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Article: More in Store: Paris Retailing.(beauty retail, France)(Industry Overview)
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- WWD
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- November 22, 2002
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Byline: Jennifer Weil and Brid Costello PARIS - France's beauty retail scene is percolating with new and revamped formats and torrents of brand introductions. But the flurry of activity belies an underlying truth: It can't seem to push the selective retail market out of its doldrums.
"It's survival tactics," said Jeanine Recckio, beauty futurologist and founder of Mirrormirror, of New York.
Most industry observers characterize the prestige beauty business as practically flat and all the window-dressing is an attempt to perk up a sleepy sector.
"I think the relative saturation in the prestige market has created a certain number of initiatives - ...