This year, Cosmetics received nearly 1,200 nominations for the Cosmetics Outstanding Service Awards (COSAs). We’re pleased to now announce the winners, who will be honoured at our gala dinner on Wednesday, November 16, 2016.
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Vancouver-based natural wellness and skincare company Saje has announced major retail expansion plans. In late November, the brand will open its first stateside location, in Malibu, California, with plans to add more than 25 locations along the West Coast and in New York in 2017. It’s also relaunching its e-commerce site, Saje.com, to sell directly to U.S. consumers.
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Poland-based colour cosmetics manufacturer Inglot is expanding its number of retail locations in Canada. Since 2014, the company has had a stand-alone store in downtown Toronto (19 Dundas Square), adjacent to the high-traffic CF Toronto Eaton Centre, and on October 22 it opened a kiosk in CF Sherway Gardens, also in Toronto. A second kiosk is set to open in Markham’s CF Markville Mall on November 5.
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In time for peak holiday gifting season, The Body Shop has opened a pop-up (93 Bloor Street West) in Toronto’s Yorkville shopping hub. Located a few steps east of where the retailer once had a long-standing store, it opened this month and will stay until January 31.
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Rexall is evolving the way it sells beauty. Last week, the Canadian drugstore chain unveiled its first revamped cosmetics department at its Bathurst and Eglinton location (901 Eglinton Avenue West) in Toronto. With refreshed decor, an open layout and new brands, the “Inspired Beauty” concept signals Rexall’s enhanced efforts to stake its claim in the increasingly competitive beauty retail landscape.
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M.A.C Cosmetics will soon be returning to Toronto’s Queen Street West. The brand is slated to open its doors at 368 Queen Street West, just east of Spadina Avenue, at the end of October. This new location is about a block from M.A.C’s former space at 363 Queen Street West, which closed in 2015 and is now occupied by fast-growing L’Oréal makeup brand NYX.
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Seattle-based luxury retailer Nordstrom has revealed the makeup, skincare, fragrance and nailcare brands to be carried at its new CF Toronto Eaton Centre location, opening Friday, September 16 in downtown Toronto. Reinventing the north-end space once occupied by Eaton’s and more recently Sears, the 220,000-square-foot department store will stock beauty from the following labels and more.
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Spa franchise The Ten Spot will open a new flagship—its 19th location—at Toronto’s CF Shops at Don Mills on September 9. The chain, which has been named one of the country’s fastest-growing companies by Canadian Business, is celebrating its 10th anniversary, as well as revealing a brand refresh.
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