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ULTA one-stop beauty store opens in Oswego ULTA , a beauty resource store, recently held a grand opening celebration at Prairie Marketplace, 2510 Route 34 in Oswego. ULTA melds together a very large selection of brand-name cosmetics, fragrances, skin and hair care products with a full-service, in-store salon. They have beauty experts on hand to offer current advice without added sales pressure. ULTA's wide-ranging product assortment also includes professional hair and nail brands; independent beauty lines; fragrances, from Clinique, Estee Lauder, and Lanc�me, to Vera Wang, and Dolce & Gabbana; professional hair tools; and select products available only through ULTA. The store is illuminated with natural light so customers can see the true shade of the products they're testing. The ULTA salon offers convenient services at affordable prices with licensed designers and estheticians for hair and skin health services.
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We knew it wouldn't be too much longer before Jay-Z joined the hip-hop fragrance deal fray.Like his longtime lover Beyonce Knowles, and his longtime ally Sean 'Diddy' Combs, the super-rich rap music mogul will get into the retail cosmetics business.The BV Newswire has learned that Iconix Brand Group, Inc. – new owners of the Rocawear brand -- has entered into an exclusive global licensing agreement with beauty giant Elizabeth Arden for the development, marketing and distribution of men's and women's fragrance, cosmetics, and skincare products.The debut fragrance is planned to launch in the fall of 2008."We are excited to partner with an industry giant such as Elizabeth Arden," Jay-Z (legally known as Shawn Carter) said. "The combination of their expertise in fragrance and our ability to affect popular culture will produce some incredible products and breathe excitement into the category." "This is a significant step in the evolution of the Rocawear brand and a large long term growth opportunity," Iconix honcho Neil Cole added.
AnnTaylor Launches New Fragrance Line
Women's clothing store chain AnnTaylor Stores Corp. on Monday announced the nationwide launch of a new line of fragrances and body care products. The new collection, titled Possibilities, is part of the company's plan to expand its offerings in the beauty category. Supermodel Petra Nemcova will serve as spokeswoman for the product line. Shares of AnnTaylor Stores rose 63 cents, or 2 percent, Monday to $31.16. .
UPDATE: Avon Products Profit Jumps 61%, Beating Estimates
NEW YORK (Dow Jones) -- Avon Products Inc., the largest direct seller of beauty products, said third-quarter profit surged 61%, exceeding estimates, boosted by increased fragrance and color cosmetics sales. Net income rose to $139.1 million, or 32 cents a share, from $86.4 million, or 19 cents, a year earlier, the New York-based company (AVP) said. Total revenue also rose a better than expected 14% to $2.35 billion. Fragrance sales jumped 23%, leading a double-digit gain in beauty product demand. Avon boosted advertising spending 44% to plug new products including the flagship brand's color cosmetics. It's also pushing sales in emerging markets such as Latin America and China and has increased recruitment advertising and representative training. Analysts, on average, expected the cosmetics giant to post a profit of 31 cents a share on revenue of $2.27 billion, according to Thomson Financial.
Going ga-ga over Sa Sa
SA SA is that pink store that you can�t miss. And who can forget the image of the girl with pink hair? A one-stop cosmetics specialty store, the Hong Kong brand made its presence felt with its sponsorship of 8TV�s second season of I Want To Be A Model. With a network of over 100 stores, Sa Sa International Holdings Limited Group is the leading cosmetic retail and beauty services chain in Asia. The brand will celebrate its 30th anniversary next year. In Malaysia, the brand will turn 10 next March. Listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 1997, the Group employs over 2,600 people in seven markets across the region, covering Hong Kong, Macau, China, Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan and Thailand. Sa Sa offers more than 400 brands and over 15,000 beauty products in skincare, fragrance, make-up, hair care, bodycare, health food and supplements as well as exclusive and private labels. The brand was established in 1978 by Eleanor Kwok and her husband Simon who started their cosmetics retail business from a 3.7sq m shop.
Starwatch Consumer: Retail trade group predicts slower sales of gift cards
The National Retail Federation, a retail trade group, predicts that sales of gift cards will rise a sober 6 percent this holiday season, to $26.3 billion. That would outpace the overall industrywide forecast of 4 percent holiday season retail growth but pale against a 34 percent climb in card sales for the same period last year. AnnTaylor beauty line AnnTaylor Stores has introduced a new fragrance and body-care line at its stores. The products include body wash, lotion and a new perfume called "Possibilities" that will feature model Petra Nemcova in advertising. EBay counterfeit suit EBay Inc. isn't doing enough to halt online sales of counterfeit jewelry touted as Tiffany & Co. pieces, attorneys for the luxury jeweler told a judge Tuesday.
Lavera Organic European Health and Beauty Products Celebrates 20th Anniversary with Huge Sale
Holiday shoppers can save up to 30% on Europe's most popular line of all-natural health and beauty products during Lavera's 20 year anniversary sale. Palo Alto, CA (PRWEB) November 21, 2007 -- More than twenty years ago, Thomas Haase set out to find a way to manage his life-long struggle with dermatitis and in turn created the first in Lavera's line of all-natural, organic health and beauty products that have become a world-wide phenomenon. "In 1987 I founded Lavera, which means 'the truth' and represents our philosophy and commitment to the purest organic ingredients and the absence of synthetic preservatives, additives, petroleum-based ingredients, emulsifiers, colors and fragrances," says Haase. .
Listrak Publishes Results of Dynamic Content Email Campaign Case Study
Leading email marketing service provider increases click-through rates by 41 percent by creating emails with Dynamic Content. Lititz, PA (PRWEB) November 13, 2007 -- Listrak, a leading email marketing solution provider based near Lancaster, PA, announced today that it has published the results of a dynamic content case study it did with DiscountBeautyCenter.com, an online supplier of beauty products, brand name cosmetics, and fragrances. The campaign was a preference-based dynamic content email campaign that included two distinct dynamic content containers that displayed variable data based on past purchase history. The dynamic content case study, which may downloaded from Listrak's email marketing resource center, discusses in detail the planning, development, and execution of the dynamic content email as well as the results of the campaign.
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