shop is holding out for between £400m and £500m for the retailer, despite the first deadline for bids passing without any concrete interest from prospective buyers.
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NewsWaterstones owner Elliott in the running to buy The Body Shop
Waterstones owner Elliott Advisors is in the running to buy the Body Shop as it submitted an indicative offer to acquire the health and beauty retailer, Sky News reported.
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NewsExclusive: Boots shelves launch of marketplace
Boots has shelved plans to launch its own marketplace, Retail Week can reveal.
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NewsBoots extends Price Advantage scheme in new value campaign
Boots has launched new price-lowering campaign ‘best for less’ on more than 2,000 products as part of its support for customers during the cost-of-living crisis.
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AnalysisCan Holland & Barrett turn health into wealth in food where others have failed?
Health and wellness retailer Holland & Barrett has relaunched its food line with 500 new products across stores and online, hailing it as the “biggest transformation” in the category in the brand’s history.
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NewsHolland & Barrett rolls out 500 products as it relaunches food line
Health and wellness retailer Holland & Barrett has announced a relaunch of its entire food range marking the ‘biggest transformation of its food category in its 150-year history’.
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AnalysisQ&A: Floral Street’s Michelle Feeney on becoming a modern British brand
Michelle Feeney has gone down many avenues in her career — from starting out in PR in the 1980s, to working with Estée Lauder Companies and spearheading the launch of brands such as La Mer and Mac.
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NewsM&S expands third-party beauty offering with Estée Lauder fragrances
Marks & Spencer has added Estée Lauder fragrances to its third-party beauty offering as it expands the category to attract new customers, according to The Times.
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AnalysisInnovation of the Week: Boots to showcase beauty clout with new store format
Innovation of the Week is a subscriber-only series highlighting retail initiatives that have caught the eye of our analysts.
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NewsGlossier signs exclusive UK retail partnership with Sephora
Glossier has entered its first retail partnership in the UK and will now be available in Sephora’s Westfield Shepherds Bush store as well as on Sephora’s website and app, from September 15.
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NewsRevolution Beauty sales increase despite ‘well-publicised upheaval’
Revolution Beauty posted an increase in sales driven by the “relevance, affordability and strength of the Revolution Brand” despite “well-publicised upheaval” for the business.
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NewsHundreds of redundant Debenhams staff triumph in legal battle
A total of 419 former Debenhams employees who were made redundant following the retailer’s collapse have won a legal battle after a tribunal judge ruled Debenhams had “failed in its duty to consult with its staff”.
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AnalysisFrom source to sale: How retailers are making sense of sustainability
Climate change is accelerating and so are consumer’s environmental concerns. Ahead of October’s Sustainability Summit, we explore how retailers are stepping up their eco-efforts with investments throughout the supply chain
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NewsThe Perfume Shop price freeze saved customers £870k
The Perfume Shop said its price-freeze initiative, rolled out in late 2022, has saved UK shoppers more than £870,000 this year.