Sample-box pioneer Birchbox announced this week that it will be withdrawing from the Canadian market. The beauty e-tailer launched in Canada in November 2014. In a statement to customers on its website and Facebook, co-founder and CEO Katia Beauchamp cited “the current exchange rate and high shipping costs” as the factors underpinning the decision.
Read MoreBirchbox, the e-commerce innovator founded in 2010 as the original beauty sample box, has appointed Philippe Pinatel as its president and chief operations officer as the company readies to open brick-and-mortar stores next year. A retail veteran, Pinatel was most recently SVP and GM of Sephora Canada.
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