Beauty Features
Natural Looks, Treatment Fuel Southeast Gains
ATLANTA -- A boom in nail care and strong gains in treatment are fueling the drugstore cosmetics business in the Southeast, according to area retailers.
A sampling of drugstores indicates cosmetics sales in the region range from flat for the...
— Apr 22, 1994
Avon Ongoing Net Rises 20% for First Quarter
NEW YORK -- Aided by solid results in domestic and international operations, Avon Products reported earnings from continuing operations climbed 20 percent in the first quarter ended March 31.
Earnings from continuing operations rose to $29.5...
— Apr 22, 1994
Origins Opens 2nd Store Within Store
NEW YORK -- Since Origins created its own store within Neiman Marcus's Dallas unit in November, sales have reportedly tripled.
Now the company is looking for a repeat performance when it opens a similar installation at the Short Hills, N.J.,...
— Apr 22, 1994
CCA's Five Percent Solution
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- The skin care brands of CCA Industries aren't as well known as those of, say, Procter & Gamble and its Oil of Olay.
But for many mass market retailers, they are just as important, especially to the bottom...
— Apr 22, 1994
Getting the Vitamin Treatment: Avon Fills the Pill
NEW YORK -- While many firms have begun marketing skin care products containing vitamins, Avon has decided to sell the vitamins themselves.
Early next month, the company will begin distributing Avon Life, a line of multi-vitamin and mineral...
— Apr 22, 1994
New York Stores Drop Old, Add New
NEW YORK -- Drugstore cosmetics departments are becoming tougher in editing their lines these days in order to focus upon what the consumer is truly looking for at retail, according to area merchants.
Newness, the retailers said, is the driving...
— Apr 22, 1994
Skin Care Boosted into a Higher Orbit
NEW YORK -- The days of women using just a simple moisturizer are over.
At least that is the assertion of the many mass market treatment manufacturers who have been cranking out high-tech skin care items for the last two years.
"Until...
— Apr 22, 1994
