Sephora Timeline

By Cbusboy
  • Shop 8, a perfumery, opens in Limoges, France

  • Sephora opens its first store in Paris, France

  • Shop 8 purchases and merges with Sephora, keeping the Sephora name

  • Sephora starts carrying its own brand of products

  • Sephora is bought by LVMH (Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessey)

  • Sephora's first US location opens in New York City

  • Sephora launches its US website

  • Sephora launches its Canadian website and its loyalty program, Sephora Beauty Insider

  • Sephora opens its first Canadian store

  • Sephora starts partnership with JCPenney to have Sephora locations inside the department chain

  • Sephora opens its first Middle East store in UAE

  • Sephora opens a location in Singapore

  • Sephora opens its first Australian store

  • Sephora opens its 400th location in the United States in Chicago

  • Sephora announces the end of its JCPenney partnership and start of a partnership with Kohl's

  • Sephora @ Kohl's launches

  • Sephora opens its 100th Canadian store

  • Sephora opens a location in Lennox Town Center