Douglas

𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗸𝗶𝗱𝘀 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗢𝗨𝗚𝗟𝗔𝗦 𝗼𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗲?🎉 Yesterday our Düsseldorf HQ turned into a colorful playground as over 60 children joined their parents for the very first "Bring Your Kids to Work Day." Organized by our employee resource group family@DOUGLAS, the day was filled with face painting, scavenger hunts, and even decorating shop windows with our Visual Merchandising team. Little tigers and unicorns explored the workplace, got creative at the craft station, and made memories in the photo booth—all while discovering what their parents do every day. A huge thank you to everyone who made this day so special. We can't wait for the next "Bring Your Kids to Work Day"! #TeamDOUGLAS #FamilyAtDouglas #MakeLifeMoreBeautiful #BringYourKidsToWorkDay

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹🌟 At the DOUGLAS Group, we're continuously enhancing the in-store experience for our customers: Our digital solution empowers our beauty advisors with an all-in-one device that allows them to provide an even more efficient service on the sales floor. From mobile checkouts to instant product access and order management, our teams can handle multiple tasks effortlessly with the Samsung XCover Pro smartphones as an all-in-one device. The solution eliminates queues and makes shopping seamless for our customers. Our beauty advisors can access key information, manage goods efficiently, and even register new Beauty Card members — all while on the move. 🚀 Our rollout is already in full swing, with over 2,500 devices in use across Europe, and more to come. A big thank you to our teams and partners for making this project a success. Curious to learn more about how we’re shaping the future of retail? Check out our latest blog post: https://lnkd.in/e--akSm8 #DOUGLASGroup #Retail

𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗬𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 #TeamDOUGLAS 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗡 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 🙌🏻 We are thrilled to be a part of the UN Global Compact Climate Ambition Accelerator Program 2024. This initiative is a testament to our ongoing commitment to sustainability and highlights the power of collaboration to tackle global challenges. Our #TeamDOUGLAS participants have just wrapped up the SDG Innovation Accelerator’s eight-month program with the fourth and last innovation camp. This unique format brought dedicated professionals from various companies together, sparking collaboration and developing sustainable solutions. Big shoutout to our amazing SDG Innovators: Niomie Antony Cruz, Matiena Marie Scheppe, Luca Sofia Kalenborn, and Daniel Moorttola Schröder! With the essential tools and insights provided by the UN Global Compact Netzwerk Deutschland in hand, they are diving into design thinking processes to tackle problems and craft innovative solutions. In the next few weeks, they’ll finalize their solutions and present them at the final pitch event in front of a jury in September in New York City at the UN Global Compact Leaders’ Summit. We’re super excited for #TeamDOUGLAS and we’ll keep you updated! As part of the UN Global Compact Innovation Accelerator Program, we want to make a real impact on sustainability! Find out more on our sustainability ambitions on our Group Website: https://lnkd.in/daHHPEh8 #Sustainability #Innovation #UNGlobalCompact #SDGInnovators

𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝘄𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗲 Carina Denker, 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗔𝗖𝗛 🙌🏻 At the beginning of this month, our Accounting Team for Germany, Austria, and Switzerland welcomed an amazing new leader. In her new role, Carina, along with her team of around 40 people, not only handles daily accounting tasks and the upcoming annual financial statements but also works on projects like e-invoicing and internal digitalization initiatives. As a leader, Carina values not only quickly integrating into her thematic responsibilities but also getting to know and empowering her team. For her, open and close communication is the key. Carina particularly appreciated this kind of communication during her application process with DOUGLAS. The openness about her responsibilities, role, and the balance between work and family life ultimately convinced her to join us! We are thrilled to have you with us, Carina! #TeamDOUGLAS 🔥

𝗗𝗢𝗨𝗚𝗟𝗔𝗦 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗴 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 🎬 A summer highlight in Düsseldorf, the location of our DOUGLAS Group headquarters? The Alltours Open Air Cinema! Located right on the banks of the Rhine, it's a great place for young and old to come together for magical movie nights under the stars. It’s also the perfect spot in Düsseldorf to scout for our future talents! Throughout August, our new Employer Branding ad was and will be aired before each movie. This is our chance to show what makes working at the DOUGLAs Group so special on the big screen: Our strong, determined #TeamDOUGLAS with around 18.000 people of over 100 nationalities. We are as vibrant and diverse as our customers and it is our differences that make us strong. Yet, we are united by shared values and our purpose: Make Life More Beautiful – for our employees, for our customers, and for the world around us. A huge shoutout to the Employer Branding Team Kimberly Brown and Marvin Kuehl for making this fantastic project a reality!

“𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗹𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱.” 💄 It is our purpose to make life more beautiful and encourage our customers to express their individual beauty. That’s why our assortment is characterized by variety and choice – including also a comprehensive range of products and brands developed at and exclusively available at the DOUGLAS Group. From price-entry products of premium quality to higher-end derma cosmetics to sublime fragrances – our Corporate Brands assortment includes four unique brands: The 𝗗𝗢𝗨𝗚𝗟𝗔𝗦 𝗖𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 (NOCIBE COLLECTION in France), 𝗗𝗿. 𝗦𝘂𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲 𝘃𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗺𝗶𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗴, 𝗢𝗻𝗲.𝘁𝘄𝗼.𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲!, and 𝗝𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗼𝗵è𝗺𝗲. We have talked to our CEO Corporate Brands, Susanne Cornelius, about what’s behind our own brands strategy: “We are the home of beauty and have built up a wealth of beauty expertise over our 200-year history, which we bring to life in our own range of beauty products and brands. Corporate Brands are an important strategic pillar of our assortment. Not only do they make us unique – our brands are only available with us –, but they also boost our profitability and growth.” According to Susanne, our Corporate Brands are inseparably linked to our retail brand – everything that is done right on the retail brand level is reflected at the product level – and vice versa.   👉 Read the full interview on our blog and learn more about our Corporate Brands portfolio and strategy, the development of our products, and our innovation pipeline: https://lnkd.in/eVHkgeQy #TeamDOUGLAS #MakeLifeMoreBeautiful

