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Eckerd’s Universal Movement
CLEARWATER, Fla. -- Universal fixturing is paying off for Eckerd Corporation.
The chain is reporting higher…
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NEW YORK -- Revlon owner Ronald O. Perelman has shown he's willing to invest in Revlon's future. But what…
Mass Retailers See Best Yule in 5 Years for Fragrance Sales
NEW YORK -- After suffering through back-to-back holiday seasons that were lackluster, mass market retailers…
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MOUNT POCONO, Pa. -- Ames Department Stores Inc. is back in love with beauty.
Three years ago, Ames grew…
Target Takes Aim with Tightened Mix
NEW YORK -- Despite the strides made recently by Wal-Mart Stores and Kmart Corp. in the cosmetics category…
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NEW YORK -- To expand a prestige fragrance business that is largely dependent on seasonal surges, mass market…
Revco on Rebound after Chapter 11
HUDSON, Ohio -- A Revco beauty department, suppliers say, is like a road map: Every aisle and avenue is…
Chains to Vendors: Serve Us Better
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Faced with continued pressure by discounters, chain drugstore buyers are demanding better…
Vendors Seen Lighting Yule Log
NEW YORK -- Mass market retailers are looking to their fragrance vendors to play Santa Claus this Christmas.
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The Chain That Ate New York
NEW YORK -- A drugstore chain has to be sharp when its beauty competition includes Bloomingdale's and Saks…
Next at Black Opal: Men’s Skin Care
NEW YORK -- BioCosmetic Research Labs last year uncovered a profitable niche in the mass market -- skin care…
Retailers Move to Customize
NEW YORK -- Mass market retailers used to pride themselves on the fact that every store within a chain had…
French Scents Find a New U.S. Home
NEW YORK -- The mass market fragrance business is developing a French accent.
Rather than commit the major…
LaLoren Moves in on Home Fragrance
NEW YORK -- Mark Kaplan, president of LaLoren Inc., hopes he has found another way to take advantage of what…
Vanilla Fields Draws a Herd of Competitors
NEW YORK -- More and more mass fragrance marketers want to graze in Coty's Vanilla Fields.
The phenomenal…