Beauty Features
Eckerd Not Held Back By Bath Market Blues
LARGO, Fla. -- At a time when many mass marketers are wondering if they have expanded too far and too fast into the bath and body business, the Eckerd Drug Company is enjoying high-double-digit sales growth.
"They are one of the best in the...
— Feb 18, 1994
Shift of Awards Signals a New Mercantile Approach
KANSAS CITY -- As it has every year since 1983, the Jones Store Co. staged its Elegance Awards last week, conferring awards upon its best beauty advisers and top cosmetics vendors.
This, however, was the last year of the Jones Store's ownership...
— Feb 18, 1994
Line Saturation Puts Damper On Bath Biz
NEW YORK -- Too many toes in the tub.
That, say some mass market retailers, is why a number of them are afraid they might have charged too fast and furiously into the bath business.
Based on double-digit sales gains just a couple of...
— Feb 18, 1994
Cover Girl Broadens its Coverage
NEW YORK -- When Cover Girl entered the market 35 years ago, it began with a single product: Cover Girl Clean Liquid Makeup. Now the company hopes to broaden the brand's appeal with a fragrance-free version.
In late April, Procter & Gamble...
— Feb 18, 1994
France's L'Herbier Eyes U.S. Expansion
NEW YORK -- L'Herbier de Provence Ltd., the French bath and body store, is growing new roots in the U.S.
L'Herbier plans to open five to 10 stores in 1994 in addition to its five existing locations. The store hopes to open 30 new units in the...
— Feb 18, 1994
Beauty Bar Boosts Cosmetic Center
WASHINGTON -- In an effort to further solidify its position as a one-stop specialty beauty retailer with a department store feel, Savage, Md.-based Cosmetic Center Inc. is counting on its fancy, black formica fragrance and cosmetics bars to make it...
— Feb 18, 1994
Brushing Up
NEW YORK - Shower gels and glycerin soaps aren't the only products ringing up sales in bath and body departments. Retailers and manufacturers are also applauding the budding bath accessories business. "They really sell well in conjunction with the...
— Feb 18, 1994
