{"id":563,"date":"2012-10-11T16:01:16","date_gmt":"2012-10-11T16:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/?p=563"},"modified":"2013-05-11T16:10:51","modified_gmt":"2013-05-11T16:10:51","slug":"beauty-bar-going-natural","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zestmag.com\/online\/beauty-bar-going-natural\/","title":{"rendered":"Beauty Bar: Going natural"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cWe are just fortunate that since Beauty Bar\u2019s inception in 1999, we have always aligned ourselves with brands that are not your \u2018traditional\u2019 department store cosmetics brand,\u201d says Chie Gatchalian, marketing officer for Beauty Bar. \u201cThe brands we carry in Beauty Bar started out as small, niche brands that are well known and loved the world over, but also have a high level of social awareness and consciousness (e.g. Smashbox, ModelCO, Burt\u2019s Bees, et cetera)<\/em>. Unlike the more established cosmetics brands, they are younger, more daring and take bigger risks when it comes to product development. It was inevitable that when these brands started to move towards producing more environmental, natural and cruelty-free products, Beauty Bar followed suit.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

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And it is this \u2013 the business decision to offer non-traditional goods \u2013 that, interestingly, is now driving Beauty Bar\u2019s growth, as \u201ccustomers, thereby the companies servicing them, choose to (go for) socially responsible products. We realize that as the world becomes more and more aware of the need to care for Mother Nature, our clients also tend to look for products that will help them do the same. We want Beauty Bar to be able to respond to the changes in the marketplace, (such as in responding to the) very high demand now for natural, organic and cruelty-free products,\u201d Gatchalian says.<\/p>\n

Beauty Bar is a venture of Store Specialists Inc. (SSI), one of the undisputed leaders in brand management of specialty retail concepts in the Asia-Pacific region.<\/p>\n

Established in 1988, SSI offers the best in high-end fashion specialty retailing, carrying the biggest lifestyle brand portfolio and the most number of boutiques. Currently, it operates over 200 freestanding and shop-in-shop boutiques that cover a total of about 240,000 square feet of prime retail space, with presence covering Metro Manila, Pampanga, Baguio, Cebu, and Davao.<\/p>\n

SSI provides a wide menu of brand management services that includes research and planning, product, store and sales development, advertising and sales promotion, public relations, merchandising, and logistical support. In addition to being the franchisee of the international brand names, SSI also manages and operates its own retail concept stores: Beauty Bar, Make Room and Tutto Moda.<\/p>\n

Beauty Bar is SSI\u2019s \u201cventure into the personal care store concept,\u201d allowing the company to \u201cshowcase innovative and non-traditional international brands of cosmetics, skin care, and beauty products that are not available anywhere else in the Philippines.\u201d Beauty Bar is the first and only specialty personal care concept of its kind, where niche brands and products are presented as new alternatives to traditional cosmetics and body care ideas, from simple lip glosses to more intricate potions for beauty and relaxation, on an exclusive basis.<\/p>\n

SSI is a member of the Rustan’s Group of Companies (RGOC), a leading wholesaling and retailing conglomerate in the Philippines.<\/p>\n

Gatchalian believes that if there\u2019s a thing that can be learned from Beauty Bar\u2019s experience, it is the importance on flexibility to respond to market needs. \u201cIt is a known fact that businesses should always be aware of the trends and should be flexible enough to know what the market needs- and this changes all the time,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n

In fact, due to their responsiveness, \u201cso far, we haven\u2019t faced any difficulties in selling (the products we carry) to clients. As a matter of fact, our clients are now more aware of what\u2019s going on in the world. They are more mobile, they travel more, and they spend a lot of time on the Web and are, therefore, more aware that they are a part of a bigger community.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thus, greening their way of doing business, the \u201ccarrying of cruelty-free products, is not just a trendy thing to do, but is the right thing to do. Now, people are looking for more ways to get involved in caring for their environment. Being able to contribute to that, in whatever way possible, is always a good thing. It shows your clients that you are changing with them and with the times,\u201d Gatchalian says.<\/p>\n

In 2003, Beauty Bar was voted Most Promising Retailer by the Philippine Retailers’ Association (PRA) and the Department of Trade and Industry. As of end-2007, there were 14 Beauty Bar stores in Metro Manila, and the cities of Baguio and Cebu.<\/p>\n

For more information, visit http:\/\/shop.beautybar.com.ph\/<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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