A mastermind of a few of Sephora‘s key classes is about to retire.
Alison Hahn, Sephora’s Stateside senior vice chairman of merchandising for make-up, perfume and Sephora at Kohl’s, can be retiring on the finish of August.
Efficient Aug. 25, the group has made some shifts to its inside group, together with Carye Campbell’s promotion to senior vice chairman of merchandising for perfume.
Amy Abrams, the senior vice chairman of merchandising, make-up, is broadening her purview to the entire class. Jennifer Cohen, vice chairman of make-up merchandising, will report back to Abrams. Laurette Puhlmann is taking over all of Sephora Assortment of make-up and being promoted to senior director. She’s going to report back to Cohen, and Sephora may even be opening a brand new vice chairman of merchandising position for make-up. Sydney Feeter and Jessica Harvey may even report back to Abrams.
For Sephora at Kohl’s, Bronwen Russell will helm merchandising and report back to Carolyn Bojanowski, govt vice chairman, merchandising, U.S., on the retailer.
“Alison leaves an unbelievable legacy and imprint on our enterprise,” Bojanowski wrote in a memo to workers. “Hailed as probably the most gifted retailers within the magnificence neighborhood, she’s been on the forefront of discovering many breakout manufacturers together with Haus Labs, Uncommon Magnificence and Kayali. She’s additionally helped develop the perfume class and was instrumental in signing over 100 magnificence manufacturers into Sephora at Kohl’s.”
Make-up is magnificence’s largest class within the U.S. status market, whereas perfume is the runner-up and quickest rising, and each have been busy at Sephora. Mary Phillips revealed the launch of her new make-up model, M.Ph, on the retailer Monday; Selena Gomez’s Uncommon Magnificence is introducing perfume at Sephora as reported Tuesday.
“There’s so many various shoppers on the market who’re fascinated by lots of various things. All of them have nice innovation, they’re nice new voices in make-up, particularly in artistry, and we like to prioritize rising expertise,” Hahn mentioned of Phillips’ model. “We try to be the most effective at that, that’s our position to ship nice manufacturers and merchandise to our shoppers. That’s our north star.”
Hahn joined Sephora after working in residence, trend and equipment, and as she informed WWD in 2023 on the time of her CEW Girls’s Management Awards honoring, “Any good service provider, and any good enterprise, has to consider the consumer first. You need to have a client-first mindset, it’s not ego-driven.”
