Organic beauty brand Neal's Yard is preparing to unveil two flagship stores in central London in celebration of its 25th anniversary.
The two stores, in London's Marylebone High Street and Foubert's Place, mark a new era for the brand with their sleek, modern layouts which are designed to underline the brand's eco-credentials with the use of reclaimed wood and red brick, recycled glass and clay plaster.
The new shops also feature treatment rooms and herbal pharmacies, where the company will offer Thai massage, acupuncture facials, homeopathy, nutritional advice and a wdie variety of dried herbs and tinctures.
Customers will also be able to recycle the brand's signature blue bottles in store to raise funds for charity and create personalised products at the Test and Play area.
Sales of organic, fairtrade and free range products has doubled to nearly £2bn in the last year, while sales of complementary medicines have grown nearly 45% in the last five years.
- Look out for the full company profile of Neal's Yard set to appear in ECM in June 2007.
- See the ECM September 2006 issue for a full report on natural and organic cosmetics.