Perfumeries

Naima - Beauty Star accelerates towards 100 shops

by Marika Gervasio

2' min read

Translated by AI
Versione italiana

2' min read

Translated by AI
Versione italiana

 

The expansion of Beauty Star, a brand of the Padua-based DMO group, continues unabated, announcing the entry of two more important shops in Alba and Cuneo, completing the integration of the entire ex-Modus network. With this operation, the chain arrives at 91 active shops in Italy, confirming the group's desire to reach 100 by 2026 and strengthen its position in the national beauty sector.

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During the summer, the group finalised the acquisition of the entire retail network of the Piedmontese company Vallesi Srl, consisting of 24 stores under the Modus brand distributed in Veneto, Piedmont, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Valle d'Aosta and Tuscany. The two shops in Alba (290 square metres) and Cuneo (307 square metres) - among the best performing in the network - now officially come under the Naïma - Beauty Star banner, closing a strategic and territorially widespread expansion operation.

Confirmed also in this last step is the continuity of employment for all the 11 employees involved, in line with the approach followed throughout the entire operation, which has guaranteed employment for almost 100 workers in the ex-Modus network. The growth plan is also reflected in the numbers: the turnover of DMO's beauty sector will rise from 50 to around 65-70 million euro, while EBITDA is expected to increase by 25%. A concrete sign of managerial solidity and profitability, in an increasingly competitive sector.

 

"Today, the sector is too fragmented," say Fabio and Annalisa Celeghin, president and vice-president of DMO. "We need aggregations, economies of scale, and an industrial vision. Ours is a long-term, Italian and structured project, with the development of Beauty Star as a reference reality for national beauty retail at its core.

DMO, headquartered in Pernumia (PD), is a family-owned but strongly managerial group operating in the specialised retail sector. In addition to Beauty Star, it also controls the Caddy's chain, with 296 drugstores operating in Italy in the personal and home care channel.

All the new shops join the Naïma - Beauty Star network, thanks to DMO's participation in the Naïma consortium, an Italian cluster that brings together more than 400 independent perfumeries under a shared brand name.

 

'Our goal,' emphasises François Xavier Tah, commercial director of DMO Spa, 'is to build a solid, well-rooted and competitive group, capable of giving continuity to valuable local realities and face the market with a modern vision. Italy is still dominated by three foreign multinationals: we want to be the first Italian alternative, strong, organised and with a precise identity.

With 91 active shops and new openings in the pipeline, the goal of 100 Beauty Star stores is now just a stone's throw away. "We are working on announcing new acquisitions by the end of 2025," concludes Tah. "In a stagnant market, we are investing, growing and strengthening. We are convinced that the perfumery channel still has a lot of potential to express, if led with expertise and industrial vision.

 

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