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How Sephora reflects broader challenges facing Western beauty brands in China

Inside Retail

LVMH-owned beauty giant Sephora is reportedly carrying out a significant workforce reduction in China, a move aimed at mitigating financial losses in the challenging market. The bigger picture The struggles of Sephora in China, however, reflect a broader trend affecting Western beauty brands operating in the market.

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Mecca for mums: How The Memo is disrupting the baby goods market

Inside Retail

At the time, she was a brand manager at Mecca, so she understood the power of a highly curated and branded shopping environment, and a first-rate customer experience, but she felt like it didn’t exist in the baby goods category.

Marketing 246
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Proximity retailing and current retail environmental paradoxes

Retail Focus

This conflicting situation is a result of many environmental factors influencing the health of proximity retailing: the brand/the business, the commercial environment, the competitive environment, and the consumer. What incentives do retailers have to reinvest in local urban stores? Why did not this call appeal to many?