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KIKO Milano Opens its Doors at Braehead

Retail Focus

Braehead, one of the UK’s most popular retail and leisure destinations, owned by property company SGS and asset managed by Global Mutual in conjunction with Savills as property managers, is pleased to welcome beauty brand, KIKO Milano, to the centre as the store opens its doors to customers.

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Why Best Buy, Walmart, other major US retailers are touting health services

Inside Retail

Major US retailers including Best Buy, Walmart and Amazon are increasing their offerings of healthcare and health-related products as inflation-wary Americans shift more of their budgets to services and away from goods. “The margins you can make in some of the wellness and health product categories has become pretty significant.

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How demographics are driving Milligram’s physical retail expansion

Inside Retail

There’s a term the Japanese use to describe finding beauty in everyday objects – ‘wabi-sabi’. At the time of writing, Milligram had six locations in Melbourne, a seventh in George Street, Sydney, and was on the cusp of opening an eighth in the cosmopolitan inner west Sydney suburb of Newtown. In the end, Milligram is about wabi-sabi.

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How Olive Young dominates K-beauty by boosting small brands

Inside Retail

In the past decade, Korean cosmetic companies have become formidable players in the beauty industry. Famed for the latest in product development and cutting-edge formulations that can rival the West, K-beauty products are now renowned worldwide. Here’s why Olive Young is the one to watch for the beauty industry.

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Sephora CEO Guillaume Motte shares his four ingredients for success 

Inside Retail

French prestige beauty retailer Sephora is widely recognised as a leader in its category, with 3000 stores and 52,000 team members operating worldwide. While the beauty category tends to be resilient in times of economic downturn, Motte noted that Sephora outperformed the market. “We For us, the word partner is not a gimmick.”

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Inside Chemist Warehouse’s surprising new luxury brand, Ultra Beauty

Inside Retail

Across Australia a new set of beauty destinations have silently started popping up, bringing premium products to customers in a place they likely didn’t expect. So for the last few years, we’ve basically built [Ultra Beauty] from the ground up, and we’re going after the premium beauty market.

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Inside Ikkari’s first physical store – and its plans for more

Inside Retail

After only six months of operations, Aje Collective’s beauty brand, Ikkari, launched its first physical location, with the promise of more to come. The business uses all-natural ingredients across a slew of products, ranging from skincare and ingestibles, to beauty and diffusers. Innovation is a big part of our range.

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