Sephora to ramp up Chinese retail expansion

Published: 14-May-2019
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The LVMH-owned beauty store chain is returning to Hong Kong after eight years

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Sephora to ramp up Chinese retail expansion

French beauty retail chain Sephora has confirmed that it is returning to the Hong Kong market eight years after its departure and the Asian press reports that it will be opening not

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