All Health & beauty articles
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AnalysisWhat will 2025 bring? Primark, Tesco, Amazon, Sephora and H&M bosses predict the year ahead
Looking ahead: What will shape retail in 2025? We’ve asked the top bosses in British retail to gaze into the horizon and give us their predictions for the industry’s next chapter.
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NewsHolland & Barrett has opened two new Oxford Street stores
Health and wellness retailer Holland & Barrett has opened two new stores on London’s Oxford Street.
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NewsThe Body Shop is ‘back in profit baby!’ new boss reveals
Ethical cosmetics specialist The Body Shop is back in the black – albeit over a short period.
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NewsLush and Gymshark top list of retailers accused of hiring young Christmas staff without rights
Unions have accused a host of retailers of utilising social media apps like TikTok to draft in young staff on gig contracts without basic employment rights in the run up to Christmas.
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NewsBoots has revealed the biggest beauty trends of 2024
Boots has unveiled the biggest beauty and wellness trends of this year by using customer sales and search data.
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NewsCharlotte Tilbury is opening a new upsized ‘beauty wonderland’ flagship in London
Global beauty brand Charlotte Tilbury is set to open an upsized flagship store in London’s Covent Garden in January featuring its biggest ever “beauty wonderland”.
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NewsBoots is potentially up for sale again as private equity firm goes after Walgreens
A private equity firm is reportedly in talks to buy Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA), which could end up resulting in a new auction of its subsidary, Boots.
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NewsAllSaints has launched its new perfume range in Boots stores
Fashion retailer AllSaints is extending its partnership with Boots by launching its new perfume range in a number of the health and beauty retailer’s stores across the UK.
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Opinion‘Twenty years on, is a boutique-style M&S store an idea whose time has come?’
Marks & Spencer’s pilot fashion and beauty store in Battersea is a very different proposition from the retailer’s usual approach to fashion. The format may bring challenges but is likely to prove worthwhile, believes George MacDonald
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GalleryMarks & Spencer has opened its first fashion and beauty standalone store
Major British retailer Marks and Spencer has opened its first store dedicated to menswear, womenswear and beauty
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NewsLookfantastic’s beauty AI tool set to generate a spike in sales over Black Friday
THG-owned Lookfantastic expects its beauty AI tool to generate a spike in sales over Black Friday as it has seen a surge in users since its launch last year.
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GallerySephora opens ‘beauty playground’ in Bluewater shopping centre
Beauty retailer Sephora has opened its doors at Kent’s Bluewater shopping centre, its seventh store since its return to the UK.
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NewsSpace NK sales and profits rise driven by growth in active customer base
Space NK posted a growth in sales and profits in the year ending March 2024 driven by customer growth across generations.
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GalleryAustralian skincare brand Grown Alchemist unveils first UK flagship
Australian skincare brand Grown Alchemist has opened doors to its first store in the UK as it begins its “ambitious bricks-and-mortar expansion plan” in the country.
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NewsThe Body Shop is rebuilding its top team with new finance and marketing chiefs
The Body Shop has appointed a new chief marketing officer and chief financial and operations officer as it rebuilds its executive leadership team after being rescued from administration.
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NewsRevolution Beauty hails ongoing ‘transformation’ as profits rise but sales dip
Cosmetics retailer Revolution Beauty has reported an increase in profits for the first half of the financial year despite declining sales amid “year of transformation”
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Opinion‘Entire retail industry is scratching its head to find a way to make the numbers work post-Budget’
Unexpected extra costs imposed in the recent Budget have left retailers reeling in shock. They will need all their legendary resilience to leap the hurdles placed in their way by the government, warns Charlotte Hardie
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NewsSephora CEO wants to open at least 20 UK stores in the next few years
Sephora’s CEO has announced it is aggressively expanding its UK market presence, aiming to challenge established players like Boots.
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DataConsumer research: retailers should get set for a bumper Black Friday and bright Christmas
New consumer data from YouGov shows that customers are getting back into the Christmas spirit in 2024.
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AnalysisRetail 2025: How Molton Brown, Mamas & Papas and N Brown are taking ESG seriously
Retailers are taking heed of environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters, and in many cases are also realising the commercial benefits that come with focusing on these issues as opposed to solely chasing profit at all costs.