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Article: THE SPACE NK EFFECT.
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- WWD
- Article date:
- February 12, 1999
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LONDON -- Space NK Apothecary is on an expansion drive at home, while its format is spawning a host of imitators abroad. The specialist beauty retailer currently has nine stores in the U.K., including six here and new units in Glasgow and Manchester.
In March it will open stores in Leeds and in the Bluewater mall in Kent, said Nicki Kinnaird, the retailer's founder and managing director. Space NK then will open seven more units in the U.K. through the remainder of 1999, and perhaps its first overseas store in Dublin.
The retailer has been looking for a site in Ireland for the last year, but so far hasn't had any success, Kinnaird said. The company also ...