1 founder dominique mandonnaud 1 headquarters paris france key people calvin mcdonald president and ceo of sephora americas chris de lapuente global president & ceo sephora products cosmetics & beauty revenue 1.94 billion 2012 parent lvmh website www.sephora.com sephora is a french chain of cosmetics stores founded in 1969 . 2 3 featuring nearly 300 brands 4 along with its own private label sephora offers beauty products including makeup skincare body fragrance nail color and haircare . sephora is owned by luxury conglomerate lvmh as of 1997 . 3 5 the sephora logo is a white s shaped flame against a black background . the name comes from the greek spelling of zipporah greek sepph ra the most beautiful wife of moses . contents 1 history 2 subscription service 3 brands 4 sephora inside jcpenney 5 environmental record 6 references 7 external links history edit sephora first launched in paris in a partnership between the uk s boots plc and nouvelles galeries as a perfumery chain in 1970 . it was purchased by dominique mandonnaud in 1993 who merged the purchase with his own perfume chain under the sephora brand . mandonnaud is credited for founding and implementing sephora s assisted self service sales experience which departed from then typical retail models for cosmetics by encouraging customers to try products in store before purchasing . 6 7 mandonnaud continued to expand the sephora brand through the 1990 s opening up its flagship store in champs lys es in 1997 . in july 1997 mandonnaud and his partners sold sephora to lvmh who expanded the stores globally and bolstered the chain s product offerings to include beauty and cosmetic products . 3 sephora s flagship store on champs lys es sephora opened its first united states store in new york city in 1998 and its first canadian store in toronto in 2004 . 8 9 its north american headquarters is located in san francisco with corporate offices in new york city and montr al. sephora currently operates over 360 stores across north america . 8 sephora toronto eaton centre toronto ontario canada sephora launched its online store to the u.s. in 1999 and into canada in 2003 . 8 the canadian head office was opened in february 2007 by marie christine marchives a former sephora u.s. and sephora france employee . marie christine marchives returned to france in july 2010 to become the general manager of sephora france . she was replaced in canada by klaus ryum larsen . sephora currently operates over 1 700 stores in 30 countries worldwide generating over 4 billion in revenue as of 2013 . 3 10 as of september 2013 the sephora at champs lys es in paris france attracts over six million people a year . 11 in 2000 sephora.com purchased the assets of eve.com for high six figures . 12 13 in 2010 women s wear daily named sephora the specialty retailer of the year . 14 15 on 18 november 2014 four customers filed a class action lawsuit against sephora . the suit alleges that sephora engaged in racial discrimination by wrongfully deactivating the customer rewards accounts of asian customers under the pretense that these customers were buying products from sephora in bulk and reselling them . 16 17 on 1 january 2014 calvin mcdonald replaced david suliteanu as president and chief executive officer of sephora americas . suliteanu was named ceo of kendo brands another business in the lvmh portfolio . 18 in 26 august 2016 sephora opened its 400th location on the magnificent mile in chicago . the store is the city s new flagship location . 19 subscription service edit in august 2015 it was announced that sephora would launch a subscription service play by sephora . the monthly subscription service will offer boxes containing five products for 10 a month . 20 boston columbus and cincinnati are the only three cities to test the initial service launch in september 2015 . the service is scheduled to launch throughout the us in 2016 . 21 brands edit sephora features a variety of beauty products from more than 100 brands including nars cosmetics make up for ever mode signature urban decay first aid beauty sunday riley skincare philosophy tatcha aburatorigami 22 and too faced cosmetics . sephora also features its own make up skincare and beauty tools accessories . packaging for the line features the company s elongated flame logo in standard black print . in 2013 the brand debuted fragrance collections with mary kate and ashley olsen and a makeup line with marc jacobs . 23 sephora inside jcpenney edit in october 2006 sephora began opening stores inside jcpenney . sephora inside jcpenney features some of the same makeup skincare and fragrance brands as well as its own product line found in stand alone stores nationwide . sephora inside jcpenney stores are much smaller than a normal store usually 1 500 sq ft in size . 24 there are more than 400 sephora locations in jcpenney stores across the us . 3 25 environmental record edit sephora s sustainable development initiatives were recognized in december 2015 . 26 the company received the sustainable brand label as well as the 2015 r award for eco design by the g n ration responsible association . global cosmetic news reported that sephora s newly launched display cases have a 30 % lighter metal frame that will reduce co2 emissions by 220 metric tons . 27 references edit a b about sephora . sephora . sherman lauren . inside sephora s branded beauty strategy . business of fashion . a b c d e loeb walter . sephora department stores can not stop its global growth . forbes . retrieved 3 january 2014 . wood rudolph heather 19 february 2015 . interview insider how to get hired at sephora . cosmopolitan . retrieved 24 july 2015 . born pete 24 october 2013 . calvin mcdonald named ceo of sephora americas . wwd . retrieved 24 october 2013 . sephora holdings s.a. company profile information business description history background information on sephora holdings s.a. . references for business . retrieved 16 february 2016 . the sephora 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chicago . sephora s magnificent mile store has new high tech look . novellino teresa . birchbox is about to meet a french foe sephora . biz journals . retrieved 14 august 2015 . malamut melissa . boston is one of three test cities for the new sephora box . boston . retrieved 14 august 2015 . tatcha skin care . sephora . retrieved 14 september 2014 . beauty boom is sephora becoming high fashion s next target . time . 9 january 2013 . about us sephora . sephora . retrieved 27 january 2016 . sephora inside jcp . sephora . sephora receives responsible brand label and 2015 r award for eco design . lvmh mo t hennessy louis vuitton . retrieved 18 december 2015 . miles louise prance . sephora honored for sustainable development initiatives with eco award . global cosmetic news . retrieved 18 december 2015 . external links edit media related to sephora at wikimedia commons sephora.com reviews products sephora th v t e lvmh board of directors albert fr re antoine arnault bernadette chirac 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