Luxury Briefing.

Four Sephora stores in New York City are due to be transformed over the coming months. The new-style concept has already been unveiled at the beauty chain’s first ever US store, which opened in 1998 and is based in SoHo, in June at its Union Square store and by the end of this year at […]

ON Fifth Avenue, Ghurka has staked its claim to no 781 while Louis Vuitton is expanding at no 743. Massimo Dutti is coming to no 689. Jimmy Choo is renovating its 645 Fifth Avenue boutique. Salvatore Ferragamo will open a temporary store at 3 West 57th as its Fifth Avenue shop is renovated. French beauty […]

Next year will see Sephora expand its retail network in Latin America, adding an extra 10 to 12 stores in the region. The initial stage of the plan will see the brand open its first boutique in São Paulo, Brazil next April. With up to 5,300 sq ft of space, the store will be located […]

The first new-look Sephora has opened in the Meatpacking District in New York with a mobile checkout, mirrors with six lighting settings and custom-designed modern art. The mobile checkout system works on a touch screen with internal wi-fi network, and has the benefit of “dramatically reducing the amount of floor space that we devote to […]

ON Fifth Avenue, Sperry Top-Sider is coming to no 103, its first store in New York City. Uniqlo continues its expansion across Manhattan at no 155. Tommy Bahama, no 551, is exploding, with restaurant, bar and lounge. NBA store has relocated to no 590. Michael Kors’ lifestyle flagship debuted at no 610, at Rockefeller Center. […]

Representing the third largest beauty market in the world, Brazil has emerged as an important potential consumer of prestige beauty products, with luxury cosmetics sales expected to climb at a high-single-digit annual pace over the next five years. While the vast majority of the estimated $35bn Brazilian cosmetics market comprises mass brands, the prestige business […]

ON Madison Avenue, Austrian brand Frey Wille launched at no 727. Michael Kors at no 790 is now home to the entire Collection from Kors to MK. Brooks Brothers Children opened at the north-west comer of 86th Street. Tourneau expands and moves from the north-west corner of 52nd to the south-west corner of 53rd.
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Luxury goods giant LVMH has been on a shopping spree, picking up two luxury skincare lines over the last month. First was Scandinavian botanical skincare brand Ole Henriksen, which was founded in 1985 by Ole Henriksen and entered LVMH-owned Sephora in 2006. Henriksen will continue to develop products for the line and act as brand […]

LVMH-owned beauty retail chain Sephora is ramping up its presence in the Italian beauty market with a new store due to open in March. Situated in Milan’s newly renovated central train station, the 2,691 sq ft store will join brands such as Armani Jeans. Another will open in the Corso Vercelli shopping district later this […]

On Fifth Avenue, Ivanka Trump jewelry is opening soon, at 721 in Trump Tower. At the Takashimaya Building, no 693, Forever 21 will have a pop-up shop. On Madison Avenue, Marina Rinaldi moved a few doors north to 69th Street. Mexican designer Sandra de Ovando premières at 65th Street, steps from Madison. Jonathan Adler, no […]