Meet the buyer with Beales Department Store

Published: 30-Mar-2016
Retail

Pure Beauty talks to Linda Anderson, Buyer at Beales, about the business of beauty buying

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Pure Beauty talks to Linda Anderson, Cosmetics Group Buyer at Beales Department Store, about the business of beauty buying.

How did you become a beauty buyer?

I went to work for Boots when I was 16, having planned to become a nurse when I could train at 18, but I got the beauty bug. I was trained by Boots and worked for No 7 and then Estée Lauder. I left Estée Lauder to work for Debenhams and learn the buying side of the business. I became a beauty buyer after joining Jenners Edinburgh, where I stayed for over 18 years before joining the Beales Group.

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