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Yahoo
5 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Beauty brand that's 'highlight of any shopping trip' opening new South Wales store
Rituals has announced it will open a new store in Swansea later this year. The beauty and wellbeing brand, which was founded in Amsterdam in 2000, currently boasts more than 1,300 stores across 33 countries. Around 90 of them can be found in the UK, including in Cardiff and Bridgend. Rituals also has 4,176 shop-in-shops dotted around the world, plus the world's first Mind Oasis. The brand is known for its "expansive" range of body care, home fragrances, natural skin care, and home wear products, each "inspired by an ancient tradition". Rituals to open new store in Swansea in 2025 Rituals is now set to open a brand new store in Swansea in September 2025. A spokesperson said: "The new store will offer an immersive experience into Rituals' signature range of luxurious bath, body, and home products, designed to inspire moments of mindfulness and self-care in everyday life." Rituals is known for a wide range of body care, home fragrances, natural skin care, men care and home wear products. (Image: Rituals) The opening is part of Rituals' UK expansion strategy, which said reinfoces "the brand's commitment to bringing luxury wellbeing to high-footfall destinations". What customers think of Rituals Rituals has received rave reviews online, being described by shoppers as "one of my favourite brands" and "a highlight of any shopping trip". One customer, posting on Trustpilot, said: "Love every product. Ordered on a Tuesday and arrived first thing Thursday morning. "Products are amazing and honestly my skin has never felt better. Can't recommend enough." Another added: "We often visit the outlet stores and find the ritual stores a highlight of any shopping trip." A third shopper commented: "One of my favorite brands. Spot on service. I'm trying to figure out all the negative comments. Quality products. Beautiful packaging. I will definitely recommend them." RECOMMENDED READING: US burger chain 'better than McDonald's' to open second UK store in South Wales St David's confirms new store set to open in spring 2026 The M&S Beauty Bag 2025 products ranked from best to worst I saved £69 at Boots on No7 summer best-sellers and you can too if you're quick While over on Google Reviews, Rituals' Cardiff store boasts a near-perfect 4.7-star (out of 5) rating from 37 reviews. One customer said: "Every item give you an unique feel my favourite shop." While this person posted: "Lovely range of products. Helpful staff."
Daily Mirror
18-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Rituals is having a big sale with skincare and bodycare reduced to as low as £5
The brand loved by shoppers and celebrities alike, including Molly-Mae Hague, is currently offering massive discounts on a range of skincare, bodycare and more, with prices dropping as low as £5 Whether you're looking for a new SPF body lotion from a brand with Molly-Mae's stamp of approval or fancy grabbing a gift set with 30% off, this Rituals sale is not one you'll want to snooze on. While various products are receiving discounts on Rituals' own website, Sephora has joined in and is offering beauty buffs the chance to grab a range of products with stellar discounts, including one pick that's now up for grabs for as low as £5.45 while this deal lasts. The cheapest buy in this Sephora sale is this RITUALS The Ritual Of Sakura Recharge Gel, which has been slashed from its original £10.90 price tag. Set to replace your average supermarket hand gel, this hand gel only requires a little water. Composed of cherry blossom, which soothes and relaxes your senses with its delicate floral fragrance, this gel also features rice milk, which softens and smoothes your skin, leaving it luminous. That said, this is only a refill, so if you want the dispenser, you'll have to buy it separately. If you already have the dispenser, this refill is a sustainable and environmentally friendly choice that helps reduce packaging. Something else that's up for grabs is this RITUALS Homme Medium Set worth £43.90, which is now reduced by £12. The set includes the Rituals Homme Shower Foam (200ml), the Rituals Sport Body Wash (200ml), the Rituals Sport Body Lotion (70ml) and the L'Essentiel Eau de parfum (15ml). Perfect for gifting to a loved one or treating yourself with if you're looking to try out more of Rituals products, this gem is now reduced all the way down to £30.75 in this Sephora sale. Another item available at a reduced price is RITUALS The Ritual of Karma Sun Protection Milky Spray SPF30, which is now £18.30 down from £22.90. This hydrating lotion spray with SPF30 promises to leave no white cast on the skin and is rapidly absorbed into the skin without leaving a sticky residue. Protecting your body from sun damage from UVA and UVB rays, this lotion also nourishes the skin in one application, thanks to the Hydra-Boost Complex. This unique hydrating complex contains squalane, aloe vera and algae, which help soothe dehydrated skin and restore suppleness. Plus, this lotion is water resistant, so you can continue with regular application regardless of dips in the pool or perspiration. Rituals products on sale elsewhere include this Rituals The Ritual Of Mehr Sweet Orange & Cedar Wood Trial Set, which is available for £20.50 at Boots. Or, check out this RITUALS The Ritual of Karma Lotus Flower & White Tea Shimmering Body Oil for £19.92 down from £24.90.
