All The Fragrance Shop articles
Established in 1994, The Fragrance Shop is an independent UK chain of specialist perfume stores. The retailer stocks more than 150 fragrance brands and more than 200 beauty brands in its small-format speciality stores on the high street and in shopping centres. It also sells products online.
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Retail Navigator AnalysisThe Fragrance Shop (Overview)
The Fragrance Shop (TFS) is the UK’s largest independent fragrance retailer. Established in 1994, it now has upwards of 200 stores across the region as well as its transactional website, and a well-established loyalty offer – ‘MyTFS’ – which has over one million members.
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Retail Navigator PeopleThe Fragrance Shop (People)
The Fragrance Shop is led by chief executive Sanjay Vadera
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Retail Navigator AnalysisThe Fragrance Shop (SWOT)
The Fragrance Shop (TFS) has built a highly recognisable brand with a wide presence across the UK in high-footfall locations such as shopping centres. Its distribution is set to grow further, with the retailer targeting a total of 300 shops over the next three years.
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Retail Navigator AnalysisThe Fragrance Shop (Financials)
The Fragrance Shop (TFS) delivered a 10.7% rise in sales to £172.6m for the year ending 1 April 2023 (FY2022). This came off the back of a 42.3% rise in sales the previous year (FY2021) despite a period of store closures a result of the Covid pandemic.
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DataRanking: The 20 biggest beauty retailers dominating the UK market
The beauty market is as competitive as it is lucrative. To see who has the edge over others, we asked Retail Week sister brand Retail Navigator to reveal the biggest beauty retailers in the UK.
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NewsThe Fragrance Shop posts strong sales in ‘record-breaking year’
The Fragrance Shop has reported a “record-breaking year” as like-for-like sales increased 6.1% in the full year ending April 1.
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NewsThe Fragrance Shop sales surge in 'exceptional' Christmas
The Fragrance Shop has posted a record-breaking Christmas as sales surged in the 13 weeks to December 31, 2023.
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GalleryIn pictures: Fragrance Shop showcases UK’s first ever ‘AI creation machine’
The Fragrance Shop has opened a new Oxford Street flagship, featuring the UK’s first-ever AI fragrance creation machine.
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AnalysisRetail 2024: How eBay, THG and The Fragrance Shop are investing in green initiatives
Top retail bosses have given exclusive interviews to Retail Week, revealing their sustainability strategies featured in Retail 2024, our annual flagship report.
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NewsThe Fragrance Shop to open flagship on Oxford Street
The Fragrance Shop will open its newest flagship at 70-88 Oxford Street this summer.
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NewsThe Fragrance Shop confident for 2023 after record-breaking Christmas
The Fragrance Shop has said it enjoyed record-breaking festive trading both in-store and online, which both benefited from investment in its omnichannel strategy.
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NewsFormer JD Sports boss Peter Cowgill named chair of The Fragrance Shop
Ex-JD Sports chief executive Peter Cowgill has been appointed as The Fragrance Shop’s first-ever non-executive chair.
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NewsIceland and Waterstones’ bosses named in Queen’s birthday honours
A number of retail leaders have been recognised in the Queen’s birthday honours list this year.
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AnalysisBuilding a video mega-mall: How livestreaming could revolutionise Western retail
As more retailers trial livestream shopping in the UK, Retail Week explores what it could do for Western retail and what can be learned from the Chinese phenomenon.
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NewsThe Fragrance Shop smells success with Christmas sales boost
The Fragrance Shop has reported an uplift in Christmas sales bolstered by online growth, but full-year profits slipped in “tough” market, Retail Week can reveal.
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NewsThe Fragrance Shop hails Christmas sales uplift
The Fragrance Shop has reported a jump in both store and online sales during the festive period.
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AnalysisTop of the pop-ups – which made a splash in 2018?
Traditional retailers and online players are increasingly turning to pop-up shops to create awareness of their brands.
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NewsThe Fragrance Shop launches 'Sniff Bar' pop-up shops
The Fragrance Shop has launched pop-up ‘Sniff Bars’ in high-footfall locations.
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NewsSainsbury's opens 'experimental' new-look supermarket
Sainsbury’s has launched an “experimental” new supermarket format to pilot a host of new features including a food market, an Oasis and a frangrance section.
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NewsThe Fragrance Shop unveils Christmas sales boost
The Fragrance Shop has reported an uptick in festive like-for-like sales, which it has put down to high demand for luxury scents and gift sets.