🎉𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗗𝗢𝗨𝗚𝗟𝗔𝗦 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗴𝗶𝘂𝗺! 🎉 We are thrilled to announce the opening of our second DOUGLAS store in Belgium, located in the vibrant city of Leuven! 🛍️ With this new location, we're bringing even more premium beauty to our Belgian customers. Our new Leuven store offers an extensive range of premium beauty products, and exclusive in-store beauty services, all designed to make your shopping experience truly exceptional. Store Manager, Beau Pannemans said: “The opening in Leuven was a great success, there was excitement from our customers from the very beginning. Already early in the morning, a long line formed outside the store, with customers eager to be the first to enter the new store. The festive moment began with the ribbon cutting. Customers enjoyed free makeup touch-ups from our beauty advisors and had the opportunity to have their purchased products engraved, adding a personal and unique touch to their new beauty items. The opening of DOUGLAS in Leuven was a day full of highlights, and the store immediately established itself as a new favorite destination for beauty lovers in Leuven. Until October 2024 we plan to open three more stores in Belgium. This is an important milestone in the development of our store network and the implementation of our 'Let it Bloom' growth strategy. Congratulations #TeamDOUGLAS on the opening! ✨ #LetItBloom

𝗗𝗢𝗨𝗚𝗟𝗔𝗦 𝗖𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗴𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗦𝗭𝗜𝗚𝗘𝗧 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹🔥 Over 450,000 people recently came together to celebrate music at Budapest's Óbuda Island for one of Europe's largest festivals – the Sziget Festival. And of course, we couldn't resist joining in the fun and creating an unforgettable festival experience with our unique DOUGLAS COLLECTION area featuring our latest brand campaign #IYKYK – IF YOU KNOW YOU KNOW. We invited 50 content creators to an exclusive festival weekend with DOUGLAS COLLECTION. We kicked it off with an elegant dinner where our guests could meet and discover our exceptional products in a special setting. On the following festival days, our guests enjoyed exclusive styling in our VIP Zone, with GHD providing exceptional hairstyling and our DOUGLAS COLLECTION products delivering stunning make-up looks. To elevate the ultimate festival vibe for all visitors, we brought along a shimmery glitter shower in the shape of a mascara tube, temporary tattoos, giveaways, and much more. Our DOUGLAS Beauty Bus, which is currently touring across Eastern Europe, also made an appearance. On its lower level, festival visitors could get a free make-up touch-up with products from the DOUGLAS COLLECTION. Afterwards, everyone was invited to the upper terrace to relax in our chill-out area. A round of applause for all the teams involved in this amazing project. We had a blast! 👏🏻

𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗽 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝗿 “𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝗲𝗮𝘂𝘁𝘆” 𝗶𝗻 𝗩𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗮🎉✨ After just a few weeks of extensive modernization, the luxurious flagship store in the exclusive Kärntner Straße in Vienna was reopened in July. The opening was celebrated with numerous activities, such as raffles, product testing, and expert consultations by our beauty advisors. The highlight of the opening day was the appearance of Diane Kruger, known from our "Beauty Is…" campaign. 𝗔 𝗴𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗽𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝗿 “𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗕𝗲𝗮𝘂𝘁𝘆”🌟 🎥 On two floors and 795 square meters, our store in Vienna offers an extensive range of premium brands and exclusive beauty services. Here, customers can discover a curated range consisting of innovative, best-selling and classic products. With modern design and a wide range of products, we aim to provide the best beauty experiences for our customers. By the end of 2026, we plan to open over 200 new stores and modernize more than 400 existing ones For more information and insights from the opening, visit our Corporate Blog: https://lnkd.in/eU35x-8X #LetItBloom

𝗤𝟯 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘀: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗢𝗨𝗚𝗟𝗔𝗦 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 Today we have announced the results of another successful quarter, with strong growth and profitability across both channels. Alongside strong financials from April to June 2024 we have made further headway in implementing our “Let it Bloom” strategy: Our store network continues to grow across Europa – including highlights such as the recent grand reopening of our House of Beauty in Vienna – and we are sharpening our profile as the go-to premium beauty retailer for our customers. Just one example of this is a redesign of our online shop and app, starting as early as September. 💄 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀 (𝗻𝗲𝘁) 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘁𝗵 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗹𝘃𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 We grew Group sales (net) 7.3% to around 977 million euros, driven by the strong performance of our omnichannel model: Stores contributed +7.2% growth and E‑Commerce +7.5%. Adjusted EBITDA also improved 5.6% to around 163 million euros, with an adj. EBITDA margin of 16.7%. 📈 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗴𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗲𝗱 On the back of sustained positive business development and strong sales (net) numbers for the third quarter and first nine months, we have raised our guidance for the financial year 2023/24 on 17 July 2024: We now expect net sales to grow around 8.5% (previously: around 7%) and are well on track to deliver our mid-term earnings forecast of an expected adj. EBITDA margin of around 18.5%. Our Group CEO Sander van der Laan said: “Our sustained strong performance and continued growth – even above our expectations – demonstrate the resilience of our business model. Fully focusing on premium beauty is the right course for us, and this strategy strongly resonates with our customers. We’ll continue to build on this success and our strong brand.” 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗢𝗨𝗚𝗟𝗔𝗦 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘀! __ #LetItBloom #Omnichannel #MakeLifeMoreBeautiful #TeamDOUGLAS