Consumer China

Sephora: China growth 'extraordinary'

  • Published 04 Mar 2010

LVMH's high-end cosmetics retailer is proving popular with China's middle class urban females.

BackgroundSephora, a unit of luxury goods company LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton (MC:PAR) is an online and store retailer of high-end cosmetics and perfume products. Sephora has over 963 stores worldwide, of which around 40 are in 19 cities across China. The company's stores and website sell its own-brand products as well as major brands such as Benefit, L'Occitaine, Clarins, Givenchy, Guerlain and Kenzo.