Fashion Network
09-06-2025
- Business
- Fashion Network
Ex-Rituals MD takes leadership role at France's Aroma-Zone as it preps UK/ROI debut
Former Rituals UK/Ireland MD Penny Grivea has taken up an identical position for Aroma-Zone as the French beauty brand prepares to launch in the UK, debuting its first store in London later this year. Grivea led Rituals' UK and Ireland ops for over nine years from 2015 to create turnover of €170 million. Under her leadership, Rituals undertook a major UK expansion drive over the last few years including store openings at Liverpool One, Glasgow's Silverburn, Chelmsford's Bond Street, Watford's Atria mall, Ashford Designer Outlet, Belfast's Victoria Square, Merryhill, and London Designer Outlet. Prior to Rituals, she held leadership roles at Georg Jensen, Follie Folli and Korres Natural Products. Latest financials show Aroma-Zone achieved sales growth of 56% in 2024, up from 43% in 2023. The brand, which specialises in natural cosmetic products, also continues domestic expansion with it planing to open around 10 stores in France in cities such as Rouen, Cannes, and the Paris region. In a post on LinkedIn, Grivea announced the move noting Aroma-Zone is focused on creating 'high-quality, natural solutions that are accessible to all'. She said the brand's range 'spans powerful actives, pure botanicals and everyday essentials' and comes 'with a deep care for both people and planet… committed to ethical sourcing, sustainable practices and affordability'.
Fashion Network
09-06-2025
- Business
- Fashion Network
Ex-Rituals MD takes leadership role at France's Aroma-Zone as it preps UK/ROI debut
Former Rituals UK/Ireland MD Penny Grivea has taken up an identical position for Aroma-Zone as the French beauty brand prepares to launch in the UK, debuting its first store in London later this year. Grivea led Rituals' UK and Ireland ops for over nine years from 2015 to create turnover of €170 million. Under her leadership, Rituals undertook a major UK expansion drive over the last few years including store openings at Liverpool One, Glasgow's Silverburn, Chelmsford's Bond Street, Watford's Atria mall, Ashford Designer Outlet, Belfast's Victoria Square, Merryhill, and London Designer Outlet. Prior to Rituals, she held leadership roles at Georg Jensen, Follie Folli and Korres Natural Products. Latest financials show Aroma-Zone achieved sales growth of 56% in 2024, up from 43% in 2023. The brand, which specialises in natural cosmetic products, also continues domestic expansion with it planing to open around 10 stores in France in cities such as Rouen, Cannes, and the Paris region. In a post on LinkedIn, Grivea announced the move noting Aroma-Zone is focused on creating 'high-quality, natural solutions that are accessible to all'. She said the brand's range 'spans powerful actives, pure botanicals and everyday essentials' and comes 'with a deep care for both people and planet… committed to ethical sourcing, sustainable practices and affordability'.
Yahoo
05-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Americana duo Watchhouse kicks off new tour at UConn's Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts
The folk/Americana duo Watchhouse is kicking off its latest national tour with an April 11 show at UConn's Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts in Storrs. The North Carolina band's new album 'Rituals' won't be officially released until over a month after the Connecticut show, so this will be a chance to hear some of the new songs before anyone else does. 'Rituals' is Watchhouse's first album in four years. The band released six albums under the name Mandolin Orange between 2010 and 2019 before changing it to Watchhouse in 2021. Watchhouse's captivating neo-roots folk sound has earned millions of streams on music sites and prestigious gigs at Red Rocks, South by Southwest, the Telluride Bluegrass Festival, Newport Folk Festival and Austin City Limits. Watchhouse is based around the married couple Emily Frantz and Andrew Marlin. Much of the new tour will be done with a full band, but Frantz said the UConn show will be 'just us as a duo.' 'It's been a while ' since Watchhouse has played a college venue, Frantz said, though of course the duo is very popular in college towns. The band's last Connecticut show was at New Haven's College Street Music Hall in 2022. 'We do colleges every now and again,' Frantz said. 'Our last tour was last summer. One thing about it is we have two kids. We travel with them and that's OK.' But it sometimes determines where and how they perform. Parenthood hasn't affected the Watchhouse songwriting process. 'Andrew loves to write late at night,' Frantz said. 'It's a pretty solitary situation for him.' When the basic song is finished, Frantz takes an active role in how it will sound. 'The arrangement is where I come in. Andrew is the songwriter. I hear the songs as they are progressing, not when they're finished. It's a natural process with the ideas forming subconsciously,' Frantz said. 'I think we'll be playing a lot of the new songs at UConn,' she added. 'There's a lot of playing off between the guitar mandolin and fiddle.' As for what they're listening to themselves these days, 'I primarily listen to a lot of folk music, from the '60s on,' Frantz said. 'In the last couple of years I've gotten more into Irish music. Andrew's listening is more broad — it could be Pantera or Led Zeppelin.' Watchhouse plays on April 11 at 8 p.m. at Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts, 2132 Hillside Road, Storrs. $35-$55.
