Beauty Features
Limited Eyes Expanding Body & Bath Works Overseas
NEW YORK -- The Limited Inc. is considering rolling out its fast-growing Bath & Body Works division to Europe and Asia within 12 to 24 months, according to reports.
The Limited currently operates buying offices overseas and has six...
— May 13, 1994
Prestige Retailers: the Bath is Filling Up
NEW YORK -- While it is still only a niche in the department store beauty business, prestige retailers point to the budding bath and body category as one of their bright spots.
One key to the brisk gains, which are reaching 25 percent in some...
— May 13, 1994
Karan Takes the Treatment Plunge
NEW YORK -- Donna Karan will take a big step toward building a full-fledged beauty company when she launches her first treatment line in July.
Although few designers have dared stray from the fragrance category, which Karan entered in 1992, she...
— May 13, 1994
L'Oreal: Fountain of Products
PARIS -- Like many beauty giants, the health of L'Oreal can be gauged by its flow of new products. Last year's launch tally was 60 different lines, a staggering number by any industry standard.
Here, some new brands to...
— May 13, 1994
From Clay Pots to $8 Million
SAN FRANCISCO -- Bare Escentuals, a purveyor of natural-based beauty products, is charting a path of steady growth that is expected to culminate in an $8 million volume this year.
It wasn't always smooth sailing for the company, which was...
— May 13, 1994
Prestige Firms Seek a Place in the Sun
NEW YORK -- While more and more customers seek to avoid the harmful effects of exposure to the sun, prestige beauty firms are hoping they'll choose department stores as the source for their protection needs.
But even though many companies have...
— May 13, 1994
Perlier to Launch Vanilla Body Line
NEW YORK -- Natural Recipes Perlier will attempt to capitalize on the popularity of vanilla with the July launch of Les Iles Vanille, the brand's third bath and body line.
The five-item collection, which will be rolled out to around 500 doors...
— May 13, 1994
