Mass Beauty: Yay or Nay?

Send to KindleTweet A financial analyst at Citi coined the phrase Hourglass Theory a few years ago, to point to a state he/she expected America was heading in: The haves the and have-nots, with a shrinking middle class. If one looks at the beauty market, this is true. During the recession, people went to salons [...]

Beauty Wars: A Look at the Major Players

Send to KindleTweet There is a retail war going on right now to compete for your beauty budget. I’ll start with a few confessions. I’m a beauty junkie. I have a bestie and we both once lived in The City, New York that is. When were equally miserable at our underpaid jobs in Manhattan offices, [...]

Walgreens To Buy Duane Reade

Send to KindleTweet The retail market continues to consolidate with the news that one drugstore giant has inked an agreement to swallow another. New York City’s ubiquitous drugstore chain, Duane Reade Holdings, has agreed to be bought by Walgreen Co. Walgreens will purchase Duane Reade from affiliates of Oak Hill Capital Partners in a cash [...]

Duane Reade Pushes DeLish

Send to KindleTweet The creation of yet another snack line may seem insignificant, but while the lot of well-educated and privileged people believe that simply teaching people to cook will end obesity, the truth is that we must wage a war against the widespread overuse of corn syrup and salt. This became clear when I [...]

Retail & Celebrity Charity News June 9

Send to KindleTweet Nordstrom announced plans to open a 35,000-square-foot Nordstrom Rack at Orlando’s Millenia Crossing in Spring 2009. Saks announced it will open three new Saks Fifth Avenue OFF 5TH stores in Fall 2008. One location will be a 30,000-square-foot store in The Arches at Deer Park in Long Island, New York in October; [...]